Why it matters: This complicates the GOP’s math on the spending cuts it needs to pass the package, as well as threatening the careful negotiations between the party’s factions on reaching a final deal.
For Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), it removes a thorny political problem for Republicans, with a handful of GOP members deeply opposed to the provisions.
But it will also force the Senate to find additional spending cuts to pay for the tax cuts that are the centerpiece of Trump’s one “big, beautiful bill.”
Zoom in: The parliamentarian also struck down provisions meant to block the use of Medicaid funds for gender-affirming care and to prevent unauthorized immigrants from receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverages.
Driving the news: Democrats seized on the ruling as evidence that their fight against Trump’s agenda was having some success.
“Democrats are continuing to make the case against every provision in this Big, Beautiful Betrayal of a bill that violates Senate rules and hurts families and workers,” said Sen Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) the ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee.
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