And don’t forget: this is NOT a budget bill - it is a omnibus appropriations bill, not a budget. Much easier for President Trump to move the funds and sign or not sign whatever is sent to him before the funds are appropriated.
Nonsense. The President cannot use funds allocated to Planned Parenthood for something else. Thus even if $$ cannot be used to fund abortion services directly,, it can be used for staffing salaries; ads for Planned Parenthood, purchase and leases of new buildings, and of course public relations consultants. It’s quite naive to think otherwise. This was a rout. Let’s face it and not run up false hopes. Trump got taken and rolled over. He was aloof during the debates, his OMB was awol, and McConnell and Ryan made sure the swamp remained. You cannot put lipstick on this pig no matter how much you try.