Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate parliamentarian, has wielded considerable influence over Donald Trump's legislative agenda by limiting the scope of the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill. By applying the Byrd Rule—an obscure Senate rule governing budget-related legislation—she disallowed key provisions, including those affecting federal food aid and the enforcement against the Trump Administration. These rulings complicate Republicans' efforts to secure a majority for the tax and spending bill ahead of a critical July 4 deadline and have led to growing concerns about debt and spending transparency within the party.
MacDonough in recent days has significantly shrunk the size of the President's sweeping tax-and-spending package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill by striking several measures that violated the Byrd Rule.
One of the main GOP provisions the parliamentarian said did not satisfy the Byrd Rule was a measure to push some of the costs of federal food aid onto states.
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