But that is not at all the same thing as passing formal appropriations, nor does it have the same legal effect.
You are an idiot. An Omnibus Appropirations Bills is a formal appropriations bill, and has the same legal effect. It is the law that allows the expenditure of funds from the Treasury, which is what an appropriations is.
Berate Congress all you want for this disaster of an outcome, but stop complaining about changing the color of ink on the box of Wheaties or putting two boxes into one box. It's still a barrel of pork, and its a legal barrel of pork, just as legal as any other barrels of pork ever produced under "normal order."
*sigh*