LS, Is this of any count, or just more bloviating?
And, oddly, zero tweets about Stormy Daniels!
I’ve explained this process.
The Omnibus, even though called an “APPROPRIATION” bill, was really an “AUTHORIZATION” bill. No $$ has been appropriated yet.
The process is that the House first, then the Senate authorize money (permission to spend). Then they appropriate the money, usually a little at a time, to the Departments (never to the President).
Mattis will get the defense $, a little at a time. For ex, if he says the USAF needs 3 more F-22s and Congress appropriates (I dunno what they cost, say $200m for the three), and the USAF Sec spends the money on new bombers, then Congress won’t appropriate more til this is fixed and money comes from the bomber budget to replace.
If, somehow, Trump instructs Mattis to build a wall with the F-22 $$, Congress won’t appropriate any more money, period.
There is a reason the Founders did this. They wanted CONGRESS, whatever you think of them now, to have total control over the purse. There was NEVER an intention to allow presidents to just have their own slush funds.
As a side note, I’m hearing from military people right and left that the military was in FAR worse shape than we thought and that every penny is needed.
I’m not sure, but I do know the writer is an a-hole. There are reasoned and grave objections to the budget disaster. To call those “tantrums” is both inaccurate and unjust.