Senate Parliamentarian Adjusts Big Beautiful Bill

The size and scope of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill have gotten smaller. The Senate parliamentarian has determined that certain provisions do not qualify under the budget reconciliation rules. The portions of the bill that shift costs for nutrition assistance to the states and remove SNAP eligibility for undocumented immigrants do not meet the requirements of budget reconciliation. The parliamentarian also cited a section of the bill that extends the suspension of the authority for permanent price supports. It’s not clear if that change would have on the increased reference prices for commodity programs. Senate leadership wants to complete their work on this legislation before lawmakers leave for their July 4^th break, but that has been complicated by the parliamentarian’s ruling.