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From the Washington Examiner: An effort by Senate Republicans to restrict the power of federal judges to block Trump administration policies with preliminary injunctions has been ruled ineligible to remain in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill.
The ruling, delivered by the Senate parliamentarian on Sunday, was the latest blow to Republicans from the nonpartisan official tasked with refereeing what is and is not allowed under the filibuster-skirting process of budget reconciliation being used for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The provision, crafted by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), sought to limit preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders issued by federal judges against Trump administration policies by requiring those who sue to post costly bonds to cover the government’s costs if the order is later overturned.
A spokesperson for Grassley said Democrats were “clinging to their radical open borders legacy” after they successfully convinced the parliamentarian that the policy ran afoul of the Byrd Rule, which requires all language to have a direct fiscal effect.
The report explains that Democrats are cheering after a series of parliamentarian rulings struck down other GOP provisions, including environmental rollbacks and zeroing out the Consumer Financial Protection Agency’s budget.
Eric Daugherty of Florida Voice news announced:
BREAKING: Harry Reid appointee and Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough is STRIKING DOWN MASSIVE portions of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, requiring them to obtain 60 votes in the Senate instead of 50+1.
This INCLUDES:
– Defunding sanctuary cities
– Reining in activist judges
– DEFUNDING the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a huge target of DOGE
– Rolling back the EV mandate
– Allowing states to conduct border security and immigration enforcement
RIDICULOUS. She needs to be fired. She is applying the Byrd Rule to all of this, which decides what can fall under reconciliation.
Elizabeth MacDonough was appointed by Democrat HARRY REID in 2012. Senate GOP and John Thune need to KEEP FIGHTING THIS. Thune can fire her. JD Vance, as the President of the Senate, can also step in.
🚨 BREAKING: Harry Reid appointee and Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough is STRIKING DOWN MASSIVE portions of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, requiring them to obtain 60 votes in the Senate instead of 50+1.
This INCLUDES:
– Defunding sanctuary cities
– Reining in activist… pic.twitter.com/4z1HHgSM53— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 23, 2025
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) vowed, “We will NOT adjourn the Senate until we pass President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’ This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver the biggest tax cuts for working families in U.S. history. And no, Iran isn’t setting us back.”
🚨 We will NOT adjourn the Senate until we pass President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver the biggest tax cuts for working families in U.S. history.
And no, Iran isn’t setting us back. pic.twitter.com/Lmqkpv4dPI
— Markwayne Mullin (@SenMullin) June 23, 2025
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