United States House of Representatives v. Burwell
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
130 F. Supp. 3d 53 (2015)
Relevant factsFree
HHS spent billions of dollars reimbursing insurers under an ACA cost-sharing provision, and the House sued alleging this spending violated the Constitution's requirement that no money be drawn from the Treasury absent a congressional appropriation, while the defendants argued this was merely lawful implementation of the ACA and that the House lacked standing to sue.
IssueFree
Whether the House of Representatives has standing to sue the executive branch to enforce Congress's constitutional power of appropriating federal money.