Posted on 12/16/2021 4:50:01 PM PST by devane617
The Senate parliamentarian has said a Democratic effort to let millions of immigrants remain temporarily in the U.S. should be dropped from the party’s expansive social and environment bill, people informed of the decision said Thursday, dealing another blow to a long-time priority of Democrats, migrant advocates and progressives.
The opinion by Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate’s nonpartisan arbiter of its rules, all but certainly means Democrats will ultimately have to drop the proposal from their 10-year, roughly $2 trillion package of health care, family services and climate change initiatives championed by President Joe Biden.
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Manchin already said he won’t overrule the parliamentarian.
The hits just keep coming for the bet wetter brigade.
Strike three from Parliamentarian since September. How many strikes are they going to go for I wonder? Great news nonetheless...for now anyway.
They’re never out, always determined to steal first base, so the team out in the field has to stay alert.
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