Joe Manchin isn’t the only person in the Senate with power over Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. The fate of key provisions included in the Build Back Better bill also rests with the Senate parliamentarian ― the official in charge of advising senators on rules and procedure. “You have to meet with the Democrats, meet with the Republicans, meet together, so it’s just a process.”AdvertisementAsked how many issues are left for the parliamentarian to review, Stabenow said there are “a lot.”The parliamentarian operates mysteriously. Getting some kind of immigration reform measure in the bill is critical to winning support from House progressives, who would get another vote after Senate passage. “There are different ways, the parliamentarian and other ways the Republicans could try to knock it out,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said earlier this month.

Source: Huffington Post November 30, 2021 20:01 UTC