Parliamentarian rulings (vote on Trump legislation bogs down)

Early Tuesday a.m. July 1

Senate Parliamentarian rules that GOP Amendment

to allow Alaska among only a few states to get a "boost"

in the amount that the Fed.Govt. must pay to maintain

Medicare benefit and reimbursement

is NOT PERMITTED under the "reconciliation" (50-vote

majority stipulation of the "rules of Senate RULES".

6:30 a.m. see NY TIMES dot-com online updated article

See "Running List"

NYTimes.com/2025/06/24/upshot/recollection/reconciliation-byrd-bath.html

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Noon, Thursday 26 June 2025

Senate Majority leader

John Thune (S. Dakota)

told POLITICO.com that 

the GOP Senators will NOT

contest the recent ruling of

the non-partisan Parliamentarian

as far as the to-be-voted-on 

legislation before the 100-member

group.  Elizabeth MacDonough's

ruling that excludes from the omnibus

such controversial Trump-Vance

stratagems as Medicaid cuts despite

the need for that attempt to face

a 60-vote minimum for passage.

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