Liberal Brain Trust Speaks

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the chamber’s 49 other Democrats to ignore a decision by the parliamentarian stating the addition of an amnesty provision in the $3.5 trillion spending package violates rules governing reconciliation legislation.

Earlier, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the inclusion of an amnesty for millions of people in the U.S. illegally would be a disallowed expenditure because it would likely add to the national debt.

“The reasons that people risk their lives to come to this country – to escape religious and political persecution, famine, war, unspeakable violence and lack of opportunity in their home countries –cannot be measured in federal dollars,” she noted in her ruling. “The policy changes of this proposal far outweigh the budgetary impact scored to it and it is not appropriate for inclusion in reconciliation.”