The Omnibus bill is not an official ‘Federal Budget’.
He outsmarted them again.
Congress basically screwed themselves by not passing a Budget.
Per the Constitution the President must adhere to a
Budget set forth by Congress, and direct the
expenditures as provided therein.
This is another one of those big Porkulus Bills,
like they gave Obama for 8 years.
This is NOT a Budget.
An Omnibus Spending Bill may have some
‘instructions’ as to how the money will be spent.
Remember how Obama ignored them, and
Congress didn’t do a thing about it!
Because they couldn’t.
Those ‘appropriations’ in the Omnibus bills are merely ‘suggestions’.
So like Obama, Pres Trump can spend this money
on whatever he wants to, or NOT spend it.
Planned Parenthood?
What if our President decided to tell the
Treas Dept to ‘slow-walk’ that money to
Planned Parenthood until the Senate gets off their
ass, and confirms his appointees?
Sanctuary Cities?
What if our President decided to ‘slow-walk’that
money too until those Sanctuary Cities assist ICE
in rounding up criminal illegal aliens.
But what could they do about it.
Our President could just say,
’What! Congress should’ve passed a Budget.’
He said just give me money for the military, and
the wall, put anything else you want in it, and
those goofballs did.
He doesn’t have to spend a dime, because
it is NOT a budget. Congress appropriates, but
it's up to the President to spend it, or not as he
pleases.
Again, that is why Obama never had a Budget in
his Presidency. Congress did continual Omibus’s,
and he just took the money for 8 years, and no
one seems to know where it went.
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Shinsha ago
The Omnibus bill is not an official ‘Federal Budget’.
He outsmarted them again.
Congress basically screwed themselves by not passing a Budget.
Per the Constitution the President must adhere to a Budget set forth by Congress, and direct the expenditures as provided therein.
This is another one of those big Porkulus Bills, like they gave Obama for 8 years.
This is NOT a Budget.
An Omnibus Spending Bill may have some ‘instructions’ as to how the money will be spent.
Remember how Obama ignored them, and Congress didn’t do a thing about it!
Because they couldn’t.
Those ‘appropriations’ in the Omnibus bills are merely ‘suggestions’.
So like Obama, Pres Trump can spend this money on whatever he wants to, or NOT spend it.
Planned Parenthood? What if our President decided to tell the Treas Dept to ‘slow-walk’ that money to Planned Parenthood until the Senate gets off their ass, and confirms his appointees?
Sanctuary Cities? What if our President decided to ‘slow-walk’that money too until those Sanctuary Cities assist ICE in rounding up criminal illegal aliens.
But what could they do about it. Our President could just say, ’What! Congress should’ve passed a Budget.’
He said just give me money for the military, and the wall, put anything else you want in it, and those goofballs did.
He doesn’t have to spend a dime, because it is NOT a budget. Congress appropriates, but it's up to the President to spend it, or not as he pleases.
Again, that is why Obama never had a Budget in his Presidency. Congress did continual Omibus’s, and he just took the money for 8 years, and no one seems to know where it went.
crazy_eyes ago
brilliant!