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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That happened with this bill as well. The Senate Parliamentarian is a non-partisan position, who is charged with the responsibility of verifying the legality of provisions.

Elizabeth Macdonough, the Senate Parliamentarian since 2012, declared the Republican’s provision to exempt Alaska and Hawaii from the Medicare and SNAP cuts was invalid due to the Byrd rule, for example. Murkowski voted for the bill anyway, because she cares more about pleasing Big Oil than her constituents.

https://time.com/7296762/big-beautiful-bill-byrd-rule/

The media wasn’t silent. It was overridden by Trump’s Accusations Auschwitz. You need to watch CSPAN if you want to know what’s happening in the government.