On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the 2,232-page, $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress less than 48 hours after it was introduced.
The president held a press conference, declaring that although he was unhappy with several provisions of the bill, he would sign it.
“There are a lot of things I’m unhappy about, but we were forced to sign,” the president said, making a new promise: “I will never sign a bill like this again.”
The president touted the importance of military funding in the omnibus, citing national security concerns as one of the reasons he signed the bill.
“My highest duty is to keep America safe, nothing more important,” Trump said.
Criticizing several spending measures shoehorned into the bill, Trump called on Congress to grant the president a line-item veto power for spending bills. He also demanded that the Senate repeal the filibuster rule, which Democrats have abused to require a 60-vote threshold on nearly every piece of legislation considered by Congress during the Trump presidency.
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You gotta pass the bill to find out what's in it, right Donnie, I mean Nancy. I'm so confused.
ReplyDeleteHe wanted to veto, but would have been made the bad guy for shutting down government. I read that there's funds for the wall in there going through the army corps of engineers.
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