Reason?
The members of Congress won’t give him the ‘wall’ money he wants….
Trump deared Congress to act on the Dreamers….
A judge has put that off….
Trump isn’t getting what wants on that either…
“Sometimes you save the president from themselves,” said Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma and the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the health institutes”…..
The threat is more like Trump’s Friday entertainment show on stage trying to save face…
President Trump on Friday threatened to veto a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, raising the prospect of a government shutdown.
The president vented his frustration that the measure does not include enough funding for his long-promised border wall between the U.S. and Mexico or protections for young immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
“I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded,” Trump tweeted.
The tweet comes after the White House reassured lawmakers that Trump would sign the spending bill, pleasing leaders in both parties who scrambled to reach a deal before Friday’s funding deadline.
“Let’s cut right to the chase. Is the president going to sign the bill? The answer is yes,” White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Thursday.
If Trump instead vetoes the measure, it would trigger a government shutdown beginning Saturday. …
The House voted 256 to 167 to approve the bill early Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the spending plan, which stretched 2,232 pages, had been unveiled.
After a scare over whether a fiscally conservative senator might force a brief government shutdown this weekend, along with an unexpected grievance from another senator over the renaming of an Idaho wilderness area, the Senate voted 65 to 32 to approve the bill around 12:30 Friday morning….
Note….
I’ll be posting information on what the 2018 fiscal spending bill contains later …
The prospect of a government shutdown is over,,,,
Update….
Trump hangs his signing on Defense….
…Members of both chambers have departed Washington, thinking they did their job, so an effort to reconvene in the event of a veto would take time, ensuring a shutdown at midnight.
One senior Republican took to Twitter to talk Trump off the ledge.
“While [Democrats] obstructed normal appropriations process, forcing an Omnibus, the benefits of Omnibus to national security, border security, opioid crisis, infrastructure, school safety and fixing gun background check system are important and will save lives,” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn tweeted….
More…
This what happens when you have a guy elected President that wasn’t suppose to and doen’t understand shit and is arrogant about it…
….Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, guaranteed Thursday that the president would sign the massive spending measure.
“Will the president sign the bill? Yes,” he said at the start of a hastily arranged news conference.
Mulvaney and Trump’s legislative affairs director, Marc Short, explained how White House officials never expected to get all their demands since Democratic votes were needed to get the spending bill to Trump’s desk.
But they never said the president understood that….
More…
Trump has just announced a 1:00 PM press availability….
The media was nervous about if he would follow thru with a veto….
The report is Trump WILL SIGN the spending bill…
I’d bet he’s gonna take political swings at Democrats AND his fellow Republicans
Maybe he will resign.
One can hope.
He, he, he…..
Not YET Scott…..
As the people on CNN are now pointing out….
The guy see’s his running the Presidency like he runs his real estate company….
Centric…
But THAT is NOT the way the American government works by DESIGN….
Trump probably does NOT understand that the enxt spending bill will most proabaly have the Democrats IN CHARGE of the House by a good sized margin….
Democratic Senators voted for the bill 39-8, Republicans much more closely, 25-23 (3 not voting), Angus King (Ind-Maine) for and Bernie Sanders (Ind-Vt) against.
Those who did not vote for the bill:
Nay D Booker, Cory NJ
Nay D Feinstein, Dianne CA
Nay D Gillibrand, Kirsten NY
Nay D Harris, Kamala CA
Nay D Markey, Ed MA
Nay D McCaskill, Claire MO
Nay D Merkley, Jeff OR
Nay D Warren, Elizabeth MA
Nay I Sanders, Bernie VT
Nay R Barrasso, John WY
Nay R Cassidy, Bill LA
Nay R Corker, Bob TN
Nay R Cotton, Tom AR
Nay R Crapo, Michael ID
Nay R Cruz, Ted TX
Nay R Daines, Steve MT
Nay R Enzi, Michael WY
Nay R Ernst, Joni IA
Nay R Fischer, Deb NE
Nay R Flake, Jeff AZ
Nay R Gardner, Cory CO
Nay R Grassley, Chuck IA
Nay R Johnson, Ron WI
Nay R Kennedy, John LA
Nay R Lankford, James OK
Nay R Lee, Mike UT
Nay R Paul, Rand KY
Nay R Perdue, David GA
Nay R Risch, James ID
Nay R Sasse, Benjamin NE
Nay R Sullivan, Dan AK
Nay R Tillis, Thom NC
No Vote R Burr, Richard NC
No Vote R McCain, John AZ
No Vote R Toomey, Pat PA
Source: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2018/s63
Thanks DSD….
Ok….
It sounds like Trump was convinced to sign off based on the Defense money….
Was it Defenese Sec Mattis who AGAIN come thru?….
(He drags Mattis out for cover )
This is the largest Military budget EVER….
Trump says he won’t do this agin….
But THAT doesn’t mean a damn thing….
As predicted?
He knocks the Democrats….
And tries to blame DACA on the Democrats….
He is also crying about NOT getting his border money…
Trump is trying to make something he LOST BIG on look good for HIMSELF which is typical Donald Trump….
Trump also counter’s his boy Putin’s military boast with a reference to nuclear powered subs….
Holy Shit!
This is Trump trying follow up answer Putin for goodness sacks!
People are hungry and worried about healthcare and this guy is talking about shit we can’t eat and provide healthcare!
The guy says the Democrats are screwing Latinos/Hispanics on DACA….
Except the Republicans would NOT accept doing anything….
Trump also is making the tariff issue look like he’s getting ‘HIS’ deals on this….
His performance is once again….
CENTRIC
In the end?
Congress did WAHAT They wanted….
On the other hand, Republicans in the House of Representatives were more favorable to the spending bill than their Senate brethren [145-90 (3 n/v)], and the Democrats less favorable [111-77 (4 n/v)].
There’s no easy, compact way to summarise the 174 non-conforming votes, but you can check the vote of a particular Representative or state delegation for yourself here:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2018/h127
The only quick analysis I can do is for New England (20D & 1R). In Maine, Chellie Pingree (D) did not vote, while Bruce Poliquin (R) voted for. Of the other 5 states’ all-Democratic delegations, four (2 NH, 1 Vt, 2, RI & 5 Ct) voted for the bill unanimouosly, while Mass. split 5-4 for, the dissenters being Joe Kennedy III, Jim McGovern, Katharine Clark and Michael Capuano (who faces a serious anti-establishment primary challenge by Boston City Councillor Ayanna Pressley).