Senate Republicans battle over future of parliamentarian

Some Senate Republican aides say there is growing support within the Senate GOP conference for ousting the parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, after she ruled against a proposal to provide $1 billion for the White House ballroom, a move that would drastically change how the upper chamber operates.

The ruling infuriated President Trump, who claimed last week in a post on Truth Social that MacDonough was biased against Republicans, noting she was elevated to her job in 2013 by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), whom Trump disparaged as a “lunatic.”

“The fire-the-parliamentarian group is growing. There are quite a few members now who are saying, ‘We should have fired her day one,’” said a Senate Republican aide who requested anonymity to talk about senator-level conversations about MacDonough.

A senior Senate GOP aide confirmed there’s growing Republican desire to find a new parliamentarian after MacDonough put up roadblocks to funding the White House ballroom and passing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, a voting reform bill.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-republicans-battle-over-future-100000203.html

Really GOP, that's the hill you want to die on? The campaign ads this fall write themselves.