These are helpful steps but he can do more by denying funds for the military's nuclear programs and by allowing international inspection of Brazil's reactors.
But many have been investigated and, at one time or another, denied funds because of poor management, questionable finances and poor service.
A pending House bill would deny all Federal education funds to any state that fails to provide full education opportunity to every homeless child.
The House would deny funds to unwed teen-age mothers and children born to welfare recipients.
But it could deny funds that individual countries need to preserve their fragile experiments with political democracy and economic reform.
In 1995, Congress passed the Solomon amendment, denying federal funds to schools that block military recruiters.
By denying funds this week, the Senate can stop these superfluous programs in their tracks.
A year later the library was denied extra funds by the township to help with the operating of the library.
More than three years ago, Washington began denying funds to any private organizations associating with groups abroad that engage in abortion or abortion-related activities.