Trump demands Senate fire parliamentarian who ruled against ballroom funding plan
President Donald Trump publicly called for the dismissal of the Senate parliamentarian after she ruled against a Republican proposal to fund his planned White House ballroom. The parliamentarian had rejected the inclusion of the ballroom money in a bill that primarily funds immigration enforcement agencies. The demand marks Trump's first overt request to remove the Senate's procedural official.
- ▪Trump demanded the firing of the Senate parliamentarian.
- ▪The parliamentarian rejected a Republican effort to add ballroom funding to an immigration enforcement bill.
- ▪The proposed funding was tied to Trump's plan for a new White House ballroom.
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By Isaac Arnsdorf and Jarrell DillardPresident Donald Trump for the first time called for the firing of the Senate’s parliamentarian, days after she rejected a Republican attempt to include money related to his proposed White House ballroom in a bill that funds immigration enforcement agencies. CommentsSign up
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