Top Senate Official Rules Against Several Key Provisions in GOP Policy Bill
The parliamentarian, who decides whether the bill complies with budget rules, threw out more proposals, leaving Republicans searching for ways to cover its cost.
A top Senate official on Thursday rejected a slew of major provisions in Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill, sending party leaders rushing to salvage the legislation a week before the July 4 deadline President Trump set for its enactment.
Elizabeth MacDonough, the parliamentarian who enforces the chamber’s rules, said several of the measures in the legislation that would provide hundred...
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