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Parliamentarian accepts revised GOP proposal to cut federal food assistance spending
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has accepted a revised Republican proposal to shift some costs for food ...
Utah senator floundering in wake of rejected land sale provision
Lee spoke to right-wing media personality Charlie Kirk on his Rumble talk show Tuesday morning. He said there has been ...
US Senate parliamentarian says oil, gas projects can't skirt environmental review
The massive U.S. tax and budget bill being finalized by Congress cannot pass a provision that automatically enables offshore ...
Senate rulekeeper blocks public lands sales — including in Colorado — from Republican budget bill
A GOP budget bill provision that would mandate the sale of federal public lands across the West — including in Colorado — ...
Senate parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to authorize states to conduct immigration enforcement
The Senate parliamentarian has rejected several more provisions in the Republican megabill to enact President Trump’s agenda, ...
Why the Senate’s Byrd Rule Could Mean Trouble For Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
The Byrd Rule, adopted in 1985, is a procedural constraint named after the late Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia to ...
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Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Trump Administration Push To Roll Back Vehicle Emissions Standards
The nonpartisan Senate Parliamentarian decided that the Senate can't roll back EPA emissions regulations as Trump hopes ...
Senate ‘Byrd bath’ further complicates conservative support for tax bill
There have been some changes from the Senate parliamentarian that could threaten GOP leadership’s vote tally on the bill, or at least make things more complicated.
G.O.P. Can’t Include Limits on Trump Lawsuits in Megabill, Senate Official Rules
The Senate parliamentarian rejected a measure in Republicans’ domestic policy bill that could limit lawsuits seeking to block ...
Revised Senate SNAP changes receive parliamentarian’s approval
The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has ruled in favor of revised legislative language mandating states cover some food ...