Republicans Demand Firing Of “Woke” Parliamentarian

NOTUS reports:

Rep. Dan Crenshaw became the first House Republican this year to call on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after she announced certain provisions of the GOP reconciliation bill would need to be removed or changed to meet a simple majority threshold.

The Senate Budget Committee announced on Thursday MacDonough rejected several health care provisions from the bill, including one that would have banned Medicaid funds from being used to cover gender-affirming care for transgender people of all ages — a provision that Crenshaw led in the House.

Two Republican senators, Tommy Tuberville and Roger Marshall, have also urged Thune to fire MacDonough. The lawmakers are citing a 2001 precedent, when former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott fired the then-Senate parliamentarian Robert B. Dove while considering a reconciliation bill.

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