[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

Only because the plan was opposed on equally political grounds. The idea was a welcomed one by the people who voted for the politicians in favor of it, and not welcomed by the ones they didn't vote for, so the points went where they belonged.

If it was so certain that they had no intention of going through with it, why not call their bluff and turn the responsibility for killing it back on them?

[tivert]

> If it was so certain that they had no intention of going through with it, why not call their bluff and turn the responsibility for killing it back on them?

That's the wrong question. It was never if they had "intention of going through with it," it was about if they would be able to actually pull it off. The GGP stated "This was doomed to fail from the beginning and I bet they knew it," and I have to agree. Their plan to push this through purely via executive action was very likely to fail (and did), and the lawyers and politicians who formulated almost certainly knew the odds.

[oddtuple]

It failed due to the GOP, which didn’t exactly vote favorably on any measures related to this when they did have a chance.