Rather, the Senate parliamentarian, an appointee reviewing the megabill as a nonpartisan arbiter, has determined that dozens of provisions are noncompliant with the Byrd Rule, which applies to reconciliation and requires that all language in the measure have a direct fiscal effect. The Byrd Rule is a legislative process that allows the majority to skirt the filibuster for budgetary legislation, which Senate Republicans are seeking to advance Trump’s domestic agenda on energy, taxes, and the border.
Policies that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rules against can either be amended to comply or would require 60 votes to be included, a threshold Republicans would undoubtedly be unable to muster with a three-vote majority and against unified Democratic opposition.
The full bill is still under review, with
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