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Re:Welcome, ACLU by lol214365 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:27PM (#13535921)
Obama had veto power. How did republicans force it through?

What happened was Obama signed the bill imposing exceptions to the Visa Waiver Program in December 2015, and then his own DHS added the current list of middle eastern nations in February 2016.

It is the most tenuous argument to act like that was the work of the GOP.

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Re:Welcome, ACLU by GeneralMayhem on Thursday February 02, 2017 @11:37AM (#13551843)
It was a rider on the omnibus funding bill. If that bill doesn't pass, the government shuts down. It's effectively veto-proof.
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