Much of President Joe Biden’s agenda rests on the minutiae of Senate rules and parliamentary procedures. This has led to renewed interest in the obscure but enormously consequential role of the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough. An unelected official, she nonetheless has an extraordinary amount of influence over the current budget negotiations. Ari Rabin-Havt, former deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders, joins Ryan Grim to discuss the parliamentarian’s role in the legislative process.
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This content originally appeared on The Intercept and was authored by Deconstructed.
Deconstructed | Radio Free (2021-11-12T11:01:03+00:00) Truth and Reconciliation. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2021/11/12/truth-and-reconciliation/
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