Good post. Right on... Except that, IIRC, significant money has
already been appropriated for implementation of Mengelecare by the previous (DemocRAT-controlled) House. Apparently, this funding ($billions$) was snuck in there by Pelosi specifically in anticipation of a GOP takeover and the subsequent effort to "defund" Mengelecare. This money was supposed to fund implementation for several years.
I don't know how this works, but I thought I read that because of this manuever the GOP-controlled House could restrict or completely deny future funding, but would need consent of the Senate and the President to strip/repeal funding that has already been budgeted.
I hope I'm wrong. (And I probably am...)
Apparently, this funding ($billions$) was snuck in there by Pelosi specifically in anticipation of a GOP takeover and the subsequent effort to "defund"... I don't know whether that money has to be spent or not.
Does the action of one Congress bind the next?
Are we bound by laws passed before 1861?
Still, we need to win the elections in 2012 to kill this law once and for all.