chapotraphouse

During the Bush admin, conservatives LITERALLY FIRED the Parliamentarian

In 2001, he determined that Senate rules allow only one budget bill per year related to revenue to be immune from filibuster, a process known as reconciliation...Later that year, Dove ruled to remove a Republican provision to allocate over $5 billion in the 2002 budget for natural disasters. Following Republican anger about these rulings, he was dismissed by Republican Majority Leader Trent Lott

This fake ass advisor position serves at the discretion of the Senate Majority leader and always has

These FUCKING LOSERS don't even know their own rules or they presume we cannot remember more than a couple terms back

Or this is some pathetic attempt at face saving ("we didn't fire the Parliamentarian when we were in charge because noooorms sweaty")

Lmao. Remember when they couldn't raise the minimum wage because the Parliamentarian said so?

a party of clowns

"They found a way around the parliamentarian. They found a way around the rules of the Senate. They found a way around the ideals of reconciliation," Booker said of congressional Republicans. "They are deciding that the way we're gonna do this is break the Senate and make up our own rules. This is how they're gonna get a bill through that gives trillions [of] dollars of tax cuts to the wealthiest in our country who are doing very well."

While refusing to "hate on" wealthy Americans, Booker also had a message for them: "You don't need tax cuts, especially not that are gonna be given to you on the backs of the poor, on the backs of our elders, on the backs of our children, on the backs of expectant mothers, on the backs of my mom's, your mom's Social Security."

'They found a way around the parliamentarian. They found a way around the rules of the Senate. They found a way around the ideals of reconciliation' should be a site tagline

folks how do I automate posting on every news post im getting tired of typing :pika and clicking on the image every single time 😭

don't be sad that using the parliamentarian as an excuse to not raise the minimum wage is over, be happy that it happened

You can do that?????

Theoretically, the Senate could overrule MacDonough or even fire her, though she is a respected nonpartisan figure who has worked under both Republican and Democratic majorities dating back to 2012. Ultimately, the same real-world arbiters of deficits and debt that may disregard “current policy” scoring would look very dimly on an open GOP revolt against the budget rules and their referee.

So, yes, MacDonough’s decision is likely to be fateful. At stake is nothing less than Donald Trump’s whole legislative agenda.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/senate-parliamentarian-could-derail-trumps-entire-agenda.html 9 hours ago

how do these people wake up everyday and keep on thinking 'yep I certainly have the intelligence and gumption to be speaking truth to power journalist'? lmao

naahhh, this is just media hyperbole. Not even the republicans would ignore the parliamentarian, that's just beyond the pale.

"Next time around, there's no going back now"

Republicans have repeatedly overruled or fired the parliamentarian for years and years. Democrats later tried to pretend they were an absolute roadblock for campaign promises.

They will "go back" immediately.

Parliamentarian, that's that show on Disney+ with the helmet guy right?

NOT THE SENATE PASTAFARIAN!

I cannot believe the republicans just do whatever the fuck they want and give the finger to stuffy rules lawyers who try and say no, I cannot!

An april fools joke would be the republicans actually following the "rule of law" and the dems being the ones ignoring it.

fuck the parliamentarian coming straight from the underground

What? The thing we told them would happen has happened?!

No one could have seen this coming. 😲

There's a ton of Strom Thurmond posting on Bluesky right now. I know it's hardly breaking news but I'll never get over how much the libs <3 purely performative bullshit. My god.

Breaking Thurmond's record while talking about the Civil Rights leaders being called home is an incredible moment in America.

This is one for the history books.

😠

Cool. So now that republicans (as always) set a precedent to get what they want. You dems have no excuses right?

Come to think of it, how come democrats never gerrymander? How about the restrict voting in rural white communities just for a start? At least then they’d benefit from job security.

YOU CAN DO THAT???

Amber

What do you mean they dont care about norms??