Trump Urges Thune to Fire Senate Parliamentarian Over Voter ID Ruling in 1 Budget Bill
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 8
Trump Urges Thune to Fire Senate Parliamentarian Over Voter ID Ruling in 1 Budget Bill
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 8
Summary
Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune remove Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after she blocked Republicans from attaching voter ID legislation to a budget package.
MacDonough’s ruling undercut a key Trump-backed effort by treating the voter ID measure as ineligible for inclusion in the bill, limiting Republicans’ path to advance it through the budget process.
Trump said MacDonough had treated Republicans “horribly,” escalating pressure on the Senate’s nonpartisan rules referee, whose decisions can determine what survives in major legislation.
MacDonough has served under both Democratic and Republican control and has also ruled against several Democratic proposals in the same bill, underscoring the broader procedural stakes around the package.