On a farm market in St. Petersburg, Florida, Snap recipients were able to apply their electronic performance transmission cards for food on April 14, 2012. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA).
Washington -The US Senate Democrats have managed to remove more than a dozen political changes by the republicans of the “big, beautiful calculation” after they successfully disputed in front of the chamber’s parliamentarian that the elements did not meet the strict rules that were met by writing a budget reconciliation law.
Language is removed That would have transferred some of the costs To lead the supplementary program for supplementary nutritional aid for the governments of the country and possibly bring the states to additional expenses for the food aid program for people with lower incomes.
The Democrats have also prevented a proposal to eliminate the financing of the consumer financial office, which brings symptoms about banking and other financial institutions, and another who strived to issue judges of the federal district of judges of nationwide facilities.
Among the remaining objects, the Republican Senator of Missouri, Josh Hawley, announced in a social media post that his being Years of effort to reorganize yourself The radiation exposure fund or the reca passed what is known on the Capitol Hill as “Byrd Bath” test.
“Great news for Missouri, radiation survivors and Maha: Reca passed the” Byrd Bath ” – Democrats have not organized it – and will be in the final bill,” Hawley wrote and referred to the Trump government that makes America Healthy Slogan. “Huge step forward #maha.”
Democrats to continue challenges
The ranking member Jeff Merkley, D-ORE.
“Today we were advised by the parliamentarian of the Senate that some more provisions in this great betrayal of a legislative template of the Byrd rule are subject – and the Democrats are planning to question every part of this law that violates working families and violates this process,” wrote Merkley in an explanation that was published on Saturday evening. “The tireless attack by Republicans on mid -range families in order to finance tax breaks for billionaires is a blow for working families everywhere, and the Democrats defend themselves.”
The changes could be made for the majority leader of the Senate, John Thune, Rs.d., and finally for spokesman Mike Johnson, R-La.
The house Corrected 215-214 for approval The version of the law in May, but since the Senate makes significant changes, the house must vote on the measure again before it can go to President Donald Trump for its signature. GOP leader hope to complete all of this before July fourth.
The Republicans apply reconciliation instead of letting the draft law move by the regular legislative procedure in order not to need democratic voices to overcome the 60-coating filibuster of the Senate.
However, the lower threshold for the adoption of a reconciliation right is associated with several requirements, including that all suggestions in the package have expenditure or income that is not “only by chance”.
The parliamentarian of the Senate, the official scorekeeper of the chamber, who has a detailed understanding of the rules and procedures, checks each of these guidelines and hears both Republicans and Democrats before making the decisions.
The Byrd bathroom started behind closed doors last week and will continue at least a few more days. As soon as it is complete, the GOP leaders of the Senate can bring the legislative template to the ground where Members of both parties can demand votes to as many changes as they want.
SNAP program
Chairman of agriculture, nutrition and forestry committee, John Boozman, R-Mark. The calculation of his committee After the parliamentarian had decided, several provisions must comply with the rules.
“In order to contain the federal expenses and protect taxpayers, the committee pursues meaningful reforms in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to improve efficiency, accountability and integrity,” wrote Boozman. “We continue to examine options that correspond to the rules of the Senate to achieve savings through budget vote to ensure that SNAP are the one you really need and at the same time are responsible tax money for tax money.”
The parliamentarian decided that the committee had included a language that would have shifted some of the costs of the SNAP program to the state governments if they had not fulfilled efficiency benchmark before 2028.
A proposal to remove the SNAP authorization for “immigrants who are not citizens or lawful residents with certain exceptions” was also determined not to meet the rules after a press release from Merkley.
The Democratic Senator of Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar, a ranked member of the committee, wrote the decision of the parliamentarian “clearly that the Republicans of the Senate cannot apply their partisan budget in order to shift the state costs for nutritional aid to the states that had inevitably led to considerable cuts.
“While the proposed reductions of the Republicans for families, farmers and independent food dealers across the country will still be devastating, we will continue to fight for the protection of needy of families. Instead of a rushed party political process, the Republicans should work with us at the lower costs for Americans and a cross -party agricultural account that works for all farmers and rural America.”
Consumer Finance Agency Sieg for Dems
The committee of the Senate Banking, Housing and City Affairs Proposal for the elimination of the financing For the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which congress founded In the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act from 2010, the rules do not correspond to the rules after the parliamentarian’s decision.
The Democratic Senator of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, a member of the committee, wrote in a explanation that the GOP proposal for CFPB would “have a ruthless, dangerous attack on consumers and would lead to more Americans being knitted and captured by huge financial institutions and the stability of our entire financial system at risk, all tax benefits, can be equipped by risk to the tax exercise. “
However, the chairman of the Tim Scott committee, Rs.c., wrote in a separate explanation that he is still “obliged to advance laws that reduce waste and duplication in our federal government and save taxpayers dollar”.
Scott listed the provisions of which he said they would stay.
“As it now looks, the reconciliation provisions of the banking committee delays the implementation of Section 1071 of Dodd-Frank, which reduces the CFPB editions and protects the data protection and data from small entrepreneurs. And I am still obliged to reduce wasteful expenditure on the CFPB and will continue to work with the Senate parliamentarian in the provisions of the committee. “
Judges and orders
The parliamentarian told the legislators that various elements of The draft law of the Justice Committee Do not comply with the rules, including an attempt to prevent judges from the Federal District Court from issuing nationwide preliminary attempts or ephemeral interim orders.
The problem has become a thorn in Trump’s side in recent months when he observed how the courts block some of his executive regulations and other one -sided administrative actions.
The Ministry of Justice cannot grant the Reconciliation Act of the Justice Committee from the allocation of Byrne JAG and police officers for “sanctuary cities”. The legislation cannot send a financing to local and state governments in order to “capture foreigners who are illegally present in the United States”.
The chairman of the Justice Committee, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, did not answer an application for statements, but a spokesman for the committee wrote in an email to the state of Newsroom that “Democrats hold on to their radical legacy of open limits by fighting against the criminals in the United States.
“The Republicans are obliged to enforce the rule of law and will use all available paths to secure our limits, to clean up the chaos left behind by the catastrophic guidelines of the BIDEN-HARRIS government and ensure that courts work according to lawful and constitutional standards.”
The Democratic Senator of Illinois, Dick Durbin, a member of the committee, gave an explanation in which the guidelines of the law “” an attempted sense of power for our Republican colleagues for whom we would not stand “.
“Here, what the Senate’s Republicans have tried to sneak into their so-called large, beautiful bill: a determination that is intended to restrict the ability of individuals and organizations to question the executive procedure of the Trump administration by launching these potential plaintiffs for millions of dollars for millions of dollars, and justification for the justification of provisioning, justification for the description of one State to satisfy the state or the location with the federal complaint, in the Federal Immigration Policy, “wrote Durbin.
Artificial intelligence and conditions
However, the parliamentarian did not remove all the proposals contested by Democrats.
Language that would prevent local and state governments from regulating artificial intelligence for the next decade if these jurisdiction would like to receive money from a 500 million dollar fund The draft law for trade, science and traffic of transportation.
However, this does not mean that the provision will remain in the legislative template, since several GOP legislators have obtained the hands of the local and state governments in relation to the AI.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote in a social media contribution After voting for the account of the house that she had no idea about the AI determination. The package of this chamber has banned state and local AI regulation for a decade for a decade without binding it to a financing current.
“We have no idea what the AI will be capable of in the next 10 years, and it is potentially dangerous to give him free approval and bind states,” wrote Greene. “This must be moved out in the Senate.
“If the OBBB returns for approval after changes from the Senate, I will not vote for it.”
