US shutdown - FT.com US President Barack Obama finishes a statement to the media about the government shutdown in the briefing room of the White House ©Reuters US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to the press after Congress failed to pass a budget to avert a government shutdown ©AFP/Getty Images Mitch McConnell, US Senate Minority Leader, leaves the Senate Chamber US Senator Ted Cruz amid the late-night brinkmanship US Senator John McCain meets reporters after leaving the Senate floor Members of the House of Representatives enter the US Capitol ©Getty Images John Boehner, US House speaker, makes his way to vote at the US Capitol in Washington House of Representatives Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy heads to the House floor Members of the US House of Representatives, including Jim Jordan (R-OH) (third from left), walk in the Cannon Tunnel on their way for a procedural vote Previous image Next image Next Thumbnails Previous Thumbnails Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2013. You may share using our article tools. Please don't cut articles from FT.com and redistribute by email or post to the web.