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When asked by reporters at the White House, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said only that the money would be allotted through "reconciliation and appropriations".

Those successful anti-trans efforts were provisions included as riders in federal authorization or appropriations legislation.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court turned down an effort by a payday lending trade group to declare the bureau’s structure unconstitutional because it is funded by bank fees instead of congressional appropriations.

Musk's impromptu whipping of votes in opposition to the spending bill reportedly has House Speaker Mike Johnson considering a narrower resolution that would carve out much of the stopgap bill's appropriations.

But when it comes to appropriations there's no getting around Congress.