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{"id":9854,"date":"2025-06-02T20:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/were-not-going-there-thune-vows-not-to-overrule-parliamentarian-on-megabill\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:47:11","slug":"were-not-going-there-thune-vows-not-to-overrule-parliamentarian-on-megabill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/were-not-going-there-thune-vows-not-to-overrule-parliamentarian-on-megabill\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We\u2019re not going there&#8217;: Thune vows not to overrule parliamentarian on megabill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51242\" data-person-id=\"51242\">John Thune<\/a> signaled on Monday that Republicans won\u2019t move to overrule the chamber\u2019s parliamentarian during an upcoming debate on President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/legislation.politicopro.com\/bill\/US_119_HR_1\" target=\"_blank\">big, beautiful bill<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going there,\u201d Thune said when asked by reporters about overruling Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who will play a special role in vetting the bill for compliance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/RL30862\" target=\"_blank\">strict Senate rules<\/a> allowing Republicans to bypass a Democratic filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Senate staffers met with MacDonough during last week\u2019s recess to vet the House-passed megabill and talk through their own ideas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/inside-congress\/2025\/05\/29\/a-busy-june-takes-shape-00373971\" target=\"_blank\">conversations first reported by POLITICO<\/a>. Thune said that committee staffers tasked with drafting the legislation will continue conferring with her this week and next week. At the end of the process, MacDonough will make rulings on whether various policies comply with the chamber\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<p>The question about the fate of the parliamentarian comes after Senate Republicans sidestepped her in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/05\/22\/congress\/senate-nixes-california-emission-standard-waiver-00365205\" target=\"_blank\">recent fight to nix waivers<\/a> allowing California to set its own emissions standards.<\/p>\n<p>At least one of Thune\u2019s members is already publicly floating that his party should be willing to directly overrule MacDonough on the megabill. In a tweet last month, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/151827\" data-person-id=\"151827\">Mike Lee<\/a> (R-Utah) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1920094049484128498\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a> that \u201cdisagreeing with the Senate parliamentarian may be warranted if the parliamentarian gives bad advice, and it\u2019s wrong to suggest otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several significant pieces of the House-approved bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/22\/megabill-senate-republican-changes-00366407\" target=\"_blank\">are at risk of falling out of the legislation<\/a> as it moves through the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51231\" data-person-id=\"51231\">Charles Schumer<\/a> (D-N.Y.) said Monday that Democrats will challenge one House provision that places limits on the ability of federal judges to enforce contempt citations. He predicted it will get booted from the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51180\" data-person-id=\"51180\">Dick Durbin<\/a> (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, added that Democrats are looking at challenging some immigration provisions, as well. He added that it was his understanding that conversations with MacDonough were just getting started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled on Monday that Republicans won\u2019t move to overrule the chamber\u2019s parliamentarian during an upcoming debate on President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re not going there,\u201d Thune said when asked by reporters about overruling Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who will play a special role in vetting the bill for compliance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}