[caww]

...”the House has the purse strings. It can refuse to fund anything it wants to without consultation with the Senate or the President.”....John Boehner is the problem.”....

Well there's more than just Boehner that's the problem as it's not just his ‘purse’....and since 'they' do have the power of the purse it seems pretty evident 'they' aren't willing to use it to stop much of anything.....rather they dither and trade , wheel and deal, when they could just say “No”....

[DoughtyOne]

I agree with that too. They don’t say no to this guy.