Who Is The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase?
By Brakkton Booker
February 26, 2021
The Senate parliamentarian, a critical but often low-profile arbiter of the chamber’s procedural actions, is the subject of frustration from some liberals after a crucial blow to Democrats’ agenda late Thursday.
Elizabeth MacDonough is the unelected, nonpartisan interpreter of chamber rules, commonly referred to as the Senate referee. She nixed a Democratic push to add a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage increase to President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, dubbed the American Rescue Plan.
The reason?
She said it did not meet the strict requirements of reconciliation, a fast-track process that allows the majority party to pass big-ticket legislation with a simple 51-vote majority.
Who The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase?
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