"He negotiates one on one.
President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that he is still not willing to negotiate on reopening the government or on legislation that would prevent a U.S. default.
"We stand ready to cooperate, to negotiate on the keeping-government-open legislation".
The Senate began the day by voting 97 to 0 to proceed with the bipartisan bill, but leaders on both sides retreated behind closed doors to continue negotiating the legislation's most contentious measures.
The EU governments will now start negotiating the legislation with the European parliament.
It is significant that farm groups are even negotiating, the legislation's supporters say.
The Association countries and the Member States are currently negotiating this legislation in the Council.
He told CNBC ahead of the meeting that he was "prepared to negotiate on anything" over the budget once Congress passes "a clean piece of legislation that reopens the government".
But he said he was giving Congress six months to replace it, and he provoked a feud in his own Republican Party by negotiating with Democratic leaders on legislation to provide some permanent legal status for nearly 800,000 immigrants in the program, who call themselves Dreamers.
I'm prepared to negotiate on anything.
