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In this Just the News article, John Solomon reports that Sen. Marsha Blackburn is reviving a proposal to impose term limits on the Senate parliamentarian after Elizabeth MacDonough blocked Republicans’ attempt to move the Save America Act through budget reconciliation.
- Blackburn said her earlier bill with Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Roger Marshall to term-limit the Senate parliamentarian is gaining new attention among Republicans.
- The dispute centers on MacDonough’s ruling that the Save America Act does not qualify under the Byrd Rule, which governs what can be included in reconciliation packages.
- Because reconciliation bills can pass with a simple majority, Republicans had hoped to avoid the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold for the election-integrity measure.
- The Save America Act is described as President Trump’s signature election law push, with provisions focused on voter ID and citizenship checks.
- Trump called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire MacDonough, accusing her of treating Republicans unfairly.
- Blackburn argued that term limits would be appropriate because other appointed or assigned positions in government already have limits.
- She said GOP senators and voters have increasingly raised the idea in recent days as frustration grows over the parliamentarian’s rulings.
- The article notes that MacDonough has angered both parties before, including Democrats under President Biden when she rejected attempts to use reconciliation for mass amnesty provisions.
Read the full story:
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/key-senator-presses-term-limit-parliamentarian-clear-possible-path-election-law
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