> “Pretty amazing Allahpundit doesn’t seem any more aware than I was, that “power” is not given to the HOR over the dang purse.”
Power is and isn’t. Congress funds government these days by ‘Continuing Resolution’. These CRs need to be renewed. If the House agrees too renew some funding but refuses to renew other, that is power of the purse. The problem is that Boehner never follows through in using this power.
What jjotto said is that once funded, it cannot be defunded until the CR is up for renewal. Boehner made sure the current CR is not up for renewal until after the elections this Fall.
Thx, guys, very much.