President Donald Trump is calling for the firing of Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, for ruling against Republicans' plan to put $1 billion in taxpayer dollars toward his White House ballroom project, which they have now reportedly dropped.

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The Senate's parliamentarian has ruled that funding for President Donald Trump's proposed White House ballroom can't be approved by a simple majority.

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.