Spending bills originate in the House, but doesn’t the senate have a role in the process?
Of course the Senate has a role. But if things don’t pass in the House, they simply don’t get done. That said, the Dems aren’t really used to a President who is ready, willing, and able to call them out on it. I have no idea how this will all play out, but if the House cuts military spending, President Trump will respond. The House will pass one spending bill, the Senate another and then it will go to conference committee. What happens then is anybody’s guess. But Trump will fight back.
My hunch is that the crazies will send bill after bill that defund the military and push carbon free bills. A showdown will start in the Conference committees obviously, but President Trump is possibly going to break them with major campaign events all over the country. IMO.