{"id":2452461,"date":"2025-06-26T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byrd-droppings-trump-tax-bill-provisions-ruled-noncompliant\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:45:13","slug":"byrd-droppings-trump-tax-bill-provisions-ruled-noncompliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byrd-droppings-trump-tax-bill-provisions-ruled-noncompliant\/","title":{"rendered":"Byrd droppings: Trump tax bill provisions ruled noncompliant"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbyrd-droppings-trump-tax-bill-provisions-ruled-noncompliant%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=2452461&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--><p>The article discusses the challenges faced by President Donald Trump&#8217;s ambitious tax and spending bill, especially the impact of rulings from the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough. The parliamentarian has declared numerous provisions of the bill noncompliant with the Byrd Rule, which requires reconciliation provisions to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-hides-democrats-historic-migration-expansion\/\" title=\"Media Hides Democrats&#039; &#039;Historic&#039; Migration Expansion\">direct fiscal effect<\/a>. Consequently, any policies not adhering to this rule must be amended to comply or will require a supermajority (60 votes) to pass, a threshold tough for Republicans to achieve given their slim majority and Democratic opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The article outlines key areas affected by these rulings, such as Medicaid funding, abortion services, immigration policies, and energy regulations. Notable provisions that have been ruled out include funding for Medicaid for noncitizens, limitations on student aid for noncitizens, and restrictions on federal financial aid related to abortion and healthcare. With the bill still under review, Senate Republicans aim to revise these provisions in compliance with the Byrd Rule to facilitate passage. The overall aim is to advance Trump&#8217;s domestic agenda which encompasses changes in energy,taxes,and border policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Byrd droppings: Trump tax bill provisions ruled out by Senate parliamentarian<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2159123\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s massive tax and spending bill has been dealt a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3448758\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-smaller-senate-referee-strikes-gop-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"series of major blows\">series of policy blows<\/a>, but not at the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democrats\">Democrats<\/a> or internal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> disagreements.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3336332\/gop-senate-parliamentarian-elizabeth-macdonough-trump-tax-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate parliamentarian\">Senate parliamentarian<\/a>, an appointee reviewing the megabill as a nonpartisan arbiter, has determined that dozens of provisions are noncompliant with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3429548\/what-is-byrd-rule-senate-one-big-beautiful-bill-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Byrd Rule\">Byrd Rule<\/a>, which applies to reconciliation and requires that all language in the measure have a direct fiscal effect. The Byrd Rule is a legislative process that allows the majority to skirt the filibuster for budgetary legislation, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> Republicans are seeking to advance Trump&rsquo;s domestic agenda on energy, taxes, and the border. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3455241\/trump-administration-consider-crypto-mortgage-collateral\/\">Trump administration takes key step to consider crypto holdings as collateral for mortgages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3455318\/pay-down-the-debt-act-states-return-unused-grant-money-decrease-federal-debt\/\">New bill aims to allow states to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >return unused grant money amid battle<\/a> to decrease federal debt&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3454802\/democratic-party-delusional-zohran-mamdani-midterm-elections\/\">Democrats are delusional if they think Mamdani provides road map back to power<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Policies that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3336332\/gop-senate-parliamentarian-elizabeth-macdonough-trump-tax-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough<\/a> rules against can either be amended to comply or would require 60 votes to be included, a threshold Republicans would undoubtedly be unable to muster with a three-vote majority and against unified Democratic opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The full bill is still under review, with Senate Republicans hoping to pass their iteration in the coming days and have it clear the GOP House for final passage by July 4.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most consequential rulings made by MacDonough thus far include policies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Medicaid funding\">Medicaid funding<\/a> and eligibility, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"abortion\">abortion<\/a> funding, food stamp cuts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tax credits\">immigration<\/a> enforcement, and clean energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tax credits\">tax credits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are other provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that have been ruled noncompliant under the Byrd Rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters about the reconciliation process to advance President Donald Trump&rsquo;s spending and tax bill, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/byrd-rule-violations-continue-to-mount-on-the-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Finance<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Medicaid and CHIP for illegal immigrants:<\/strong> barred eligibility for those without verified citizenship or qualifying immigration status.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medicaid funding for certain noncitizens:<\/strong> barred federal funding to states for Medicaid coverage of certain noncitizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduced funding for states that cover illegal immigrants:<\/strong> lowered Federal Medical Assistance Percentage from 90% to 80% for states that cover illegal immigrants with their own funds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medicaid spread pricing:<\/strong> required care reimbursement amounts handled by pharmacy benefit managers&nbsp;to be passed through in full to pharmacies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ban on transgender procedures:<\/strong> prohibited Medicaid and CHIP funding for transgender procedures.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3454797\/gop-tax-bill-senate-parliamentarian-medicaid-savings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Medicaid provider taxes<\/a>:<\/strong> reduced amount states could charge in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3443401\/gop-senate-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provider taxes<\/a>, lowering the amount states can boost Medicaid budgets with federal contributions. <em>Republicans are working on a Byrd-compliant fix.<\/em> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limiting Medicare coverage for aliens:<\/strong>&nbsp;revoked eligibility from certain noncitizens, including refugees, asylum-seekers, and those with temporary protected status.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Obamacare tax credit eligibility:<\/strong> limited noncitizens who qualify for health insurance premium tax credits. Those ineligible for Medicaid would also not qualify for insurance premium credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill-includes-additional-provisions-that-violate-the-byrd-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Student aid for noncitizens:<\/strong> removed federal financial student aid eligibility for certain noncitizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student loan repayment:<\/strong>&nbsp;required federal loan borrowers to either have a standard plan with fixed payments over 10-25 years or a new income-based repayment starting July 1, 2026.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Public Service Loan Forgiveness:<\/strong>&nbsp;payments made by students while in medical or dental internships\/residencies do not qualify for the<\/span> forgiveness program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Workforce Pell grants:<\/strong>&nbsp;expanded Pell grants to unaccredited and for-profit institutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver loading:<\/strong>&nbsp;changed appropriated funds for Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurers beginning in 2026 to end &ldquo;silver loading&rdquo; of direct payments.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3452054\/obamacare-abortion-funding-restriction-nixed-bill-parliamentarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Obamacare abortion funding<\/a>:<\/strong> prevented certain Obamacare subsidies for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-made-a-mistake-uber-accidentally-tells-some-drivers-theyve-got-some-health-insurance\/\" title=\"\u2018We Made A Mistake\u2019: Uber Accidentally Tells Some Drivers They\u2019ve Got Some Health Insurance\">health insurance plans<\/a> that cover abortions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/provisions-continue-to-violate-the-byrd-rule-in-the-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Energy and Natural Resources<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/provisions-continue-to-violate-the-byrd-rule-in-the-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NEPA compliance:<\/strong> offshore oil and gas projects were ruled compliant with the National Environmental Policy Act to avert the environmental review process.<\/li>\n<li>Offshore oil and gas leasing: leases awarded within 90 days after sale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ambler Road:<\/strong> greenlit construction of Ambler Road, a controversial mining road in Alaska.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mandatory public land sales:<\/strong> The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Lands could sell millions of acres of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-44-of-dems-dem-leaning-independents-want-biden-off-the-2024-ticket\/\" title=\"Poll: 44% Of Dems, Dem-Leaning Independents Want Biden Off The 2024 Ticket\">federal public land<\/a>. <em>Republicans are working to make this Byrd compliant<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Renewable energy fees:<\/strong> The Secretary of the Interior would no longer be able to reduce solar and wind project fees on federal land.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geothermal leasing and royalties:<\/strong> required the Secretary of the Interior to hold annual geothermal lease sales and change royalties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural gas exports and imports:<\/strong> allowed natural gas exporters to pay a fee to approve projects.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/one-big-beautiful-bill-has-more-provisions-that-violate-the-byrd-rule-according-to-senate-parliamentarian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>State and local assistance:<\/strong> states, in addition to the federal government, could enforce border security and immigration rules.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Civil service protections for new federal employees:<\/strong> retirement incentives for being &ldquo;at will&rdquo; employees, easing restrictions for firing new civil servants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Filing fee for federal employee claims and appeals:<\/strong> a $350 fee for federal employees to file a case with the Merit Systems Protection Board, which reviews claims of alleged wrongdoing against an employer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rescinding federal funds:<\/strong> agencies deputized to rescind funds appropriated by Congress if deemed &ldquo;unnecessary expenditures.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Labor union costs for using federal resources:<\/strong> federal employee unions pay a fee for using official time and agency resources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Executive overhaul of agencies:<\/strong> empowered the Executive Branch to more easily alter government agencies, including consolidations or eliminations, without Congress&rsquo;s approval.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ending USPS electric vehicles:<\/strong> required sale of all USPS EVs and chargers.<\/li>\n<li>Rulemaking process for agencies: prohibited federal agencies from implementing or enforcing rules that affect appropriated spending levels unless required by statute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/more-provisions-in-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill-are-subject-to-byrd-rule-parliamentarian-advises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Judiciary<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sanctuary cities:<\/strong> curtailed grant funding for sanctuary cities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Empowering non-feds on immigration:<\/strong> state and local officials authorized to arrest noncitizens suspected of being in the U.S. illegally.&nbsp;<em>Republicans are working to adjust this language to make it Byrd compliant<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weakening judges&rsquo; powers:<\/strong> limited ability of federal courts to issue nationwide preliminary injunctions or temporary restraining orders to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3451073\/gop-policy-weakening-judges-powers-preliminary-injunctions-trump-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reduce anti-Trump rulings and lawsuits against the federal government<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weaken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ability to settle with third parties:<\/strong> limit the federal government&rsquo;s power to enter or enforce settlement agreements that involve compensation to third parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/more-provisions-in-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill-are-subject-to-byrd-rule-parliamentarian-advises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Commerce, Science, and Transportation<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fire-damaged Texas pier:<\/strong> funded $250 million rebuilding of damaged Coast Guard station on South Padre Island, TX.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>NASA space vehicle:<\/strong> funded $85 million for transferring the space shuttle from the Smithsonian&rsquo;s National Air and Space Museum to a Houston nonprofit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/several-additional-provisions-in-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill-are-subject-to-60-vote-threshold-according-to-senate-parliamentarian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SNAP funds:<\/strong> states increased food stamp cost share with the feds. <i>Republicans have submitted updated text in hopes of complying with the Byrd rule.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>SNAP eligibility:<\/strong> removed food stamps for illegal immigrants and certain lawful permanent residents.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Farm bill:<\/strong> extended suspension of permanent price support authority, typically addressed in a five-year farm bill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/senate-parliamentarian-advises-several-provisions-in-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill-are-not-permissible-subject-to-byrd-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:<\/strong> effectively eliminated the Obama-era agency by reducing operating funds to 0%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Federal Reserve staff pay:<\/strong> cut $1.4 billion by reducing staff pay for Federal Reserve workers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial research fund:<\/strong> cut $293 million from the Office of Financial Research Funding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:<\/strong> cut $771 million to eliminate PCAOB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/senate-parliamentarian-advises-several-provisions-in-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill-are-not-permissible-subject-to-byrd-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Environment and Public Works<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IRA clean energy repeals:<\/strong> slashed green energy tax credits under the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tailpipe emissions standards:<\/strong> repealed air pollution standards starting with model year 2027 for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/ranking-member\/newsroom\/press\/senate-parliamentarian-advises-several-provisions-in-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill-are-not-permissible-subject-to-byrd-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Armed Services<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Penalty for late spending plans:<\/strong> Defense appropriations will be reduced if Pentagon spending plans are missed by the deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2159123\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2159123\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner 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