ruled that
... that even after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Congress unconstitutionally withheld Robert M. Lovett's salary, the House Appropriations Committee did not appropriate funds to pay him?
... that even after the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./United_States_Supreme_Court" id="mwCgs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> <b id="mwCgw"><a href="./United_States_v._Lovett" id="mwCg0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States v. Lovett">ruled that</a></b> the Congress unconstitutionally withheld <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Robert_M._Lovett" id="mwCg4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert M. Lovett">Robert M. Lovett</a>'s salary, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./House_Appropriations_Committee" id="mwCg8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House Appropriations Committee">House Appropriations Committee</a> did not appropriate funds to pay him?