Graham claims sole authority to decide if GOP megabill complies with budget laws
The Senate’s presiding Republican chair has ruled that Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has the sole authority to decide if provisions of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act violate the 1974 Congressional Budget Act or other budget laws, a controversial ruling Democrats tried to overturn but failed.
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), who was presiding over the Senate at the time, ruled that the chair will not sustain any budgetary points of order against the massive bill unless Graham as Budget chair says they are valid objections — drastically limiting the power of Democrats, who are in the minority.
Hagerty announced the presiding chair “must rely on determinations made by the Budget Committee in assessing the budgetary effects” of the 940-page Senate bill, which Graham has determined will not add to future deficits by extending the 2017 tax cuts, according to a “current policy” baseline.
Hagerty said unless Graham asserts that a provision of the bill or an amendment causes a violation of the 1974 Budget Act, the presiding chair will not sustain any budgetary point-of-order objection against the bill.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/graham-claims-sole-authority-decide-160459928.html
Graham whose lips are affixed to Trump's buttocks like a remora on a shark.
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