Will Democrats risk a US government shutdown to stop Trump's diesel deal with Russia? Democrats could go after Trump's diesel deal with Russia by slipping bans into mandatory legislation, Judge Andrew Napolitano told Sputnik. Congress routinely inserts limits on presidential behavior in unrelated legislation, such as bills that fund key government agencies. "This is probably how the Democrats would have bypassed Donald Trump, otherwise the use of his veto pen," Napolitano said, adding that the public pressure to stop a potential shutdown of the US government would be "more than he can bear. ".