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hughee99

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12. Deals based on executive orders can easily disappear in 2017.

Reply to karynnj (Reply #10)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:20 PM

Jun 2015

And any deals that require funding (like for enforcement) will likely have to go through congress anyway.

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So if i'm reading this right, what he's looking for is a largely unenforcable agreement. n/t hughee99 Jun 2015 #6

More optimistically, he's looking to explore the scope of executive orders. Jim Lane Jun 2015 #7

no, he is looking for a deal that works with executive orders karynnj Jun 2015 #10

Deals based on executive orders can easily disappear in 2017. hughee99 Jun 2015 #12

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