Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing back against President Trump’s call to fire the Senate parliamentarian. Daniella Diaz, politics reporter for NOTUS, joins to explain. Then, Democratic strategist John McCarthy and former GOP Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan join with analysis. Source link
Washington — Senate Republicans are revising part of their plan to fund immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security after the Senate’s rulekeeper delivered a blow to security funds for President Trump’s overhaul of the East Wing of the White House, which includes his plans for a massive ballroom. After Democrats refused for months … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate parliamentarian rejected the last item in the Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill — $1 billion in White House and Secret Service security funding tied in part to President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, considered nonpartisan since taking the role in 2012 during former … Read more
A GOP bill seeking $1 billion for the Secret Service to help finance President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom is in jeopardy as it faces pushback from a top Senate official. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Saturday that the … Read more
WASHINGTON — A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules, according to the Senate parliamentarian, dealing a blow to Republican plans to include it as part of a bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years. … Read more