Senate’s Byrd Rule Upends Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
TimeJUN 24
The Byrd Rule is being weaponized to obstruct Presidentthe Trumppresident's agenda and block common-sense reforms that would boost American energy production and address the housing crisis. TheseThe rejected provisions — which specifically exempt National Parks, Monuments, Wilderness Areas, and other protected lands — would have created jobs, increased domestic energy output, and provided affordable land for housing development that working families desperately need.
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