. House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., right, and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, walk through Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Republicans and Democrats blamed each other Monday as they took the federal government to the brink of a shutdown in an intractable budget dispute over President Barack Obama\'s signature health care law.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)