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| − | '''Elizabeth MacDonough''' (born 1966/1967) is a lawyer and the current Parliamentarian of the [[U.S. Senate]]. She was previously a reference assistant and editor for the ''[[Congressional Record]]''. MacDonough was also an intern for district judge Royce C. Lamberth. | + | '''Elizabeth MacDonough''' (born 1966/1967) is a lawyer and the current Parliamentarian of the [[U.S. Senate]]. She was previously a reference assistant and editor for the ''[[Congressional Record]]''. MacDonough was also at one point an intern for district judge Royce C. Lamberth. |
==U.S. Senate decisions== | ==U.S. Senate decisions== | ||
Revision as of 23:14, September 20, 2021
Elizabeth MacDonough (born 1966/1967) is a lawyer and the current Parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a reference assistant and editor for the Congressional Record. MacDonough was also at one point an intern for district judge Royce C. Lamberth.
U.S. Senate decisions
In 2017, MacDonough ruled against allowing Republicans to include a repeal of the Johnson Amendment in the major tax cut bill that year.[1]
In late February 2021, MacDonough removed a fifteen-dollar-per-hour minimum wage hike from a 1.9 trillion-dollar coronavirus "relief bill," noting its violation of budget rules.[2] The decision proved to be a setback for far-leftists.
In September 2021, MacDonough struck out a Senate Democrat proposal to include immigration "reform" in a $3.5 trillion spending bill, noting that the measure was:[3]
| “ | ...by any standard a broad, new immigration policy. | ” |
References
- ↑ S. 264 (115th): The Free Speech Fairness Act. GovTrack.us. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ↑ Carney, Jordain. Parliamentarian nixes minimum wage hike in coronavirus bill. The Hill. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ↑ Carney, Jordain (September 19, 2021.). Senate parliamentarian nixes Democrats' immigration plan. The Hill. Retrieved September 20, 2021.