Maybe by delaying the signing of the bill, POTUS negates all the legal stay papers filed by the Dems. They may have listed Feb 15 as the signing date...which would be WRONG. So they would have to re-date and refine all their paperwork— AFTER President’s Day.
He gains 5 days before he can be stopped.
I read somewhere that the POTUS has till 7:59 A.M. Tuesday, February 19 to sign it. cannot recall where I read it.
Found this.
Trump signs 2019 spending bill, federal pay raise into law
Then it says in an update....
Updated 12 p.m. Feb. 15, 2019
President Donald Trump said he will sign a multi-billion-dollar spending package into law Friday morning, the final step needed to avoid another government shutdown by the end of the week.
With the president’s signature, federal employees have a secured an average 1.9 percent pay raise for the rest of the year. The spending package also finalizes funding for all of government through Sept. 30, the rest of fiscal 2019.
Does not say he signed it.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay-benefits/2019/02/trump-to-sign-2019-spending-bill-federal-pay-raise-into-law/