Mealey's (June 15, 2015, 1:39 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 21, 2014, filed suit in the District of Columbia federal court against Sylvia Burwell, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and others over implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (United States House of Representatives v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, et al., No. 14-1967, D.D.C.).

(Complaint available. Document #93-141126-024C.)

The House alleges that the government is spending public funds Congress has not appropriated. Specifically, the House claims that Congress never appropriated...