Which obviously means, the house still has the constitutional power of the purse and the power to adjust, suspend or repeal prior provisions of law enacted previously via so-called future appropriatons bills. The congress of 2011/2012 cannot bind the spending in fiscal years 2014 and beyond.
Absolutely correct.
As I understand the process though, the multi-year and no-year discretionary bills passed by a previous Congress remain in effect unless they expire by law or unless the current Congress explicitly changes (adjusts, suspends, repeals) them.
When challenged about the Democrats not having passed an annual budget since 2009, little Chuckie Schumer responded that they didn’t have to because the last Budget Control Act set spending for several years.