Byrd rule
Coverage of Byrd rule in the Nexus archive.
- Praise the Senate parliamentarian, don’t remove her
Former Senate Budget Committee staff director G. William Hoagland opposes President Trump's calls to remove Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, emphasizing her role in maintaining procedural rules such as the Byrd Rule.
- Both parties target Trump's $2B fund as ICE funding package enters danger zone
President Donald Trump's $70 billion immigration enforcement package faces uncertainty as the Senate votes on amendments targeting the DOJ's defunct $2 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund. Both Democrats and Republicans are pushing to eliminate the fund, risking the broader bill's survival if amendments require a 60-vote threshold instead of a simple majority.
- Trump’s ballroom security money faces a gauntlet
Senate Republicans face parliamentary scrutiny over $1 billion in security funding for Trump's East Wing ballroom project, with the Senate parliamentarian ruling that some immigration enforcement funding violates Senate rules. Democrats plan to challenge the funding inclusion via the Byrd Rule, and roughly half a dozen Republican senators remain uncommitted pending the parliamentarian's decision on whether the funding meets budget reconciliation requirements.