This Rep from Texas is appropriations chair for DOJ and found in documents he alone had the power of the purse. He told DOJ they had to follow the law or he would cut their budget. He stopped the sanctuary cities - told Loretta Lynch to uphold the law or she would lose funding for the top earners at the DOJ, but he would still fund the border patrol.
Lynch complied- the link below has hypertext links to videos of the hearing and letter from the DOJ.
Attorney General Lynch Confirms New Sanctuary Cities Policy During Hearing with Chairman Culberson
http://culberson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398414
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3429541/posts?page=38#38
It appears San Fransisco did not get the memo from the DOJ or has the DOJ backed away from the new policy?
Culberson: Use Power of the Purse to Pressure DOJ to Block Fed Grants to Sanctuary Cities
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406107/posts
2:34 Minutes The Bill O’Reilly Show Discusses Cong. Culberson’s Action on Sanctuary Cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1NcyV55GA
Rep. John Culberson forces the Justice Department to crack down on Sanctuary cities
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3401381/posts
ping to #52 and article.
your previous post - excerpt:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406107/posts?page=14#14
So Culberson, Chair of House Appropriations, reveals that he ALONE has purse string power over the Federal budget which practially no one knew.
The only reason why the House fails to utilize more purse string powers is due to legislation that is self-shackling [most likely dating back to FDR’s New Deal agenda] as well as the senate hamstringing legislation through unconstitutional treaties.
Carry Okie is actually Mark Edward Vande Pol, a published author who writes about the US government. He wrote about how treaties have bastardized the Constitution, such as through empowering the EPA ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2371062/posts
Someone with a spine