Trump Orders a Wall Built, but Congress Holds the Checkbook

NYT ^ | Jan 25, 2017 | By MATT APUZZOJAN.

[11th_VA]

Interesting, forgot he signed Executive Order in 2017 ... and then there is the 'Feed and Forage Act' - Trump sure has been quite this week ...

[dp0622]

The Times is basically acting like a 6 year old and saying “you can’t do that!! It’s cheating!!”

[DarthVader]

They are going crazy and unfortunately for them as we have discussed in earlier threads that the POTUS holds the checkbook on this Omnibus bill.

[ClearCase_guy]

They start from a false premise.

[Slyfox]

I bet they didn’t scream one bit during Obama’s Omnibus bill.

[dowcaet]

This and the announcement that a citizenship question will be put on the census questionnaire is absolutely driving the left nuts! I love it

[2banana]

Congress???

Look at DACA, Paris Agreement, Iranian Agreement, etc. as examples how congress can be ignored.

[dp0622]

I still dont know what the #### “omnibus” means :(

And why does it say a 1.3 trillion dollar budget when we spend like 4 trillion a year?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Lawsuits Trump would win under the separation of powers. Trump can declare a national emergency on the border and use the Army corps of engineers to build the wall as a military project. He can dip into into DOD funds. That’s why bon Friday last he sent congress a letter invoking the 1985 balanced budget and emergency deficit spending bill.

[BlueStateRightist]

What a strange country we live in where 50% of the population goes berserk when we actually try to determine who is here illegally via the census and we further try to prevent further illegal immigration with a wall. All of these concepts would have met with better than 90% approval just 30 years ago.

[P-Marlowe]

Omnibus is the vehicle that the Republicans use to throw their base under.

[son of terrence]

So glad that I gave up this subscription years ago. These NY elitists believe that they know best about everything. Luckily, they are not in charge of our food supply. Can you imagine if one of them had to grow a crop or sow a field?

[dp0622]

Lol

I am guessing that is a play on words as well as the truth.

I still try to find the shortest explanation of omnibus on Google LOL

[gov_bean_ counter]

No he doesn’t

[11th_VA]

"Omnibus is the vehicle that the Republicans use to throw their base under."

LOL !!!

[xzins]

I believe they have identified it by its deficit. I think that’s a 10 year deficit, so that has to be above the normal deficit or none of this makes any sense.

Which maybe it doesn’t. :>)

[TWhiteBear]

More bad law and failed, rigid, ideology based reasoning from the Fake News New York Times.

TWB

[dp0622]

lol

Trillions.

I think there’s a country with a Trillion dollar bill.

Its not us. Yet.

[DarthVader]

yes he f’ing does. There were several posts on it.

[DarthVader]

An Omnibus spending bill is not a budget. Since we have a financial emergency the President used this to get discretionary control over it:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/text-letter-president-speaker-house-representatives-president-senate-21/?utm_source=twitter