This page will be updated as more decisions are released and changes are made to the rejected provisions.
Una lista de políticas rechazadas del megabill republicano
The bill carrying much of President Trump’s domestic agenda is facing examination by the Senate parliamentarian, a nonpartisan official who enforces the chamber’s complex rules — and who can effectively strip out parts of the bill that don’t comply.
Republicans will be able to push the tax and entitlement package through with a simple Senate majority, avoiding a Democratic filibuster, as long as it complies with the “Byrd Rule,” which has governed the budget reconciliation process they are using since the 1980s. Under the rule, each of the bill’s provisions:
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Must produce a non-incidental change to the federal budget. In other words, it must primarily be a change to spending or revenue. Provisions with no or minimal budgetary impact, or that are mostly there for policy reasons, are supposed to be struck, but the decision can be subjective.
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May not increase the deficit outside of the budget window. In this case, provisions can’t add to deficits past 2034.
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May not make changes to Social Security.
