Trump calls to oust the Senate parliamentarian after ballroom funding setback

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Source: Politico
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President Trump urged Senate Republicans to fire nonpartisan parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after she ruled that funding for the White House ballroom cannot be attached to the immigration-enforcement bill via budget reconciliation, blocking the project; he accused her of thwarting his agenda while Senate leaders warned of political and security implications, and GOP hopes to pass the ballroom package with a simple majority were dashed by the 60-vote requirement.

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