In the Alice in Wonderland world of Washington DC, apparently people believe that an issue that has been contentious for years can be solved in a couple of weeks if you create a deadline.
These are our employees after all and they keep giving themselves short term extensions to do their jobs.
Clearly the public and most of the elected officials think Dreamers should be allowed to stay. A few don't but if they held a vote to permanently extend DACA or something like it, it seems like it would pass overwhelmingly. I also think the president would sign it although that might be less certain.
It isn't going to get voted on because of the procedural rules that govern in both chambers.
So will the solution be worked out before the next self imposed deadline?
I wouldn't bet on it.
Will they shut the Government down again?
Doesn't seem likely considering the risk, although some in the Democratic party are ready to man the ramparts, so to speak.
Still I doubt it, it could hurt the mid-term elections.
So probably another short term spending bill and another deadline will follow.
I guess November is the real deadline here.
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