During President Trump’s push for his “big, beautiful” budget bill, either a betrayal or a political blunder occurred as an unelected bureaucrat became the most powerful person in the U.S. Congress.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough watches Jan. 6, 2021, during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington.

In a Sunday post on Truth Social, the president backed a call from Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and other GOP hard-liners to ignore rulings from Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough watches Jan. 6, 2021, during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough announced Monday afternoon that the language from the ORPHAN Cures Act met the qualifications to stay in the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act ...

This year’s Byrd Bath for the Trump megabill, administered by longtime parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, has excluded quite a few significant provisions while forcing others to be rewritten ...

The decision to nearly halve the CFPB’s budget came after Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough — the nonpartisan “referee” who determines whether legislation meets the chamber’s ...

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Senate Republicans had to revise parts of their bill after Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough struck down several provisions, including language affecting Medicaid. The Senate Agriculture ...