President Obama’s remarks to the press at FEMA headquarters:

“My very strong suspicion is there are enough votes there” to pass the government funding legislation, he said during an unannounced stop at FEMA National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. “Hold a vote. Call a vote right now. Let’s see what happens.”

“If Republicans and Speaker Boehner are saying there aren’t enough votes, then they should prove it,” he said. “Let the bill go to the floor and let’s see what happens. Just vote.”