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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo I just looked to see who appointed the current parliamentarian. It was then Sen. Majority
Leader Harry Reid. As of 2018, makes a bit over 172,000 per year.
onecaliberal
(32,990 posts)within a thousand miles of government.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)onecaliberal
(32,990 posts)republicans are feverishly working to take away the right to vote for millions.
Bettie
(16,145 posts)reps trying to help us, but they are blocked by the pet poodles of various special interests and rich people.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,147 posts)So when exactly did she say that?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to low income people. Her role is to decide on compliance with the rules congress operates under.
I heard she arrived at the same evaluation of the principles involved as the other times this has been presented to the current parliamentarian for decision.
Note that Biden/Harris/Schumer are not contesting it.
And of course her salary's not exactly riches in DC by a long shot. Even the lowest strata of wealth these days are far above salaried folk. If she intersected their stratospheric circles at all, it'd be strictly in passing at occasional large, unexclusive gatherings.
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)She's "beloved" by both sides of the isle. She seems like a nice person from what I'm reading about her (like, really nice).
$15 can't be done through reconciliation. The SCOTUS would override it within weeks. I think though that she was scapegoated and is protecting the Republican interests, because we're now talking about her, and not the fact that the Republicans are forcing reconciliation yet again like they have done so since Obama.
onecaliberal
(32,990 posts)you'll need to replace the person there now who doesn't want you to have it. They want you to work 3 jobs and 75 hours a week and still be living in poverty.
niyad
(113,844 posts)and mcturtle.
tritsofme
(17,432 posts)All she has done is do her job, which is to evaluate whether provisions qualify for reconciliation. Minimum wage wasnt even a particularly close call, President Biden has been telegraphing this decision for weeks himself.
It should be obvious that any blame lies with the senators who write the rules, not the woman they hired to advise on their meaning.
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)And let the Trump SCOTUS override it, which would have had a more political backing to it. But that would've been a highly partisan decision. She should've done it though. She's been serving 8 years. Doing it wrong once wouldn't have hurt.
tritsofme
(17,432 posts)I wont criticize this women for properly performing her job. What youre saying is absurd.
And I have no clue what you are taking about with SCOTUS, they dont have a thing to do with the reconciliation process.
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)And the SCOTUS would throw it out because it passed through reconciliation.
Sometimes not properly performing the job is the right decision, especially because that's how the other side gets away with this shit. Let it pass, it wouldn't have affected the rest of the bill, the SCOTUS would take away $15 minimum wage, and everyone would calling for packing the court. That's how the other side operates. Fight fire with fire.
But no I do not slight this woman for doing the correct thing, it's just how we keep getting screwed over.
tritsofme
(17,432 posts)There is nothing unconstitutional about the minimum wage increase, it is a matter of Senate rules.
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)I'm not thinking clearly.
mcar
(42,464 posts)The Parliamentarian looks at the rules - nothing else. You may disagree with the outcome, but to smear this woman with no justification is just wrong.
niyad
(113,844 posts)Claiming that I said, or did, something that I did not is you doing the same thing of which you accused me.