Hurrah: Major blow to Dem illegal alien Amnesty budget bill plan!
Many thanks to our ALIPAC activists who have been fighting to stop the budget Amnesty plot of 2021! And our heartfelt thanks to Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough for doing the right thing and ruling against this Democrat effort to subvert our laws and the rules of the Senate!
Here is ALIPAC's official appeal sent to MacDonough on 8-24-21
Question for the US Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth Macdonough
https://www.alipac.us/f8/question-us...onough-387453/
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Senate parliamentarian blocks Dems from including amnesty in budget-reconciliation bill
Washington Times - Updated: 8:37 p.m. on Sunday, September 19, 2021
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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that providing a pathway to legal status and citizenship for about 8 million illegal immigrants is not a budget-related matter, making it ineligible for the “reconciliation” process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
By Victor Morton -
The Washington Times - Updated: 8:37 p.m. on Sunday, September 19, 2021
The woman in charge of enforcing the Senate’s rules reportedly won’t let Democrats put an amnesty for illegal immigrants into their budget-reconciliation bill.
According to a report Sunday evening in Politico, Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that providing a pathway to legal status and citizenship for about 8 million immigrants who are in the country illegally is not a budget-related matter, making it ineligible for the reconciliation process.
Budget reconciliation requires only a simple majority to pass, which the Democrats have a hope of mustering on the massive $3.5 trillion spending bill, rather the 60-vote threshold to overcome a Republican filibuster.
The decision marks a severe blow to Democrats’ hopes of passing an amnesty bill, since they have slim-to-no chance of getting 60 votes on that as a standalone issue.
Democrats had argued that providing legal permanent status to Dreamers, essential workers, farmworkers and those with Temporary Protected Status would have an impact on the federal budget and thus can be put into the reconciliation bill — an argument Ms. MacDonough didn’t buy.
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