Question for DU Experts - in the history of America

[malaise]

has any House of Representatives ever attempted to defund a bill that was passed by both branches of government, signed by the President, became law and then received the approval of the Supreme Court?

Is this merely sabotage or something else?

Are the loudest voices being paid hacks of health industry corporations?

[arcane1]

1. They're not bright enough for sabotage.

They do this so they can go back to their constituents and say "re-elect me, I voted to end Obamacare". That's my guess anyway.

[valerief]

3. Lobbyists have the brains. Pols can be dumb as dirt. nt

[malaise]

5. I think that's more for their financial backers than for

people who are benefiting from Obamacare

[HeiressofBickworth]

7. Boener gave this away recently when he

was asked why they were going to vote yet again to eliminate Obamacare. His response was to give the newer members of the House the opportunity to vote against it.

[malaise]

9. I thought you vote against bills

during the law making process not after they were settled law.
ReTHUGs are sick fuggs.

[rurallib]

2. been wondering about this also

but can't figure how to google it.

[malaise]

6. I really want to know the answer

The Democratic leadership also need this answer

[msongs]

4. when a law is a goldmine for "health industry corporations" they are not likely to kill it nt

[zappaman]

8. I know DU has at least one trained historian.

Hopefully they will see this and weigh in!

[Igel]

10. Lots of bills pass and aren't funded.

Part of the illegal-immigrant amnesty in the '80s included setting up something like e-verify. Didn't happen.

SpEd funding has never reached 100%.

If you don't have to fund something, you don't have to fund something. Thing is, the law still takes effect unless implementation is made contingent upon funding. Now *that* would be amusing, seeing the Executive deal with an unfunded mandate. (School districts do it all the time.)

Congress is free to ignore a lot of things simply because there's nobody with standing to sue or sovereign immunity shields them. All nuclear waste has long since been required to be stored at a national nuclear waste repository. The only one that anybody worked on was disqualified. Now we have a law and no implementation.



Note that SCOTUS' approval has precisely nothing to do with it. (In fact, SCOTUS' "approval" was revising what a lot of Congressfolk had said. It's a fee, not a tax. Uh, no, it's a tax, not a fee. Whatever.)

[malaise]

11. Thanks Igel

I guess they can defund then?