You’re reading a lot of stuff into the piece that I didn’t say.
Yes, the Omnibus takes language from all of those discarded appropriations bills. But that is not at all the same thing as passing formal appropriations, nor does it have the same legal effect.
And I said the President has “broad discretion” not “total discretion” as I’ve seen many people stating. Again, not at all the same thing.
I also pointed out the legal restrictions the Omnibus bill places on the President’s discretion, while also correctly pointing out that those restrictions are trumped by a national emergency, two of which have already been declared by the POTUS without a peep of objection from anyone in congress.
I personally doubt the President will ultimately take the steps he’s hinting about in this tweets, but I sure wish he would. There is little doubt he has the authority to do so, and the supreme court would rule in his favor, possibly with a unanimous decision.
You are an idiot. An Omnibus Appropirations Bills is a formal appropriations bill, and has the same legal effect. It is the law that allows the expenditure of funds from the Treasury, which is what an appropriations is.
Berate Congress all you want for this disaster of an outcome, but stop complaining about changing the color of ink on the box of Wheaties or putting two boxes into one box. It's still a barrel of pork, and its a legal barrel of pork, just as legal as any other barrels of pork ever produced under "normal order."
But that is not at all the same thing as passing formal appropriations, nor does it have the same legal effect.
You are an idiot. An Omnibus Appropirations Bills is a formal appropriations bill, and has the same legal effect. It is the law that allows the expenditure of funds from the Treasury, which is what an appropriations is.
Berate Congress all you want for this disaster of an outcome, but stop complaining about changing the color of ink on the box of Wheaties or putting two boxes into one box. It's still a barrel of pork, and its a legal barrel of pork, just as legal as any other barrels of pork ever produced under "normal order."