Richard Blumenthal said...

There's a reason the Constitution requires the president to seek congressional approval before initiating war.

Displays of hardware, whether its tanks or Stryker vehicles, is more characteristic of totalitarian militaristic states ...

Putting someone in that role who’s been approved for a different job is a thumb in the eye of the Senate.

I think none of us wants to shut down the government. In a sense, the Republicans are shutting it down as we speak.