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It looks different, but the point is if there aren't enough votes to renew something there will be enough to explicitly kill it.
by gozur88 11y ago
It 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.