A fight over which laws Taiwan's cabinet will sign off on has turned into a political brawl, with both sides accusing the other of bad faith — bad news for anyone hoping the drone spending actually moves.

• The cabinet countersigned the bill to boost homegrown defense and drone production, but the KMT still attacked the move as picking and choosing which parts of the constitution to obey.
• The DPP fired back that the KMT's support for drones is fake, since it criticized the bill even after it passed and was signed.
• The cabinet refused to countersign a separate child savings account law, saying it raises serious constitutional problems around separation of powers.
• Instead, the government put a monthly payment for every child under 18 into next year's central budget, calling it a fairer way to help families.
• The DPP says the drone law only patches damage from earlier opposition cuts to defense spending, and that the extra budget still waiting in the legislature is what really matters.

Outlook: The real test comes next session, when the supplementary and annual budgets — carrying both the drone money and the cash handouts — go up for a vote.