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What makes me madder is how IGNORANT the media is about how the government functions, including how a bill becomes a law.

I hate to say it but that School House Rock's "I'm Just a bill" should be required viewing for any and every political reporter -



I was yelling at the radio at 4 am ET this morning listening to a national reporter fumbling over what has transpired the past couple days, and the whole concept of 3 branches that are SUPPOSED TO HAVE "checks and balances".



Every major news outlet NEEDS to have some kind of expert in government affairs who is aware of this and can act as a resource for the rest of the reporters.

So for example, before the end of January 2026, there was a "Minibus" of bundled appropriations bills that covered groups/Departments, that consisted of -

H.R.7148 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026



And if you dive into that, under the appropriations titled - DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 (which is HHS, DOL, Dept of Education, and related), under DOL for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (the group that reports the Unemployment Rate and a niumber of other statistics) there is a section DESIGNATED for SALARIES AND EXPENSES -



with a designated amount of money and in this case, also referencing funding towards salaries also coming from an "Unemployment Trust Fund".

EVERY ONE of these has sections FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES.

Trying to unilaterally "reprogram money" that 45 keeps doing, outside of what leeway was designated by Congress in appropriations (and note that the Barbarbic Butcher Bill INCLUDES multi-year appropriations being that it was done by "reconciliation", which is a budget function that can designate certain appropriations for certain things), gets into financially dicey and even illegal territory.