Circumventing the separation of powers is NOT something to be admired.

@snytiger6 I didn't say it was admirable--except in a reptilian sense. I said it was SHREWD because it's hamstrung the Democrats-- it's either agree to it or oppose it on constitutional grounds, BUT people really need this cash and won't care about such niceties as the separation of powers.
We'll see how it plays out, but their only real choice (unless there's a poison pill in there, a real booby trap) is to say, 'We know how important this is, so we'll swallow our whistle and let it go ahead."
That said, I have to grudgingly 'give the devil his due.' I don't think he did it out of anything but the most calculatingly political will to survive, but on the other hand he is in this context a 'politician,' after all, and he probably knew if he didn't do SOMETHING like this, his personal fate was sealed, his goose cooked.
I think it is anyway, just sayin'...