GOP Provision That Makes Trump A King Breaks Senate Rules, Says Parliamentarian [View all]
Source: Huff Post
Jun 22, 2025, 10:18 AM EDT | Updated 28 minutes ago
WASHINGTON ― A provision in the GOP’s tax-and-spending bill that would make it nearly impossible for anyone to sue the Trump administration for breaking laws is on track to be stripped from the bill after the Senate parliamentarian said it violates the chamber’s rules.
This provision, which is in Senate Republicans’ version of the One Big Beautiful Act, would require anyone seeking an emergency court order ― that is, a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction ― against the federal government to first post a bond that covers all the costs and damages that would be sustained to the federal government.
Judges grant emergency orders to temporarily halt actions like deportations, bans or drilling, while a case is being decided. They typically waive bonds in public interest cases, but under the Senate GOP’s bill, public interest groups, or even individual plaintiffs, would have to cough up millions if not billions of dollars in order to seek an emergency court order against the Trump administration ― money they definitely don’t have. In short, this provision would allow Trump to serve as a king, free to ignore the courts amid his lawlessness.
The Senate parliamentarian, the chamber’s nonpartisan adviser on Senate rules, determined Saturday that this provision is not related to budget matters. Republicans are using a process called budget reconciliation to expedite passage of their tax bill, which allows them to advance it with 51 votes instead of 60. But this process is only for budget-related bills, so any language in the bill that the parliamentarian flags as unrelated to budgets is subject to 60 votes.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-tax-bill-courts-bonds-trump-senate-rules_n_685806dee4b05236097fb6ac
This is new.
Items stripped last Thursday (Agriculture Committee, advisory sent Friday night, reported Saturday) -
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143482891
Items apparently stripped last Friday (Banking, Environmental, Armed Services Committees, reported Friday) -
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143482360
This OP's strip just happened yesterday (Saturday) (related to the Judiciary Committee, reported today (Sunday)).