https://freerepublic.com/tag/parliamentarian/ en-us Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:45:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4325606/posts Important newsflash for the Senate GOP: the recommendations of the woke Senate parliamentarian, who is trying to ensure that absolutely no financial reform is enacted, are not binding. ... John Thune .. not going to challenge the outrageous decisions of the Senate Parliamentarian, and no doubt he’d like you to believe there’s no option otherwise. That is simply untrue. There are multiple ways of overruling the unelected Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s decisions. As voters, it’s very important we understand the legal realities of our system and not give our elected representatives a pass just because they claimed helplessness. ... “The... PJ Media https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4325606/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:45:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4325484/posts Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday the Senate would not move to overrule its parliamentarian after she advised that including key provisions in the GOP’s domestic-policy megabill would expose it to a fatal Democratic filibuster. After the decisions were publicized Thursday, multiple conservative Republicans called on the Senate to sideline Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough. But when asked by POLITICO about overruling her, Thune said, “No, that would not be a good option for getting a bill done.” The rulings from MacDonough affected several major pieces of the GOP plan, including a provision that would crack down on provider taxes that... Politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4325484/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:30:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4325488/posts Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday the Senate would not move to overrule its parliamentarian after she advised that including key provisions in the GOP’s domestic-policy megabill would expose it to a fatal Democratic filibuster. After the decisions were publicized Thursday, multiple conservative Republicans called on the Senate to sideline Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough. But when asked by POLITICO about overruling her, Thune said, “No, that would not be a good option for getting a bill done.” The rulings from MacDonough affected several major pieces of the GOP plan, including a provision that would crack down on provider taxes that... politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4325488/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:54:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4325400/posts DEVASTATING BLOW: Unelected Harry Reid-appointed Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough just STRUCK DOWN the DEFUNDING OF MEDICAID FOR ILLEGALS in the Big Beautiful Bill...AND defunding "gender-affirming care" under Medicaid and CHIP! No, I am not joking! A 2012 Democrat lackey is gutting the bill right before our very eyes! She says the provisions that limit federal dollars for states that give illegal aliens Medicaid benefits require 60 votes, not 50+1. She also struck out limits on Medicaid, Medicare and ACA premium tax credits for non-citizen immigrants, per Punchbowl. IGNORE THIS, OR FIRE HER, Mr. Thune ... The Senate Parliamentarian must be... X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4325400/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:34:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4324818/posts The Senate parliamentarian has rejected several more provisions in the Republican megabill to enact President Trump’s agenda, including language authorizing states to conduct border security and immigration enforcement, which traditionally have been duties of the federal government. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough also ruled against language in the bill that would increase the Federal Employees Retirement Systems contribution rate for new civil servants if they do not agree to give up civil service protections to become at-will employees. Additionally, the parliamentarian advised against a section of the bill that would allow the executive branch to reorganize federal government agencies — or eliminate... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4324818/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:37:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4288502/posts Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) warned Senate Republicans not to overrule parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough if some desired border security provisions are thrown out. Such a move would be akin to nuking the legislative filibuster, the new Republican leader said... Senate Republicans could seek out sweeping border policy changes that would be prohibited under reconciliation rules. Thune’s ruling should stop such a move that would step over the respected MacDonough. She’s served the Senate since 2012 and holds bipartisan praise. Thune lauded her in 2015 when Republicans sought to repeal portions of Obamacare.... Washington Examiner https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4288502/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jan 2025 08:22:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4308899/posts The Senate parliamentarian plays a key role in budget reconciliation, which congressional Republicans are using to advance the president’s policy goals.. WASHINGTON—Republicans have set the stage to potentially override the Senate parliamentarian as they move ahead with President Donald Trump’s policy proposals. Republicans are seeking to pass Trump’s entire agenda—including tax cuts, energy policy, border policy, defense, and other areas—using the reconciliation process. While this process allows the party to bypass the 60-vote filibuster threshold, which kills most partisan bills on arrival in the Senate, it’s heavily restricted. Rules governing its use prevent these types of bills from having a... Epoch Times, https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4308899/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2025 22:01:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4308939/posts The Trump administration’s plan to override a late Biden-era waiver approving California’s 2035 ban on gas-powered cars — embraced by 12 states and Washington, D.C. — hit a major roadblock as the Senate’s parliamentarian ruled the act is not subject to standard congressional review. ... the EPA, which falls under the president’s authority, must approve waivers for each new California policy. That’s why California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the capital in the waning days of the Biden administration to secure approval of several waivers — including its ban on emissions-producing cars in 2035 — before the Trump administration took power.... Center Square https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4308939/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2025 01:40:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3999943/posts Protesters stopped traffic on the San Francisco bridge for about 45 minutes Immigration protesters stopped traffic on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge for more than 30 minutes Thursday morning, urging Congress to pass a citizenship bill through the budget reconciliation process.... ...About 25 cars stopped traffic at around 7 a.m. on the bridge, and protesters delivered speeches from a bed of a truck and held banners reading, "Pass the $3.5 trillion spending bill," "Override the Parliamentarian," "Kamala: Override the Parliamentarian," and "Citizenship for All."... ...At least five people were arrested, according to the California Highway Patrol, and four vehicles were... Fox https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3999943/posts#comment Sat, 2 Oct 2021 07:58:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3999296/posts The Senate parliamentarian has nixed Democrats' back-up plan for getting immigration reform into a sweeping spending bill, handing them a second setback. Democrats had pitched parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants by making a change to the date for when undocumented immigrants within the United States can apply to adjust their legal status. But MacDonough told Democrats that the option was a non-starter, according to a copy of the guidance obtained by The Hill. Democrats are pursuing other back-up plans with the Senate referee, according to a source familiar with Democrats' strategy. Changing the registry date is... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3999296/posts#comment Thu, 30 Sep 2021 03:49:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3996550/posts The Democrats are trying to alter the basic nature of our Republic with the slimmest of congressional majorities. This alone violates the long held understanding that serious long-term changes properly ought to be supported by both parties. But, in trying to bypass Senate filibuster rules by including extraneous legislation under the rubric of "budget reconciliation," they have run into an obstacle from the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, who did not buy their argument that legalizing 8 million people is mostly about the budget. Marianne Levine writes in Politico:The Senate parliamentarian on Sunday rejected Democrats' push to include a pathway to legal... American Thinker https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3996550/posts#comment Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:48:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3996445/posts The parliamentarian of the US Senate has issued a ruling declaring that an amnesty provision for millions of illegal aliens can’t be passed through the use of budget reconciliation, a legislative move allowing the Senate to pass laws with only 50 votes as opposed to 60. Politico reported on Sunday that parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the amnesty provision is not a budget-related matter, and thus cannot be included in legislation passable through use of budget reconciliation. The Democrat amnesty provision would’ve granted a quick path to citizenship for as many as eight million illegal immigrants broadly designated as “essential... bigleaguepolitics.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3996445/posts#comment Mon, 20 Sep 2021 02:33:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3964575/posts Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has effectively ruled that only one more automatic budget reconciliation is permissible this year, dealing a blow to Democrats who previously thought they would have two more chances to sidestep Republicans in advancing President Biden's agenda. MacDonough ruled that a revision to the 2021 budget resolution cannot be automatically discharged from the Senate Budget Committee, meaning Democrats would need at least one Republican on the 11-11 panel to vote with them. The bombshell ruling effectively means Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will be able to use only one more reconciliation vehicle to pass Biden's key... The Hill.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3964575/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jun 2021 04:07:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3939030/posts Guess she’ll have to take the bus. Funding for a rail project near House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California district that Republicans denounced as wasteful was removed Tuesday from President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill. The Senate parliamentarian ruled the $140 million appropriation wasn’t allowed under the so-called Byrd rule that polices unrelated items in budget reconciliation bills. Republicans singled out the rail project as an example of unrelated “pork” in the bill, which is being rammed through Congress without Republican support using special rules that allow a simple majority vote in the Senate. On Tuesday, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3939030/posts#comment Wed, 3 Mar 2021 00:59:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3937775/posts The Senate parliamentarian ruled Thursday that the $15 per hour minimum wage cannot be included in the Democrats’ proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package. The controversial proposal in the House bill seeks to gradually raise the federal minimum wage, which has been at $7.25 an hour since 2009, to $15 by 2025. Elizabeth MacDonough, the chief Senate parliamentarian, has decided that the minimum wage increase cannot be included under the budget reconciliation process, according to multiple reports. Per the Byrd Rule—a procedural step for determining the eligibility of a provision to be included in a reconciliation bill—MacDonough and her team... Epoch Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3937775/posts#comment Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:15:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3533907/posts As Washington people go around doing Washington things and talking to other Washington people about Washington-focused health-care reform, we would do well to take a step back to simplify the debate in front of us. We are the most prosperous country in the history of the world. As such, we have many of the best hospitals, doctors, nurses, and medicines available. We have hundreds of insurers that take risk — for profit — to insure us. We have fairly broad, but expensive and not always effective, social safety nets in which we pool our resources through taxation in an effort... National Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3533907/posts#comment Sun, 12 Mar 2017 01:08:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2882138/posts Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders defended his views about Islam in an intense and extensive interview with The Daily Caller. “Because I spoke out against the ideology called Islam already for almost 10 years now, I was marked for death,” Wilders, who was in Washington to promote his latest book, “Marked for Death: Islam’s War against the West and Me,” told TheDC. “If you speak the truth — and I believe people should speak the truth about Islam — you pay a very heavy price.” Islamist clerics issued fatwas calling for Wilders death after he began speaking out against Islam. He... Daily Caller https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2882138/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2012 16:07:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2643033/posts In wake of renewed Turkish demands that Israel apologize for the deaths of nine pro-terror activists killed in a maritime clash with the IDF, MK Danny Danon of Likud offered his own “apology” in a letter he read aloud in the Knesset Tuesday. Danon's speech was as follows: To the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, (by way of the Turkish ambassador to Israel) Regarding: The request for an apology to the government of Turkey for the events aboard the Mavi Marmara of the Gaza flotilla. inn https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2643033/posts#comment Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:00:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2469775/posts VIDEO: Pelosi: Senate Parliamentarian Ruling ‘Not Very Troubling’ Pelosi's remarks on the Parlimentarian. breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2469775/posts#comment Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:12:32 GMT