Congress

Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Energy Provisions in Megabill

They were ruled to violate the ‘Byrd Rule,’ which requires measures in a reconciliation bill to be budgetary.
Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Energy Provisions in Megabill
The U.S Capitol building in Washington on May 5, 2025.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
|Updated:
0:00

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that certain provisions related to the energy sector in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act were out of order, as the GOP looks to implement President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

These rulings were made under the “Byrd Rule,” named for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.). It requires reconciliation bills to be related to the federal budget, revenue, and the national debt.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
Author
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
twitter