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0 pointsTerr_1y ago0 comments

That "suspends" should be understood as "continues to hold-hostage" / "renews as a time-bomb to screw over some other party".

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avsteele1y ago

That isn't the reason. They sunset in the bill so it has a lower CBO score (which calculates costs out to 10 years). If you sunset in the bill after 5 years, even if you know it will get renewed, the apparent cost goes down. Get it?

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sherburt31y ago

Removing it would make Congress less powerful, and we can't have that now can we.

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