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In reply to the discussion: Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump's voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt [View all]
BumRushDaShow
(174,029 posts)17. SAVE was already ruled out for reconciliation a month ago by the Parliamentarian
Trump calls on Thune to fire Senate parliamentarian to pass SAVE America Act
That's why it was briefly floated to stick it on the annual NDAA and Thune all but guaranteed that it would be stripped from that.
Doing the same thing over and over is the proverbial "definition of insanity".
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The parliamentarian ruled that the SAVE America Act did not comply with the Senate’s Byrd Rule, which determines what legislation is eligible to be included in a budget reconciliation package that can pass with a simple-majority vote, thereby avoiding a filibuster and 60-vote threshold.
As a result, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) — two Trump allies — had to ask for 60 votes to waive the budgetary objections in order to consider their proposals to amend the budget reconciliation package with the SAVE America Act.
Both motions fell well short of sixty votes.
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The parliamentarian ruled that the SAVE America Act did not comply with the Senate’s Byrd Rule, which determines what legislation is eligible to be included in a budget reconciliation package that can pass with a simple-majority vote, thereby avoiding a filibuster and 60-vote threshold.
As a result, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) — two Trump allies — had to ask for 60 votes to waive the budgetary objections in order to consider their proposals to amend the budget reconciliation package with the SAVE America Act.
Both motions fell well short of sixty votes.
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That's why it was briefly floated to stick it on the annual NDAA and Thune all but guaranteed that it would be stripped from that.
Doing the same thing over and over is the proverbial "definition of insanity".
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Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump's voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt [View all]
BumRushDaShow
16 hrs ago
OP
this can't go to reconciliation. that's already been floated but it doesn't apply here. nt
Javaman
14 hrs ago
#16
SAVE was already ruled out for reconciliation a month ago by the Parliamentarian
BumRushDaShow
14 hrs ago
#17
And Thune knows what will happen if they kill the filibuster - and they don't have enough votes to do that anyway
BumRushDaShow
14 hrs ago
#20
The fucking media isn't even talking about anything but the photo ID. They are normalizing this shit.
Karasu
16 hrs ago
#8
Remember when the House was created to express the will of their constituents and not that of party or president?
sinkingfeeling
16 hrs ago
#3
How is it possible to pass this in the house when there are so many rogue Republican legislators.
Baitball Blogger
15 hrs ago
#12
He looks like an unpopular school kid trying to be popular. But only has a few sycophants .
C Moon
9 hrs ago
#39
Not a budget item so cannot use reconciliation process. And the Senate won't do it.
Ford_Prefect
7 hrs ago
#42