Seems like this would be yet another way that Congress’s control of the purse strings could thwart Barry—if they were so inclined.
The more I think about it, as I’ve said on other threads, the more I think the best plan is to sit back and, knowing that this will eventually expire on it’s own, allow it to play out without going so far to close the government.
The fact is that Obama wants the GOP to close the government. The shutdown a year ago over Obamacare is a good example for not doing that: between the Healthcare.gov disaster, people being kicked off their plans, skyrocketing premiums and deductables, etc Obamacare is slowly destroying itself in a much more “teachable moment” way than the Republicans could ever do by shutting down the government.
Call it tough love, or needing to give a child enough room to learn the hardway not to touch a hot stove. Right now thats the only sort of thing that seems to work.