The Trump draft budget bill moving in the Senate contains numerous anti-public land provisions that need to be removed to comply with Senate rules that skirt the 60-vote Senate threshold.
Thank you Bryce for this explanation. My question is, will anyone follow what the parliamentarian is ruling or will issues be ignored or disregarded like everything else so far?
The Parliamentarian rulings are different than things like the "scoring" for budgetary impact from the Government Accountability Office. Parliamentary rulings are followed nearly always. This is what sunk the Dems (feeble) attempt to raise the minimum wage in 2021 through the budget. Here's an explainer to help understand the situation:
"Despite the contentious nature of their role in the budget process, their nonpartisan role and their rulings are usually respected, but not always. They have been overruled in a couple of significant moments. In 1975, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller ignored the parliamentarian’s advice when the Senate debated filibuster rules. In 2013, Democrats overruled MacDonough to eliminate filibusters to approve presidential nominees. In 2017, Republicans further expanded the filibuster ban on Supreme Court nominations. A Senate majority leader has fired a parliamentarian only once. In 2001, Trent Lott fired Robert Dove, the Senate parliamentarian, after Dove refused to allow Republican spending measures under the Byrd Rule."
That said, it is possible for the Parliamentarian to be overruled by the Senate Majority. That would trigger the "nuclear option" and Senate rules would be blown up. Hard to tell what this brand of Republicans will do, or if there are enough old-school Republicans left to "save the institution" like Mitch McConnell. Holding breath now. . . .
Thank you Bryce for this explanation. My question is, will anyone follow what the parliamentarian is ruling or will issues be ignored or disregarded like everything else so far?
The Parliamentarian rulings are different than things like the "scoring" for budgetary impact from the Government Accountability Office. Parliamentary rulings are followed nearly always. This is what sunk the Dems (feeble) attempt to raise the minimum wage in 2021 through the budget. Here's an explainer to help understand the situation:
https://www.governing.com/context/the-history-of-congressional-parliamentarians-and-why-they-matter
"Despite the contentious nature of their role in the budget process, their nonpartisan role and their rulings are usually respected, but not always. They have been overruled in a couple of significant moments. In 1975, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller ignored the parliamentarian’s advice when the Senate debated filibuster rules. In 2013, Democrats overruled MacDonough to eliminate filibusters to approve presidential nominees. In 2017, Republicans further expanded the filibuster ban on Supreme Court nominations. A Senate majority leader has fired a parliamentarian only once. In 2001, Trent Lott fired Robert Dove, the Senate parliamentarian, after Dove refused to allow Republican spending measures under the Byrd Rule."
That said, it is possible for the Parliamentarian to be overruled by the Senate Majority. That would trigger the "nuclear option" and Senate rules would be blown up. Hard to tell what this brand of Republicans will do, or if there are enough old-school Republicans left to "save the institution" like Mitch McConnell. Holding breath now. . . .
Thanks