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To: tanknetter
Of course the million dollar question is will the GOP allow it to sunset?
53 posted on 11/19/2014 11:27:19 AM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

It sunsets by default. Means that Obamas successor gets to renew it by EO, or has to go to Congress to make it permanent.

There’s no way, I think, that a Republican president goes the EO route. Even a Bush or a Christie (God forbid). If there’s a big enough backlash (as I think likely) I don’t see a President Hillary doing it either.

Going the Congressional route will require a 60 vote supermajority in the Senate. With Cruz, Lee, Sessions and now Ernest and the other pro-tea party Class of 2014ers I don’t see that as likely either.

Instead there’ll be the kind of paralytical infighting that has prevented both Obama and before him Bush from getting something through. Which is actually a good thing because the amnesty just expires by default without the ability to blame anyone for actively killing it.


56 posted on 11/19/2014 11:56:29 AM PST by tanknetter
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