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Here’s what the Senate parliamentarian has struck from Trump’s megabill
- Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough struck several major provisions from President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill on June 21, removing elements deemed non-budgetary.
- MacDonough applied the Byrd Rule, which forbids non-budget-related provisions in budget reconciliation bills, to provisions including immigration enforcement aid to states and public land sales.
- The removals included over $250 billion of budget savings, forcing the bill to lose some immigration enforcement tools, land sales authorizations, and limits on regulatory overreach.
- Democrats praised MacDonough’s rulings as upholding procedural law, while Republican opponents argued the decisions undermine the bill and called to bypass her authority.
- These rulings jeopardize the bill's timely passage before July 4 and highlight the procedural checks shaping legislation and the difficulties of passing a comprehensive partisan bill via reconciliation.
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The "Big Beautiful Bill" gets a Byrd bath.
I’m Isaac Saul, and this is Tangle: an independent, nonpartisan, subscriber-supported politics newsletter that summarizes the best arguments from across the political spectrum on the news of the day — then “my take.”Are you new here? Get free emails to your inbox daily. Would you rather listen? You can find our podcast here.Today’s read: 14 minutes.🐦The Senate parliamentarian makes the Big Beautiful Bill a little smaller. Plus, our thoughts on …
Out of bounds: Senate parliamentarian ruling is another blow against One Big Beautiful Bill
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Unelected Bureaucrat Deletes Great Provisions from the BBB
The Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonough, who is an unelected bureaucrat with tremendous power, was appointed by the late radical Democrat Harry Reid in 2012. She is taking many key provisions out of the Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill. The Senate could probably remove her, but they aren’t or can’t. This is a woman who had no […] The post Unelected Bureaucrat Deletes Great Provisions from the BBB appeared first on www.independentsentinel…
The parliamentarian isn’t more powerful than the people
First we were told that unelected federal judges could dictate all policy, law, and appropriations. Now the excuse for inaction is the Senate parliamentarian.Left-wing protesters chant “no kings,” but nearly every major Trump-era domestic policy was blocked by a court. Nearly 200 actions on immigration, personnel, spending, and transgender issues were halted or overturned by the judiciary. Today, the good provisions in an otherwise lackluster re…
Sen. Paul to Newsmax: Parliamentarian Hinders Budget Bill
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Tuesday that the reconciliation budget package being considered in the upper chamber "is getting worse at this point" after the Senate parliamentarian tossed out several provisions because they violated Senate rules. Elizabeth MacDonough has been the Senate parliamentarian since 2012. MacDonough, an unelected official who advises senators on following the chamber's rules, earlier this week determined that m…
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