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Republicans are projected to keep control of the House of Representatives, handing the party total control of Washington with former President Trump back in the White House in January.

Decision Desk HQ projected the GOP would hold the House by winning its 218th seat on Monday, the number needed for a majority in the lower chamber.

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[-] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago

I have no idea what the "parliamentarian" is, so every time I read a post about it I'm imagining some anonymous figure with a Mandalorian helmet sitting in congress looking serious.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 32 points 2 days ago

nobody else did either, until they trotted her out to put the kibosh on... I think it was student debt relief?

[-] makotech222@hexbear.net 33 points 2 days ago

i think it was minimum wage increase

[-] Thorngraff_Ironbeard@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

It's some rules lawyer shit the democrats used to block progressive legislation. They can literally fire the parliamentarian as many previous majority holders have

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

I think it's some rules lawyer expert like people are saying. IIRC they brought it out because they were making a Reconciliation Budget Bill, which they do like only once or twice a year, and the rules are that bill has a lower threshold to pass (since everything is filibustered now you need 60% to basically do anything else) but it has to be budget related stuff. When there was a question on whether some progressive legislation counted, the parliamentarian came out to read the ancient scrolls and divine from the stars that it didn't count and couldn't be put in the bill.