[etraveler13]

The point, is that Obama cancelled or severly curtailed production. I am not saying that the next president will not do the same, but in the interim, anything that he stopped, cancelled, closed, appointed, or signed, will become null and void. It did not happen, because he would not be qualified to sign for it, or appoint it, or cancel it or close it, or have it stopped. He would not have the authority, which is my WHOLE point. Nothing more.

[Boiler Plate]

That’s how it should work, however the reality is nothing happens till the contract offices say so. TO do work without a written NTO is insane under the best conditions. Then you have the following majors problems.
First of all, just who are the cancelled contracts vendors supposed to contact, the contract officers have disspeared or been reassigned? Do they just go to work and send the bill to the White House?
Second, the vendors have to try to rehire people that have gone to work elsewhere and restart lines of production, without funding to cover those costs.
In the end reality bites.