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A couple years after completing his tenure as the first official historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ray Smock ...
The Senate’s over 24-hour-long session to pass the tax and spending bill concluded with a tie-breaking vote from Vice ...
Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian, has flagged a growing list of provisions that would be prohibited under the ...
The Byrd Rule was named after West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd and was adopted in 1985.
Named after the late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., there is no comparable rule that the House of Representatives is obliged to follow.
Medicaid cuts have been a central focus for healthcare from passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Care Act, but there are other parts to the bill that affect providers.
Here is how the big, beautiful bill has changed in recent days as the Senate Parliamentarian examines the legislation.
By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the ...
For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here’s the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. Today’s vote in the U.S. Senate, on Trump’s big bill, was dramatic. In the chamber ...
The parliamentarian's office is responsible for determining if the package adheres to the Byrd Rule, named after the late Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who was considered one of the masters ...
Utah Sen. Mike Lee revised his bill that would've put 2.4 million acres in Nevada up for sale. Now only BLM land in 5 miles of towns included.