Last time I checked it was Obama who is refusing to negotiate.
Via Washington Examiner:
The White House on Thursday denounced as “extortion” Republican efforts to defund Obamacare and force Democrats to accept spending cuts and entitlement reforms in the face of a possible government shutdown or default.
“We cannot agree to an extortion game when they attach everything on their Republican wish list or they will blow up the economy,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
House Republican leaders earlier Thursday said they would insist on a number of conditions in exchange for raising the debt ceiling in October. The White House, though, has said Obama will not negotiate over the nation’s borrowing limit, insisting on a “clean” debt-limit hike.