it looks like they don't teach the u.s. constitution or u.s. history in Karl Marx college either. The house has the power of the purse because they are closest to the people. If the people don't like what happened they can throw the bastards out. Thats what they did... the dems majority was voted out and therefore they lost the power of the purse. And now as contemplated by the founders the house can simply not vote to fund obamacare. The dems used similar strategies in the past with war spending.