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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Senate parliamentarian’s role under scrutiny over as Republicans call for her firing over the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Republicans are calling for the removal of Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after she ruled that some of the measures outlined in President Donald Trump’s signature “Big, Beautiful Bill” could not be included on budgetary grounds.

MacDonough blocked several measures in the legislation that would have provided tens of billions of dollars in savings, including one that would have shut down state strategies for obtaining federal Medicaid funding and another that would have limited student loan repayment options.

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