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macfarlanenews.bsky.social Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · May 17
Tough break for the Trump Ballroom

Senate Parliamentarian rules the $1 billion project will require 60 votes for approval, per Senate Budget Cmte Democrats

Very very steep climb
May 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM
soulshine01801.bsky.social
He can try BUT it shouldn't be eligible to be part of any reconciliation bill because the #ByrdRule prevents "extraneous" matters, which don't have any budgetary function, from being included in reconciliation bills.
June 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Full thread now up! learn about the #ByrdRule on BlueSky!
June 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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#gopPutBillionairesOverCountry #BYRDrule
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pauleric70.bsky.social Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · Jul 1
Call to Activism

BREAKING: Sen. Blumenthal just forced a vote to send Trump’s Big Bullshit Bill back to committee - so Dems can add a ban on using taxpayer funds to accept a foreign jet as Air Force One.

Genius move to get EVERY Republican Senator on record about Trump’s foreign plane. 🤣
July 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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That's a wrap on the Bluesky #ByrdRule thread. Ask me any and all questions! Drop them below
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June 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Someone please catch me up on what's going on with the Byrd rule and Lisa Murkowski's deal not being acceptable? Did they remove it? Is she back to voting no?
#Alaska #Senate #BBB #ByrdRule
June 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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victinibcn.bsky.social Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · Jun 30
Rep. Dan Goldman: $0 for FEMA but $300M for Trump’s golf trips.

The hurricane season is going to be hitting hard this year.
July 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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July 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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gerrishlisa.bsky.social Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · Jun 30
Another gag-worthy element in the GOP giant spending bill - $40 million “giant statue garden” with MAGA heroes. 🙄
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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wolfie1414.bsky.social LGLady @wolfie1414.bsky.social · Jun 30
Fuck Johnson!
fiona-webster22.bsky.social Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · Jun 30
Little Mikie lies, lies, lies... he says stripping health care is the “moral” thing to do.

Johnson’s msg to millions of people who need Medicaid is to insult them. “For heaven’s sake, do something constructive,” he says.

I'm so infuriated... 🤬🤬🤬

Free link:
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July 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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ektaka.bsky.social #VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · Jun 30
The Republicans are trying to force it down America's throat now because they are expecting to lose control of Congress after the midterms...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 30
Enten: "You don't have to be a mathematical genius to know that these are horrible, horrible, horrible numbers. Washington Post, -19 points, Fox News -21 points...to quote Sir Charles Barkley, 'terrible terrible terrible'...it's one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation that I have ever seen"
July 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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July 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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July 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Bwahahaha, @lisamurkowski got fucking played by the @GOP and trump the rapist. #FAFO #byrdRule #GOPgaveMurkowskiTheBYRD
June 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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All would-be #news #media needs to expose and report on this

#Senate #parliamentarian #ByrdRule #GOP #DNC #trumpsBill #shutdown #HealthCare #SNAP #politics #vote #call #budget #spending #resist #trump #protest #PhoneBank #canvass #Fjohnson #Fjd #Ftrump

#VoteMAMDANI

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Important update on the Big, Very Terrible Budget Bill.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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🅱️elle🅱️reak: #ByrdRule #Deficit #NationalDebt youtu.be/z-WlSsKiadE?...
Let's talk about the GOP, Byrd rule, and hiding debt....
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April 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Doesn't sound like a budget issue. Back in olden times this would be stripped by Parliamentarian, bc it's not a budget item (if bill passes via reconciliation) #ByrdRule #BBB 📉
brandibuchman.bsky.social Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · Jun 2
STORY:

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has a provision buried halfway through its 1,000-plus pages that would take away power from the courts.

I break it down for HuffPost with some help from legal experts:
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An Ugly Attack On The Courts Hides In Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill'
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has a provision buried halfway through its 1,000-plus pages that would take away power from the courts.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
mollyfamous.bsky.social
Counting on House Dems to hold the line today: challenge every Byrd Rule violation, force votes on motions to recommit, and use all the floor time possible! Fight to slow this monster down. #Resist #ByrdRule #DelayTheDamage
July 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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6/26/25 The Byrd Rule is throwing a wrench into Senate Republicans’ extremist budget bill—here’s why it matters and what’s at stake. #ByrdRule #GOPBudgetBill #SenateFight #OneBigBeautifulBill #BudgetR...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
rbourinski.bsky.social
The #ByrdRule should be amended to require all reconciliation provisions be permanent to avoid the gimmicks we are seeing with:
No Tax on Tips,
No Tax on Overtime,
No Tax on Social Security and every other temporary provision we've seen in TCJA, OBBBA, EGTRRA, and JGTRRA.
June 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Ok, yall, the senate begins the bird bath tonight on the big beautiful bill. If you dont know what it is, she explains it beautifully or research it yourself. It's SUPER IMPORTANT when deciding the big beautiful bill and what it means for us all. Please share!!!
#bigbeautifulbill #byrdrule #republicans The Big Beautiful bill faces its next big challenge starting tonight. It has to go through the Senate Byrd Bath and this will definitely change the bill. Inclu...
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June 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
liztufte.bsky.social
Her job is to help ensure there are no B.S. provisions labeled as “budgetary” that are actually sneaky policy directives. Before the Senate gets to vote, both sides make their case to the Parliamentarian. She makes her rulings, washing out things that don’t meet the criteria — a Byrd bath! #ByrdRule
June 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
tomsellacar.bsky.social
The SAVE act cannot be folded into reconciliation as it would violate the Byrd rule. Included in the voting rules proof of citizenship, in person registration, criminalizing mistakes, voter purge, and name change ban. This for new registrations. #voterrights #ByrdRule

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How the House's requirement to prove US citizenship could affect the ability to register to vote
Voting rights groups warn legislation passed by the House requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote could disenfranchise millions of Americans.
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April 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
massalia8313.bsky.social
6/ #ByrdRule
Pourquoi cette règle est importante ici ?
La Byrd Rule, du nom du sénateur dém. Robert Byrd, est une règle qui empêche les sénateurs de foutre dans une “réconciliation budgétaire” des dispositions qui n’ont rien à voir avec le budget fédéral. NAMÉHOO !
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July 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🍊🏛️💸🧯 Senate rules just clipped the taxpayer chute for Trump’s gold-plated White House ballroom. Private-donor vanity project, public-money security ask — funny how that works. #TrumpBallroom #WhiteHouse #Senate #ByrdRule #GriftWatch
Reuters reports that the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling imperils Republican efforts to tuck ballroom-related Secret Service funding into a larger spending package that can pass without Democratic support. The dispute is not only about architecture; it is about public money, Senate rules, security claims, and Trump’s demolition of the East Wing. [I]t will be ‘the finest Building of its kind anywhere in the World.’” Donald Trump, quoted by Reuters from social media “Redraft. Refine. Resubmit.” Ryan Wrasse, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, on X “While we expect Republicans to change this bill to appease Trump, Democrats are prepared to challenge any change to this bill.” Senator Jeff Merkley, quoted by Reuters Précis of Nolan D. McCaskill’s Report Senate Rules Hit the Ballroom Funding Play Reuters reports that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled against language that would have allowed Republicans to include White House ballroom-related security funding in a large spending package. The ruling matters because Republicans were trying to use budget rules to move the package with a simple majority, rather than needing 60 votes. Private Construction, Public Security Money Trump has said the ballroom itself would be paid for with $400 million in private donations. The controversy is that Senate Republicans are also seeking $1 billion in taxpayer funding for Secret Service security upgrades tied to the ballroom and related underground or adjacent structures. The Partisan Fight Democrats are attacking the ballroom as a costly vanity project at a time of rising household costs, especially fuel prices. Republicans argue the security funding is necessary to protect the president, especially after an April attack at a Washington media gala Trump attended. The Legal Shadow The ballroom project is already under legal challenge. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued over the demolition of the East Wing, arguing that Trump and the National Park Service lacked authority to demolish the historic structure and build a major new facility without explicit congressional approval. An appeals court allowed construction to continue after a lower-court halt.
May 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM