Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian, has flagged a growing list of provisions that would be prohibited under the ...

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The Byrd rule, named after former West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, has been in place since the 1980s in order to limit irrelevant provisions within budget bills known as reconciliation bills.

Elizabeth MacDonough effectively blocked a number of GOP proposals central to their fast-track budget legislation.

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MacDonough is responsible for making calls on whether the provisions in the bill are in keeping with the Byrd Rule, named after the late Sen. Robert Byrd, who helped institute the rules governing ...

The catch is that reconciliation bills may include only provisions that are directly budget-related — a stipulation known as the Byrd Rule, after the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia).