GOP Scoffs at Trump's Demand to Fire Senate Parliamentarian
Senate Republicans are shrugging off President Donald Trump’s demands to fire the chamber’s parliamentarian, a nonpartisan official refereeing which provisions of the GOP’s $70 billion immigration enforcement bill violate Senate rules.
TL;DR
- President Trump accused Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough of liberal bias and demanded her firing.
- MacDonough has determined that certain provisions of a GOP immigration bill violate reconciliation rules.
- Senior Republicans rejected Trump's demand, with some defending MacDonough's nonpartisan job performance.
- She was appointed in 2012 by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.
- MacDonough has previously ruled against major Democratic priorities during reconciliation.