Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) has little optimism about Republicans’ willingness to overturn a Presidential veto, should the bipartisan committee craft a funding bill that could pass out of Congress.
When asked about the scenario Tuesday on MSNBC, Durbin had a folksy summation: “Then we’re back in the soup again.”
He also voiced qualms about President Donald Trump hypothetically using an executive order to declare a national emergency, should Congress fail to find compromise.
“I want to tell you, the President is also dangling this possibility of executive action,” he said. “I’m not sure what that looks like and I’m not sure if it’s a good idea under the Constitution to give the President that much authority, but he’s left that out there as a possibility if his own party is not supporting another shutdown.”
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Durbin: “We’re back in the soup again” if Trump vetoes hypothetical funding bill pic.twitter.com/OBl5BgFuxN
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 29, 2019
That’s one expression I’ve never heard before.
If the repubs were willing to pass a reasonable bill and then willing to override a veto we wouldn’t be “in the soup again.” Not all of the blame is due to DJT; the senate (and likely the house) repubs bear much of the responsibility.
Congressional Republicans seem to be unaware that Congress is an equal branch of the government. They act as if they’re completely powerless to do anything about a Trump Tantrum. Gutless wonders.
C’mon Senator, how about a bit of leadership or zing in your response?
If we’re going to be “in the soup again”, Durbin, just be sure that Trump is the frog you throw into the boiling broth.