Congress? Anything but that!

>At one Cabinet meeting during [Ike](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Dwight_D._Eisenhower%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_May_29%2C_1959.jpg)’s Presidency, Secretary of the Treasury [George Humphrey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/George_M_Humphrey.jpg) told the president that the national debt might rise above the legal limit. >”Who will have to go to jail if that happens?” asked Ike. >”We will have to go to Congress,” Humphrey reminded him. >”Oh,” cried Ike, “that’s worse!” ______________________________ **Source:** Boller, Paul F. “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” *Presidential Anecdotes*. New York: Oxford UP, 1981. 297. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Donovan, Eisenhower, 144. ______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) [George Magoffin Humphrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Humphrey)