Whatever floats your boat.
The crimulous bill specifically states that the money cannot be used to build any of the prototype walls.
However, and this is just me but after a good deal of thought on the subject I have come to the belief that a double fence system with a path in the middle for border patrol trucks is a better way to go. Cheaper and you can really throw that stuff up fast. Put some concertina wire along the top of the fencing and you have a pretty effective barrier that you can see through for observational purposes. Less repugnant to ranchers and municipalities.
So Trump dips into some of that DOD money plus the $1.5 billion for the wall and tells the corps of engineers to start throwing up fencing. Congress can suck air.
The appropriations in the bill are “suggestions” of how Trump SHOULD spend the money. Since this is not a budget, Trump is not bound by The Constitution to spend the money as appropriated. The Demonrats screwed themselves again by not passing a federal budget. I’m here to tell you that Trump’s Wall shall indeed be funded with money from this Omnibus bill!
Can you please provide a source for your statements re Trump spending the money however he wants? I can find no such information stating Trump can take money from one appropriation area and spend it on whatever he wants...
Looking forward to your supporting links, but since I could not find any info supporting your statements, I just looked to basic information...I suggest you read these 2 items...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_spending_bill
The Demonrats screwed themselves again by not passing a federal budget.>>>>>>>>>>
I love it when President Trump has Chuck the Schmuck Schumer rotating on his own post hole.
Simply not true.
The claimed technicality between an omnibus bill and a budget bill is that one is enforceable and the other is not is incorrect. Both are passed by a vote of both houses of Congress and signed by the President.
In reality neither the word budget or omnibus appear anywhere in the text of the Constitution. What does appear, in Article one, section 9 of the Constitution is the statement that, “no Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” An omnibus bill is an appropriation and it is law.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript
All of you people that are bashing President Trump. HAVE ANY EVEN READ THE BILL EXCEPT FOR A FEW BULLET POINTS???
Do they know how much President Trump snuck into the bill? This is what President Obama did the entire time. President Trump just played them all at their own game. He said multiple times we rushed the bill so fast no one has even had time to read the whole thing. This bill puts funds in place for the wall, it has money in it to protect witnesses with safe houses and caravans, money in it to make sure dead people and illegals don't vote Democrat anymore, money to fund the Office of Inspector General and the Inspector Generl, even money in it to pay for possible trials and tribunals. These things are snuck into the bill in the oddest places and with the least wording. All the people flip flopping on President Trump are doing the same thing they preached not to do by listening ONLY to the FAKE STREAM NEWS headlines and don't dig deeper…. If you don't believe it read it in the above link. Some of the ignorance and hypocrisy from Limbaugh and Ann Coulter is astounding!
Anons on the Chans are really digging into it now.
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BOOM!!!!
So far 404 million found in bill funding IG/OIG and special provisions in the bill stating no funds in the bill can be used for the purpose of denying the IG any records, documents, etc...
PRESIDENT TRUMP YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD! Deep STATE Throat slash bill! He just funded their take-down with almost HALF A BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!
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…
Here is what Lisa (thank you Lisa!) shared with me from another post.
Per the U.S. 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 enemy media?
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….President Trump 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..
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…
Here is an example.
[link to docs.house.gov]
Control F... Inspector General.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including the
payment of informants, to be expended under the direction
of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and
section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
(Public Law 97–98).
Anons on the chans are really digging into it now.
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BOOM!!!!
It's more than just talk.
Engineers Begin Preparatory Work for Border Wall Construction
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March 23, 2018
Trump: Border wall construction will start on Monday
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Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
In accordance with section 7058(d) of division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 1625; the “Act”), I hereby designate as an emergency requirement all funding so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, for the accounts referenced in section 7058(d).
The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed memorandum from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Interesting post at the Whitehouse
LOL
You made an assertion. Back it with written law.
Otherwise you’re just another guy claiming Trump is playing 49928488-dimensional chess.
This is true it’s why zero never wanted a budget his entire time he could spend however he wanted.
Don’t jump ship too fast, Trump just suckered them again. The bill is NOT a law, a budget is, this is not a budget. This is how an Omnibus bill works...
https://iotwreport.com/hols...
They just gave Trump a Trillion dollar blank check just like they did with Obama for 8 years and he spent it as he saw fit, I’m betting Trump will do the same.
I wanted to check FR to see if Trump could spend the Omnibus the way he wanted.
Did other presidents do that? If so, why is Fox News complaining about it?