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it can end up being pretty different different. Think about every renewal to the Bush-era tax cuts... until it didn't happen. The time-bomb aspect of the laws c
by rtpg 11y ago
it can end up being pretty different different. Think about every renewal to the Bush-era tax cuts... until it didn't happen. The time-bomb aspect of the laws cause a different negotiation dynamic
- gozur88 11y agoIt looks different, but the point is if there aren't enough votes to renew something there will be enough to explicitly kill it.
- rtpg 11y agoRight, if the vote comes up there's no difference. There's a higher activation energy required to bring up the vote if there's no sunset though
- fanzhang 11y agoIs that actually true? If Congress approves X by 51% but the president opposes X, then the default stays. In this case defaults have real meaning. There must be other system asymmetries as well: filibusters, what else?
- gozur88 11y agoNah, they just roll it into an omnibus spending bill. The president isn't going to veto a small-ish bill like that if it means shutting off funding to the VA.