What does the Senate Parliamentarian do?

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Why are GOP senators calling for the firing of Elizabeth MacDonough?

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0:00.0	Bob Menendez is the first U.S. Senator to go to prison in more than 40 years.
0:05.0	It is to me an inexplicable and tragic way for him to go.
0:08.0	I'm Nancy Solomon.
0:09.0	Join me as I take a look at the Senator's bribery scheme involving Egyptian spies.
0:14.0	That's pretty unusual.
0:15.0	And the woman that dazzled him.
0:17.0	Hi, it's neat calling my very handsome senator.
0:21.8	Listen to Dead End, the rise and fall of Goldbar Bob Menendez, from WNYC, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.3	Oh, what time is it?
0:31.4	What time is it?
0:32.4	Indeed, there will be a time.
0:35.2	1229.
0:37.1	Hello, everyone. It is 12.29 p.m. on Monday, June 30th. And as I speak these words,
0:44.3	the Senate is starting a slog of a process of amending and voting on a huge budget reconciliation
0:51.9	bill. On the Senate, floor clerks are reading all 940 pages of the big, beautiful bill out loud as part of a Democratic stalling tactic.
1:01.8	This bill has been a cornerstone of President Trump's agenda.
1:07.1	So, what is a budget reconciliation bill?
1:11.8	We are airing today's episode on the Senate parliamentarian to answer that, and to help
1:16.9	any of you out there understand why the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth McDonough, was in the news
1:21.9	so much this weekend.
1:24.2	Some quick facts about her.
1:25.4	McDonough was appointed to the position in 2012. She is the sixth person
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