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Remember when a random Senate functionary emerged from obscurity to kill the minimum-wage increase (hexbear.net)

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And then we never heard from them again? The Dems were like, "oh no, blame that damn Parliamentarian who you've definitely heard of before, and who has a totally legit position that overpowers everyone, especially Harris and Biden." That was great.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The parliamentarian is also someone who the Senate can unilaterally fire.

Republicans did it when the parliamentarian got in their way

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/05/08/key-senate-official-loses-job-in-dispute-with-gop/e2310021-0f14-4667-a261-54e6c033207c/

Dove angered Republicans, especially Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), with at least two recent rulings that effectively made it harder for the GOP to push President Bush's budget and tax cut proposals through the evenly divided body.