GOP’s ‘Big’ Bill Gets Smaller as Senate Parliamentarian Rules

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is shrinking as the Senate parliamentarian has advised that a growing list of provisions violate the chamber’s rules.

Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has so far found that dozens of provisions, from space shuttles to electric vehicle contract changes, don’t comply with the Byrd rule. But it might not be fatal for all of the provisions as some GOP senators say they are working on tweaks.

“If the parliamentarian says as written, we’re not approving it at this point, that doesn’t mean you can’t go back and rewrite it and dial it a little differently,” Majority ...