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"You probably don't know this, but the most important person in the Senate isn't actually a senator. It's the Senate parliamentarian, and she's been busy slashing huge parts of Trump's big, beautiful ...
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough is receiving pushback from Senate Republicans over her recent rulings regarding President Donald Trump’s latest budget reconciliation bill. MacDonough ruled ...
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled a revised proposal from the Senate complied with the chamber’s Byrd Rule, days after she rejected the GOP’s previous “state cost-share ...
Who is Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth Macdonough that ruled against Medicaid in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' Here's what to ...
Gone are GOP-led efforts to curb environmental rules, attempts to restrict federal judges' powers and plans to bulk up immigration enforcement.
The cost-share plan was a critical way for Republicans to trim spending to pay for their massive reconciliation package and ...
Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian, has flagged a growing list of provisions that would be prohibited under the ...
Education: Gone from the new bill language are provisions to expand Pell Grants to short-term workforce training programs ...
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough may not be a household name ... reforms to the food assistance programme SNAP, and a measure to end taxes on tips and overtime pay. That version then went ...
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Republicans Are Quietly Strangling the Filibuster for Trump
By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the filibuster on life support.
Senate Republicans pushed a mammoth budget reconciliation bill through their chamber Tuesday morning over vehement Democratic ...
Recently though, the parliamentarian — the position is currently held by Elizabeth MacDonough The Senate parliamentarian has existed in Congress since 1935, but it is a role that many people are ...