Won’t happen now, but is it not up for renewal in January 2026? That may be the time to do it

their misogynistic love of pedophiles.

Especially if you're going to follow it immediately by saying Trump's just going to do whatever he wants. If that's true and he has all the agency, then both choices were equally meaningless short of holding out until a theoretical veto proof majority.

Or necessarily cared if he kept his word. That’s my cynical take.

(yeah, "279" is an arbitrary guess towards the number of
'high crimes and misdemeanors' he will have committed
by the time the House Democrats have authority to bring charges against him...)

Here is what the law states:
"....any reduction in force proposed, noticed, initiated, executed, implemented, or otherwise taken by an Executive Agency between October 1, 2025, and the date of enactment, shall have no force or effect.
(1 ) Any employee who received notice of being subject to such a reduction in force shall have that notice rescinded and be returned to employment status as of September 30, 2025, without interruption. Such employees shall receive all pay to which they otherwise would have been entitled in the absence of receiving such notice, including backpay in accordance with section 116 of this Act.
(2) Within 5 days of date of enactment of this Act, each Federal agency shall send notice to all affected employees and the chairs and ranking members of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the withdrawal of the reduction in force notice and the affected employee’s reinstatement, if applicable.

Or not in the bill?
( a signed bill becomes the law. and, yes - I believe the courts would uphold .. )

In which case this is just another example of one more Republican blow hard - talking out of his a** - on another cheesy podcast show.

With said information only kind of reinforced my own take ..

Umm .. no? Legislation is legislation. The president has the option of either signing it .. or not signing it.

Text - H.R.5371 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5371/text

Or, will simply not bother?

Release the Epstein documents.

And open up the government, and then not faithfully execute the provisions Trump doesn’t like. That is what dictatorship looks like.

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IOW, make him do it.

That would warrant Mandamus?

Pretty sure we all knew that anyone saying, “We’ll make a deal in the future” is full of it. I doubt anyone actually believes them.

“… therefore I don’t have to honor it.”

New rule he just made up. Repukes in Congress stay silent.

I'm not. The only surprising thing is, it took this lone.

If they rely just solely on promises, then shame on them that’s even worse

He has two choiceds ... sign it as is, or don't.

Obey the law, or disobey the law.