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Why neither party is willing to run the Senate parliamentarian out of town
Both parties see only downside to sidelining Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, even as she rules against portions ...
Why the Senate Parliamentarian is at the center of a fierce debate over Trump’s agenda bill
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has advised that some key money-saving policies couldn’t be included in Trump’s ...
Senate GOP Tries to Figure Out a Medicaid-Slashing Fix to Comply with Parliamentarian
The wildly unpopular “Big Beautiful” reconciliation package has encountered possibly existential challenges, though Senate ...
Who is Elizabeth MacDonough? Senate Parliamentarian blocking US President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful bill', can delay the bill beyond deadline of....
The 'One, Big, beautiful bill', endorsed by President Donald Trump is a conservative budget bill has been passed by the House ...
Meet the Senate parliamentarian, the official tying Republicans in knots over their tax bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives to speak with reporters about the reconciliation process to advance ...
Senate parliamentarian requests AI moratorium be rewritten in ‘big, beautiful bill’
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has asked Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to rewrite the controversial ...
Meet the Senate parliamentarian, who is tying Republicans in knots over their tax bill
Elizabeth MacDonough was appointed to the role in 2012 by Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, Senate majority leader at the time.
Trump bill hits 'speed bumps' as Senate parliamentarian rejects key Medicaid cuts
NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Melanie Zanona reports that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected key ...
Senate parliamentarian rejects religious college tax carve-out, gun silencer deregulation in GOP megabill
The Senate parliamentarian has rejected a Republican attempt to exempt a small number of religious schools, including ...