That is not what is going on.
It is ridiculous to think that Congress every year goes through hundreds of thousands of pages of Laws and tries to figure out if every line or paragraph of legalese mandating some spending will be “funded” or not and how that relates to the other thousands of agencies and programs..
Most spending is mandatory , written in diabolically by democrats to be permanent , mandatory , forever and growing , automatic. This is why Congress has too much power. Almost anything they can imagine can become law if lawyers write it.
I wonder how many people don't understand how Congress works. No wonder the country keeps moving to the left.
Congress has too much power?.. Congress has the power of the purse..
What they fund gets funded or continues to get funded..
What they UNfund or UNderfund gets UNfunded..or UNderfunded..
A corrupt people elect a corrupt Congress...
ELSE they would UNcorrupt it..
We have the government NOW that reflects the American people..
If americans get more circumspect they will elect a more circumspect government..
Congress has exactly the power they want and deserve..
ALL legislation(funding) begins and ends in the House of Representatives..
IF the House does not pass it, it does not get funded or enacted..
The House can end Executive Orders by a vote to do just that.. even over the Presidents VETO..
The House can limit the Presidents power.. the President cannot limit Congress's power..