Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled that certain provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are not germane to the process under which Republicans are trying to pass the measure, according to the Senate Budget Committee on June 19.
The GOP is seeking to pass the bill under the reconciliation process, which exempts the bill from the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold that applies to most legislation.
Known as the Byrd Rule, reconciliation can only deal with spending, government revenue, and the national debt. Democrats have unanimously opposed the GOP-led bill.
The parliamentarian ruled that cutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s maximum funding cap to zero percent, thereby effectively defunding it, is out of order. The cap is currently $6.4 billion….