President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sweeping $1.3 trillion bill funding the U.S. government until October, hours after threatening to veto it over dissatisfaction with its immigration provisions.
The bill passed the House on Thursday and the Senate early Friday. Most lawmakers then left Washington for a two-week recess, operating under the assumption that he would sign the bill before the government’s funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
“As a matter of a national security, I’ve signed this omnibus budget bill,” Mr. Trump said, before quickly adding that there were “a lot of things I’m unhappy about in this bill.”
Mr. Trump criticized the spending package for being passed without enough time to read the plan before funding expires at the end of the day.
“I say to Congress—I will never sign another bill like this again,” Mr. Trump said...MORE
We now have a massive budget that neither the President nor most Congressmen have read.
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"Lucy" Trump pulls football away from "Charlie" America at the last possible minute.
More seriously..........why would anyone be surprised.................same old story.....
1. Person wants elected and makes a lot of promises about doing what is the best for our country.
2. Person gets elected as he/she is good at conning folks out of money.
3. Person goes to Washington (or the State Capital).
4. Person take pledges to uphold our constitution.
5. Person succumbs to power and greed.
6. Person continues to lie and make more promises.
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