The Byrd rule puts guardrails on budget reconciliation bills in the Senate, where some provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may not last.

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Elizabeth MacDonough effectively blocked a number of GOP proposals central to their fast-track budget legislation.

MacDonough is responsible for making calls on whether the provisions in the bill are in keeping with the Byrd Rule, named after the late Sen. Robert Byrd, who helped institute the rules governing ...

The catch is that reconciliation bills may include only provisions that are directly budget-related — a stipulation known as the Byrd Rule, after the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia).