Thank you for clarifying the tie-in of the EO to the bill.
So the EO may be viewed as an action similar to line-item veto which is unconstitutional.
But who and how will this invalid action be nullified? Before the Senate? The Supreme Court?
Actually it will be nullified when a left leaning group like planned parenthood sues the gov’t for restricting the use of the federal dollars this bill is going to allocate for them. They will rightly argue that the POTUS does not have the authority to prevent funds allocated by Congress from being used to fund their abortions BECAUSE the bill passed does not prevent it. The whole reason for the HYDE amendment was that CONGRESS is the only entity that can restrict how the monies they allocate can be spent. The courts have consistently agreed and even though the line item veto differs in some ways, the principle is the same. The POTUS can’t overrule Congress when they pass a law he then signs. By signing the law, the POTUS is explicitly signing on to the spending contained therein.