Well if the idea is to let O have everything he wants then isnt Rs controlling the House counterproductive?
I mean it requires Rs voting for the crap O wants, which makes it less effective to use against Democrats later.
I know what you are getting at but it isnt as easy as it sounds.
No, they can abstain (or perhaps they can vote "Present" like O himself used to do all the time in IL).
Easy as pie.