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Democrats CANNOT use $3.5trillion spending bill to give millions of immigrants a pathway to citizenship, Senate's parliamentarian rules
The Daily Mail UK ^
| 19 September 2021
| MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 09/19/2021 11:30:09 PM PDT by blueplum
Democrats cannot use their $3.5 trillion spending bill to give millions of immigrants a pathway to citizenship, the Senate´s parliamentarian ruled late Sunday in a crushing blow to the party's agenda.
The decision by Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate´s nonpartisan interpreter of its rules, is a potentially damaging setback for President Joe Biden, congressional Democrats and their allies in the pro-immigration and progressive communities.
It badly damages Democrats´ hopes of unilaterally enacting - over Republican opposition - changes letting several categories of immigrants gain permanent residence ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; parlimentarian; senate; spendingbill; whoops
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posted on
09/19/2021 11:30:09 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
The DemComs are plotting...
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posted on
09/20/2021 1:26:29 AM PDT
by
Does so
(USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
To: blueplum
I guess it's time for Senate Democrats to take out their nukes again and use the nuclear option on the reconciliation process.
Following the same procedure as with cloture for judges, I bet a Senator will make a point of order that the Parliamentarian is wrong, and all it will take is a majority vote on the point of order to overrule the Parliamentarian.
Then voila, amnesty can be in reconciliation forever!
-PJ
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posted on
09/20/2021 1:28:59 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: blueplum
You don’t see this news in America.
This Senate Parlementarian is truly nonpartisan.
She may have singlehandedly saved America.
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posted on
09/20/2021 1:34:53 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
09/20/2021 2:30:00 AM PDT
by
Guenevere
(When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
To: blueplum
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posted on
09/20/2021 2:32:25 AM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: blueplum
That they even tried is scandalous. That the parliamentarian invoked the rule of law is amazing in today’s climate of disrespect for the law, but much appreciated (David Limbaugh, Twitter).
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posted on
09/20/2021 3:01:33 AM PDT
by
gattaca
("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
To: Lazamataz
This Senate Parlementarian is truly nonpartisan.
She may have singlehandedly saved America. She should hire someone to start her car every morning...
To: blueplum
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posted on
09/20/2021 5:15:24 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Dethrone the ruling elite. Redistribute their wealth. Take away their power. Annul their privileges.)
To: blueplum
Pfffft...rules are for serfs.
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posted on
09/20/2021 5:16:41 AM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
To: blueplum
Bookie not taking any bets says their game is rigged.
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posted on
09/20/2021 8:56:33 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: blueplum
the republic is hanging by a parliamentarian thread
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posted on
09/20/2021 1:44:58 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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