{"id":1128075,"date":"2021-12-17T09:58:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128075"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:58:34","slug":"senate-parliamentarian-blocks-immigration-reform-from-democrats-spending-bill-for-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-parliamentarian-blocks-immigration-reform-from-democrats-spending-bill-for-third-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Parliamentarian Blocks Immigration Reform From Democrats\u2019 Spending Bill For Third Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-parliamentarian-blocks-immigration-reform-from-democrats-spending-bill-for-third-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected another Democratic effort to include immigration reform in President Joe Biden\u2019s spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>MacDonough\u2019s ruling, which came late Thursday, is Democrats\u2019 latest setback in their bid to overhaul the nation\u2019s immigration system via the reconciliation bill. She <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/20\/senate-parliamentarian-blocks-pathway-citizenship-democrats-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rejected<\/a> two bids earlier this year to include a pathway to citizenship in the package, ruling that the provisions did not meet the criteria to be included in the filibuster-proof legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly disagree with the Senate parliamentarian\u2019s interpretation of our immigration proposal, and we will pursue every means to achieve a path to citizenship in the Build Back Better Act,\u201d Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n of New Mexico and Alex Padilla of California said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/joint-statement-by-senators-schumer-durbin-menendez-cortez-masto-lujn-padilla-on-parliamentarians-opinion-on-immigration-provisions-in-the-build-back-better-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joint statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people understand that fixing our broken immigration system is a moral and economic imperative,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.645645645646\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019ll pursue every means to achieve a path to citizenship in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuildBackBetter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BuildBackBetter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Americans understand fixing our broken immigration system is a moral, economic imperative<\/p>\n<p>We stand with millions of immigrant families who deserve better\u2014We won\u2019t stop fighting<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXf6y2g038\">https:\/\/t.co\/yXf6y2g038<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1471649442965172225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Congressional Budget Office in November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/57625\">concluded<\/a> that had the ruling been adopted it would have established a pathway to citizenship for approximately 6.5 million people. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/20\/senate-parliamentarian-immigration-dick-durbin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Senate Won\u2019t Overrule Parliamentarian On Immigration, Dick Durbin Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The parliamentarian\u2019s ruling is just the latest setback the $1.75 trillion package which has faced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/15\/senate-democrats-push-bidens-spending-bill-2022-instead-pass-voting-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">heightened resistance<\/a> from West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, forcing Schumer to punt the bill into next year.<\/p>\n<p>It is also not the first time MacDonough has ruled against Democrats this year; in February, she <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/25\/minimum-wage-senate-official-joe-biden-coronavirus-rescue-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blocked a $15 minimum wage<\/a> from their coronavirus stimulus package, which was signed into law in March.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected another Democratic effort to include immigration reform in President Joe Biden\u2019s spending bill.MacDonough\u2019s ruling, which came late Thursday, is Democrats\u2019 latest setback in their bid &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}