Elizabeth MacDonough has served as the Senate’s nonpartisan rules expert since 2012 and has worked in the parliamentarian’s office for nearly three decades

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the GOP will refine its approach to seeking money for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom.

Donald Trump is trying to get a key Senate adviser fired.

Thune downplayed the setback from Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough as a normal part of reconciliation.

Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough blocked an effort to include funding for Trump's White House ballroom in an appropriations bill.