In short, this provision would allow Trump to serve as a king, free to ignore the courts amid his lawlessness. With Democrats united against this provision and Republicans only holding 53 votes, it’s almost certainly coming out of the bill. The Byrd Rule is the Senate rule that requires that any bill being advanced through the budget reconciliation process be only related to budget matters. It won’t be clear what Thune’s next step is until the bill hits the Senate floor. “But Senate Democrats stopped them cold,” he said.
