Dems Can Only Sidestep GOP on One More Bill
This Session, Senate Parliamentarian Rules
Posted By: Dreadnought, 6/2/2021 3:28:23 PM
The Senate parliamentarian issued a new ruling that would effectively allow Democrats to use automatic budget reconciliation just one more time this year to bypass Republicans to advance President Biden’s progressive agenda. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that a revision to the 2021 budget resolution cannot be automatically discharged from the Senate Budget Committee, according to The Hill. This means that Democrats would need at least one Republican on the 11-11 panel to vote with them if they want to use reconciliation on more than one occasion before the legislative session ends in October. The ruling, issued on Friday, effectively means
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