NEW : Senate Minority Leader McConnell calls the House meeting ` ` unproductive '' NEW : Neither side discussed any potential negotiations , a GOP spokesman says . The White House meeting , coming a day after the start of the federal government shutdown , served at least one purpose , in that key players in the debate gathered together in the same room for over an hour : Obama called it `` useful , '' House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said it was `` worthwhile , '' and House Speaker John Boehner cast it as a `` polite conversation . '' An ' exasperated ' Obama wants no negotiations until the budget talks . The government shut down began on Tuesday in a dispute over spending .
NEW : Senate Minority Leader McConnell calls the House meeting ` ` unproductive '' NEW : Neither side discussed any potential negotiations , a GOP spokesman says . An ' exasperated ' Obama wants no negotiations until the budget talks . The government shut down began on Tuesday in a dispute over spending .