Democracy Matters 
Will Republicans try to override the Byrd Rule? How can they, when it was named after the great West Virginia (reformed) racist and KKK Exalted Cyclops, Senator Robert Byrd?
#SeemsWhite #ByrdRule #BigFuglyBill #RepublicansOwnItAll #USPol
The USA PotatoSenate Parliamentarian Rejects GOP Reconciliation Bill’s Anti-Abortion Provision
The provision violates the Byrd Rule, which restricts non-budgetary items from appearing in reconciliation bills.
Spin D'AccordThe short of it all:
- The #BBB is running up against the #ByrdRule, making the debt increase higher if they still manage to pass it.
- They have until the end of the FY2025 to pass it (Sept 30).
- Until then, the federal budget runs under the Continuing Resolution that funded the gov't through Sept 30.
- They still need to increase the debt ceiling.
- If the bill is not passed and therefore the debt ceiling not increased, all leverage goes back to Democrats, aka Chuck Schumer.
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)“‘As much as Senate Republicans would prefer to throw out the rule book and advance their families lose and billionaires win agenda, there are rules that must be followed and Democrats are making sure those rules are enforced,’ Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, said in a statement.”
#Politics #USPolitics #TrumpsBigUglyBill #TrumpsBigCorporateAgenda #BudgetReconciliationStruggle #FinancialProtection #ConsumerProtection #ByrdRule
Kim Perales⚡"Looks like (as predicted), the House's attempt to strict fed courts of power to enforce contempt of court orders is going to get stripped out thanks to the #ByrdRule."
-A Reichlin-Melnick
"Grassley tells me he had a meeting yesterday on House's contempt citation language tucked in reconciliation #bill.
"The house plan isn't Byrdable" & at very least provision will have to be "modified."
Adds he didn't hear a decision in the meeting about what'll happen."
-J Carney
#Courts #Contempt #USPol
I mentioned this weeks ago. House Republicans were trying to insert a provision -- on limiting courts' enforcement of contempt -- into a budget reconciliation bill that has minimal budgetary impact, as a means to create new law. It's not clear on how it could be enforced anyway, on current cases, with its Kafkaesque construction.
I'm sure there are several of these in the bill, but the damn thing is big and takes too much time to peruse.
#USPol #ByrdRule
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/05/congress/grassley-republican-megabill-judges-courts-trump-00389479
Billykaren Beaufort 🎶will try to invoke #BudgetReconciliation, but, can be stopped by invoking the #ByrdRule which means:
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Provisions that do not have a significant budgetary impact can be challenged.
If a senator raises a "Byrd Rule point of order" and the provision is deemed ineligible, it can be removed from the bill unless 60 senators vote to waive the point of order.
https://www.alternet.org/mike-johnson-debt-ceiling-punchbowl/?utm_source=billykaren.com
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Provisions that do not have a significant budgetary impact can be challenged.
If a senator raises a "Byrd Rule point of order" and the provision is deemed ineligible, it can be removed from the bill unless 60 senators vote to waive the point of order.
https://www.alternet.org/mike-johnson-debt-ceiling-punchbowl/?utm_source=billykaren.com
Mike Johnson 'wants to extend debt limit' for 'entirety of Trump’s presidency'
The recent spending battle in Congress saw major infighting among Republicans over the United States' debt ceiling. President-elect Donald Trump called for ending the debt ceiling, but Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and other GOP budget hawks maintained that the U.S. must do a lot more to lower its federal...