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According to NOTUS, "President Donald Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire the Senate parliamentarian after she ruled Republicans could not include funding for the president’s ballroom in a budget bill, two sources familiar with the request told NOTUS." However, Thune is adamantly refusing to get rid of MacDonough, who was first appointed as the Senate rules referee in 2012 and has often frustrated majorities in both parties.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143666957

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ballroom-2676911107/

Ballroom security money nixed by Senate parliamentarian
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Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber’s parliamentarian, ruled that the language aimed at enhancing Secret Service security measures would need to be reworked if Republicans want to pass the larger bill along party lines as planned, according to a statement from Budget Committee Democrats.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143666039

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/16/ballroom-funding-senate-parliamentarian-00924612