Posted on 03/23/2018 4:47:46 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Ching Yan Wong, Adm wrote: "I just picked this up on another post
Wheatietoo and I spent hours yesterday providing links, researching the laws, the 1974 law and statutes…. Do you know why the Omnibus is not going to get any notice…Here it is..
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…
Bump
This seems to be duh troof
I pray to the Lord that you are correct on this.
Absolutely. They won’t hesitate.
This is utter nonsense. Monies appropriated by law can only be spent on that for which they are appropriated, and if they are not spent they are returned to the Treasury. Any other wishful thinking is based on a fundamentally ill-informed view on the process.
The fiscal year 2017 federal budget was about $4 trillion in spending. This is ‘supplemental’ spending through September 2018 and is an increase in annualized spending from FY 2017.
It not being an ‘official budget bill’ means, for all practical purposes, that it is subject to direction by federal courts. The theme of the OP that the Trump Administration gets final say is absolute nonsense.
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