The House of Representatives’ version of the Republican tax and spending package has been determined to be out of compliance with Senate rules, per a parliamentarian ruling.
Now, Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., is making changes to the bill through a rule vote Wednesday so that the Senate’s reconciliation timeline isn’t delayed.
The Senate parliamentarian’s ruling is crucial to the fate of Trump’s funding package.
In order for congressional Republicans to utilize the Senate’s ability to override the filibuster, the House’s version of the bill must also comply with the unique, slightly differing rules of the Senate. Without overriding the filibuster, Republicans would have to rely on Democratic votes to pass the legislation through the Senate.
The provisions of the bill that the Senate parliamentarian took issue with included cuts to Pentagon spending and the pandemic-era employee retention tax credit.
The House will vote on the measure Wednesday afternoon.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., an ardent opposer of his party’s bill, called Johnson’s use of a procedural vote to amend the budget package “sneaky” on social media.
House Rules Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., is urging his Democrat colleagues to use the rule vote to tank the Republican’s bill.
“If you have ‘sounded the alarm’ about this bill and vote yes on today’s rule, you’re complicit in what you are claiming to oppose,” McGovern told his colleagues in a letter Wednesday.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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