[From One - Many]

then why did he state a date of April 15 or such and such would happen....?

[jveritas]

Because the normal way to fund the troops and the war is through the supplemental bills, however there is always a way of the President to take "non ordinary" measures and fund the troops from anywhere he wants form the budget.

Remember that the adminstration also needs to expose the traitors and defeatists among us. The President cannot just simply let them go away with treason as in the case of this bill because he can overcome it anyway and fund the troops. He needs to hold them accountable and that is what he is doing exactly here.