On one hand, this is progress. I'd rather they (both sides) nothold the entire government hostage for this one issue.<p>On the other hand, this is kind of scary. I don't like the President accumulating more and more power at the expense of Congress (though Congress has earned it, by becoming progressively more worthless for the past 2 or 3 decades). I therefore don't like the President governing by executive orders; I like even less him governing by declaring emergencies.