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BumRushDaShow

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4. "Instead, we've got the GOP sneaking in bullshit riders to BAN all regulation of it for 10 fucking years."
Sun May 18, 2025, 04:44 AM
May 18

It's a policy rider on a reconciliation bill and once that obscenity of a bill gets to the Senate, the Senate Parliamentarian should invoke the "Byrd Rule" on it, and have it removed.

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Definitions of Extraneous Matter

Subsection (b)(1) of the Byrd rule provides definitions of what constitutes extraneous matter for purposes of the rule. The Senate Budget Committee, in its report on the budget resolution for FY1994, noted "'Extraneous' is a term of art. Broadly speaking, the rule prohibits inclusion in reconciliation of matter unrelated to the deficit reduction goals of the reconciliation process."11

A provision is considered to be extraneous if it falls under one or more of the following six definitions:

  • it does not produce a change in outlays or revenues or a change in the terms and conditions under which outlays are made or revenues are collected;
  • it produces an outlay increase or revenue decrease when the instructed committee is not in compliance with its instructions;
  • it is outside of the jurisdiction of the committee that submitted the title or provision for inclusion in the reconciliation measure;
  • it produces a change in outlays or revenues which is merely incidental to the non-budgetary components of the provision;
  • it would increase the deficit for a fiscal year beyond the "budget window" covered by the reconciliation measure;12 and
  • it recommends changes in Social Security.


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    https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL30862

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