Attorneys and muni advocates are concerned as the Senate reviews the budget reconciliation process against the "Byrd Rule." ...

Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian, has flagged a growing list of provisions that would be prohibited under the Byrd Rule, including some big changes to Medicaid and student loans.

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.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has advised that some key money-saving policies couldn’t be included in Trump’s ...

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee has made changes to his earlier legislation allowing the sale of millions of acres of public lands in the ...

The SNAP reform proposed by the Republicans could jeopardize the Senate tax bill due to a violation of the Byrd rule.

"This is a moment where the Senate parliamentarian seems to be maybe an obscure figure to the rest of the country," WTOP's ...

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

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.

The ambitious budget plans of Senate Republicans have hit a significant roadblock, threatening the proposed spending cuts in ...

President Trump's ambitious legislative project faces hurdles in the Senate due to the Byrd Rule. Key Republican provisions ...

The rule is named after the late longtime Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va. “What I have heard is that it—the Byrd Rule—it might be taken out in the Senate,” she said.