[ipython]

It’s more that it absolves them from having to hold a vote to continue the “emergency”. I believe the emergency act requires congress to vote to continue the emergency after a certain number of days.

But the republicans know that would be embarrassing to hold a public vote to do so- so they sneak in shit like this, to continue to be cowards since they’re too scared to publicly endorse the cruelty.

[NewJazz]

OK so my original point stands, only a handful of reps need to defect. They don't need to meet the 2/3 veto threshold.