> because the law being invoked here has a time limit unless Congress extends it.
Like many similar US laws it probably has a time limit expressed in lapsed Congressional days.
Heavy emphasis on "Congressional days".
Catch me up here, has the Congressional "clock" (count of lapsed days) been restarted since the current admin shut it down as almost the first order of business for 2025?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43358343
Each day for the remainder of the first session of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025.