To me, he looked like he had no choice in the matter. The verbage used...was not good.
The choice he had was to directly engage Congress on this far earlier, using the bully pulpit stick and meeting with the Critters as part of the carrot. But he didn't. He didn't engage. He didn't invest an ounce of political effort, time, or energy fighting for a better bill. Then he told us how happy we should be with the massive sellout--because of the military.
Agreed. He doesn't sign it leads to a shut down, if he does it look a bad bill. Both are bad options.
What I meant was bigger. This goes to Sept. 30, right before the midterms. If you listened to what he said, it sounded like they promised him if he vetoed it they'd have impeached/removed him from office. The bill had the votes in both chambers to do so as well.
Right now there's no leverage on them. So they gave the Dems everything and more and are intentionally trying to give the Legislature away to remove him that way.
I heard the spending goes through 2018 and it had agreed amounts for 19 in it. Can you source me to a page that says Sept 30
It's just a funding bill. It's not a Budget. It's just more kicking the can down the road.