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It is quite difficult for Republicans to reverse any act of Congress without another act of Congress. The assent of the House, the Senate, and (usually) the Pre
by butlerm 3y ago
It is quite difficult for Republicans to reverse any act of Congress without another act of Congress. The assent of the House, the Senate, and (usually) the President is required.
- kadoban 3y agoAnything that specifically needs a law passed to undo it is safer than one that can just have its budget ~zeroed out in the yearly budget, or any of the more-than-yearly CRs and debt-ceilings and whatever other nonsense negotiations. This is for both reasons of public scrutiny (there's so much in the budget that it's easy for things to get relatively lost), but also because the budget, in practice, just needs 50+1 votes. Usual laws need 60 due to Senate procedures. Ignoring the House since there's not much difference there.