Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Out Certain Provisions of Megabill

Senate Republicans could overrule MacDonough’s rulings, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has said they will not do so.
Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Out Certain Provisions of Megabill
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on May 22, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled that certain provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are not germane to the process under which Republicans are trying to pass the measure, according to the Senate Budget Committee on June 19.

The GOP is seeking to pass the bill under the reconciliation process, which exempts the bill from the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold that applies to most legislation.

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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.
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