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One of the most quietly powerful people in Washington right now just changed the game for Biden's next big

spending bill. I'm talking about the Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonough, aka the Senate referee.

Last night, Chuck Schumer said the refs officially

blown her whistle, her ruling, Dems can revise the budget reconciliation they use to

pass COVID relief to include new reconciliation instructions. Think of it as a buy-one,

get one free to pass sweeping legislation by a simple majority. This could have huge implications for

Biden's first year agenda. Six quick takeaways here. Number one, Democrats now have the option to

pass at least one additional reconciliation bill this year. And as you know by now, these bills can't be

filibustered, but they do have to follow a strict set of rules, most notably the bird rule, which make sure that non-budgetary policies can't be filibustered, but they do have to follow a strict set of rules, most notably the

bird rule, which make sure that non-budgetary policies can't be included here.

Number two, if the annual budget resolution can be revised once, it can be revised again.

As Politico's Caitlin Emma points out, the party in power could theoretically use the tool

as often as they want.

So the pressure on Biden to attract Republican votes just went down a notch.

Number three, the expansion of reconciliation will have Dems getting creative to push all sorts of stuff through the process.

And Republicans, too, the next time they have control of both Congress and the White House.

There's already talk of doing

a standalone dreamers bill using reconciliation. Number four, this will increase the power of the

Senate parliamentarian. As you'll recall, she was under fire from the left for nixing the minimum

wage hike from the American Rescue Plan. Number five, this could alleviate some of the pressure on Dems for

filibuster reform. The more Schumer can push through the Senate with just 50 votes plus VP Kamala Harris,

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