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The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help – or kill – a bill s chance to pass

Elizabeth MacDonough, Senate parliamentarian. Govinfo.gov Progressive Democrats went through the roof. Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “I regard it as absurd that the parliamentarian, a Senate staffer elected by no one, can prevent a wage increase for 32 million workers.” But MacDonough was just carrying out her procedural duties to advise the Senate leaders about what the body’s rules and precedents allow – and what they don’t. And as the author of two books about Congress – “Congressional Practice and Procedure” and “The Polarized Congress” – I know that the parliamentarian’s rulings can be key to passage of legislation. Low-key office

The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help - or kill

The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help - or kill
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The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help – or kill – a bill s chance to pass

The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help – or kill – a bill s chance to pass
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Growing Influence of the Senate Parliamentarian

Growing Influence of the Senate Parliamentarian The Senate uses a complex assortment [1] of standing rules, statutory rules, standing orders, and precedents to regulate its debates. Senators have used these procedural mechanisms differently over time. For example, the Senate presently relies primarily on statutory rules to regulate the budget process. And senators increasingly rely on precedents to regulate their debates when the rules are ambiguous  and when they are not. For example, senators may use the so-called nuclear option to create a precedent that is inconsistent with the Senate’s rules but nevertheless supersedes them. Senators’ reliance on precedent to regulate their debates is evident in the growing influence of the Senate’s parliamentarian in recent decades. The Senate designated Charles L. Watkins as its first official parliamentarian on July 1, 1935. Prior to 1935, the Senate’s journal clerk provided “reliable and expert coaching [2]” to help senato

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