Democrats need ethics language to provide the seven crossover votes. Trump will...

…ponse, articulated by crypto advisor Patrick Witt, was that the administration will not accept any legislation that, quote, "specifically targets the president." Senator Cynthia Lummis added that if the bill is used as a cudgel against Trump, he will veto it, in her words, "in a heartbeat." So, here is the catch-22 that defines this entire summer. Democrats need ethics language to provide the seven crossover votes. Trump will veto any bill that contains ethics language. The bill cannot pass without it, and it likely cannot pass with it. And then, there's the deadline. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is targeting a mid-June floor debate and roughly one week of consideration, with the White House explicitly aiming for a 4th of July signing ceremony to align with America's 250th anniversary. The hard cliff, though, is the August recess, which begins around the 10th of August. Miss…