Dick Durbin Stands By House GOP Quote

FILE - This Sept. 4, 2013 File photo shows Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate assistant majority leader, arriving for a top-secret briefing for senators with Secretary of State John Kerry at the Capitol in Washingt... FILE - This Sept. 4, 2013 File photo shows Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate assistant majority leader, arriving for a top-secret briefing for senators with Secretary of State John Kerry at the Capitol in Washington. Illinois' congressional delegation is grappling with whether to approve U.S. use of military might against Syria. Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin this week voted in a Senate committee in favor of a resolution authorizing military force but restricting it to 90 days and barring American ground troops from combat. That resolution is to reach the Senate floor next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,File) MORE LESS
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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) is sticking with his story that a House GOP leader told President Obama “I cannot even stand to look at you” during a meeting over the federal government shutdown earlier this month.

“Senator Durbin stands by his comments,” Max Gleicshman, Durbin’s spokesperson, told TPM in an email.

The White House and House leadership both denied that the incident took place.

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