By Alexander Bolton - 02/04/21 06:00 AM EST
Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough will soon play a crucial role in determining whether President Biden’s proposal to increase the minimum wage and other components of his $1.9 trillion relief package make it through Congress.
As legislative referee, MacDonough is tasked with deciding if provisions like raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour are allowed to pass the Senate with a simple-majority vote under a special process known as budget reconciliation.
The parliamentarian will pass judgment on what elements of Biden’s plan comply with the Byrd Rule, which lays out detailed requirements for protecting legislation from filibusters through the reconciliation process.
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MCCARTHY S MOMENT: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made a pivotal choice: To back both an unrepentant conspiracy theorist with President Trump s backing and an establishment conservative who supported the ex-president s impeachment.
That s booby-trap laden terrain, but one that McCarthy clearly thinks is the best path toward keeping the Republican Party intact and winning in the 2022 midterms. “This Republican Party s a very big tent,” McCarthy told reporters. “Everyone s invited in. And you look at the last election, we continue to grow and in two years we ll be in the majority.”
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Senate Democrats put their impatience on display Tuesday, voting to go it alone to provide up to $1.9 trillion in assistance to millions of hurting Americans rather than trim