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Poster on 8chan found a post somewhere else that said this was an omnibus bill Trump signed not a budget. Per the Constitution a President must adhere to a Federal Budget but an Omnibus bill the President can play with more. Say slow walk money to Planned Parenthood until he gets his way on something.

Obama spent the money how he wanted in Omnibus bills supposedly and Congress could do nothing about it, this poster says. This person thinks Trump learned this from Obama. Trump supposedly doesn't have to spend a dime if he does not want to.

Need better experts than me to know if this one is true or not.

It’s not an official ‘Federal Budget’. It’s an Omnibus bill…not a 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…but Obama ignored them.
He spent the money, or didn’t spend it, however he wanted to.
And Congress didn’t do a thing about it! Because they couldn’t..
I think our President observed how this happened, year after year.
He is bound to realize that those ‘appropriations’ for different things in these 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?
Splodey heads? From the Dems and the Enemedia?
Why yes.
There would be a colorful display of splodey heads.
But what could they do about it.
Hah.
Our President could just say…’What! Congress should’ve passed a Budget.’
done finished…research was done…and it is so very humorous actually….our VSG..just said just give me money for the military and the wall…put anything else you want in it…and those goofballs did.
In this case, as per above….he doesn’t have to spend a dime….because it is not a budget…and even if it was…researched….he could still spend as he please…
Congress appropriates….up to the President to spend it…or not….as he pleases..
If anyone disagrees, I can go back and get the links and evidence, but if you just read yesterdays political thread…Wheatietoo and I laid it all out for all…Wheatietoo did most of the work and put together the consolidated update as per above….
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…

It's not true. The word "budget" doesn't even appear in the constitution.

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 contains the full legislation and funding for all of the 12 annual Appropriations bills.

"Appropriations" is in the constitution ...

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7

Pretty good essay on appropriations clause at heritage.org, considerable case law.

-- Obama spent the money how he wanted in Omnibus bills supposedly and Congress could do nothing about it ... --

It could have, and chose not to.