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.

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.

The Senate parliamentarian ruled $1 billion in security for President Trump's ballroom project needs 60 votes, not a simple majority, to pass.

Republicans had pursued including the funding alongside a $73 billion funding package for immigration enforcement operations through 2029...

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.

MacDonough ruled over the weekend that the $1 billion in ballroom funding needs 60 votes, rather than a simple majority, to pass the Senate.

A growing number of Republicans don’t want to put their names behind this White House ballroom.

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

Trump made his latest case against Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, accusing her of a liberal bias on Wednesday.

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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 Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough blocked the inclusion of $1 billion of funding for Trump’s White House ballroom in Republicans’ budget reconciliation package.

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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…

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune has expressed concern over Trump's targeting of the Senate parliamentarian.