“I think we ought to say, after February 1st of next year, any 12 senators, six of either party, who produce a plan that can reduce this deficit by at least as much as the supercommittee was charged to do, ought to be able to bring it to the floor for a vote,” said Durbin on MSNBC’s Morning Joe…

“I’m in a group, the group of six, which has now expanded to the group of 45, and I basically said to them, ‘If the supercommittee doesn’t produce, now it’s our turn to put it on paper.’ And I think that is the best way to move this forward and maybe restore a little bit of confidence in Congress,” said Durbin.