Well, that's not exactly true. I fully expect the AWB extension to be tacked on to some spending bill or "criminal justice" bill, since it won't stand on it's own merits. So it's back to "eternal vigilance" and all that. Feinstein & company will be back; of that, we can be certain.
You have to give the statist left credit for one thing: they are incredibly tenacious.
Evil never sleeps.