The budget bill was revised down several times, with falling tax revenues, a growing deficit, and exploding debt.

The government warned that the service would shut down if the budget bill do not pass.

The budget bill, however, becomes law upon its final passage and can not be vetoed.

In particular, critics cited his unprecedented use of line-item and reduction vetoes to remove his political opponents' member initiatives from the budget bill.

He denounced the way it which it was simply slipped it into a budget bill.