Paul Kiel at TPM Muckraker has a rundown on what we should expect next from Congress as the sunset of the PAA approaches later this week.

Up until now, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had refused to entertain any such scenario. It was part of the Senate Republican-administration tag-team squeeze play. But in remarks today, he seemed to soften his stance, saying that he might support a short extension to the PAA. But he didn’t say for how much time, and it’s apparently less than thirty days.

In the House tomorrow morning, they’ll hold a vote on a bill that would extend the PAA by thirty days. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated he’ll try the same thing. But given the tactics the Republicans used last week, it’s far from clear that the Republicans will even allow a vote on it. So– we’ll see you in the morning.

Jane Hamsher points out that even if the Republicans in the Senate were to go along with a short extension of the PAA, it may be hard to get it through because of the House’s schedule this week.

For the mean time, it’s important that we keep the pressure on the Senate. Our expectations of them have not changed – we do not want retroactive immunity, we want the Senate to stand up for the rule of law. You can contact your Senators through the CREDO Action email tool.

Cross posted at the CREDO Blog.