Senate’s Byrd Rule Upends Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
TimeJUN 21
Senate Parliamentarian Blocks GOP Oil, Gas Provisions in Tax Bill
Above: The Senate Parliamentarian's office in the U.S. Capitol Image copyright: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
The Byrd Rule is being weaponized to obstruct the president's agenda and block common-sense reforms that would boost American energy production and address the housing crisis. The rejected provisions would have created jobs, increased domestic energy output, and provided affordable land for housing development that working families desperately need.
Democratic narrative
This is a win for protecting public lands from reckless privatization. The parliamentarian correctly identified that Republicans were trying to sneak anti-environmental policies into a budget bill where they don't belong. This bill aims to sell off 3.3 million acres of vital federal land in order to line corporate pockets. Public lands belong to the people, not developers.