“The funding bill was already passed. One segment of one branch of government can’t stop it alone, even if they could muster the votes which would not happen. “
The funding bill that passed in December takes government funding to 9/30/23, the end of the fiscal year.
And yes, the House can, alone, prevent the funding of an administrative agency. And actually it doesn’t take any votes at all. The DOJ funding bill can just be prevented from coming to the floor for a vote.
Now of course what’s gonna happen (because it happens every year) is that they’ll want yet another omnibus (all funding thrown together in one bill, not several bills as was done years ago). But the House can just say no. There will be no omnibus this year. The Senate will have to pass individual bills or the government will shut down.
They can, but they won’t. We should have all learned by now now to hang our hat on these people. They are all compromised.