Moments ago, Zeke Miller tweeted “AP source: Senate parliamentarian says $3.5T bill can’t include citizenship path for immigrants, big blow to Biden, Dems.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Senate parliamentarian says $3.5T bill can’t include citizenship path for immigrants, big blow to Biden, Dems.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 20, 2021
In a crushing setback to Democrats and Biden’s agenda , the Senate’s parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, a non-partisan interpreter of rules, said Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion package to create a citizenship path for illegals.
Per the AP this “badly damages Democrats’ hopes of unilaterally enacting — over Republican opposition — changes letting several categories of immigrants gain permanent residence and possibly citizenship.”