Parliamentarian

Even if the report on the Senate Parliamentarian is true – and I agree it sounds fishy – it doesn’t matter.

Matthew Yglesias » Health Care Plan Getting More Popular 2010

If the Parliamentarian thinks that the Senate can pass reconciliation before the underlying Senate Health Bill is law, then the Parliamentarian is at odds with Democratic Senate Budget Chair Kent Conrad, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and with the plain language of S.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010

If the Parliamentarian thinks that the Senate can pass reconciliation before the underlying Senate Health Bill is law, then the Parliamentarian is at odds with Democratic Senate Budget Chair Kent Conrad, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and with the plain language of S.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010

The Parliamentarian is the arbiter of what meets the requirement under reconciliation that all provisions have a budgetary impact, but Members are allowed to present arguments for and against specific provisions.

Roll Call Print Edition Current Issue 2010

Describing Kgoali as "the best kind of parliamentarian", IFP chief whip, J H van der Merwe said he held a deep regard for her work in Parliament.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

The assassinations of representatives of the Cedars Revolution such as Parliamentarian Gibran Tueni, the attempt to kill outspoken journalists such as May Chidiac, and the militia invasion of Beirut and the Chouf districts in May are all evidence that Lebanon today lives under terror and needs significant help from the international community so that its people can exercise free popular referendums.

Right Wing Nut House 2008

Stuck in an even less functional radical-left tape-loop, Labour Parliamentarian John McDonnell blames bankers.

Britain's Welfare Road to Riots Douglas Murray 2011

That could be a messy process and either the bill gets gutted of its programmatic provisions or the Parliamentarian and the majority caucus have to take the political heat for a cram down.

Steele to Democrats: You have the votes, and you won, remember? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

Any member could object to a provision s/he considers to be programmatic being considered this way and the Senate Parliamentarian has to rule.

Steele to Democrats: You have the votes, and you won, remember? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

Today, after speaking with the House Parliamentarian, out of an abundance of caution, Congressman Fitzpatrick was re-administered the oath of office by the Speaker.

Votes of GOP lawmakers who missed swearing-in ruled invalid Felicia Sonmez 2011