Credit: U.S. Senate/Wikimedia Commons An unelected leftist bureaucrat who no one voted for is single-handedly gutting President Trump’s signature bill with the stroke of a pen, and calls for her termination are emerging. But the Senate Majority Leader is not willing to go that far. On Thursday, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough struck down several key features of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful bill,” including defunding of Medicaid for illegal aliens and defunding “gender-affirming care” under Medicaid and CHIP, citing the Byrd rule. MacDonough also axed the Medicare Provider tax, which complicates the Senate GOP’s math on the spending cuts it needs to pass the legislation. This is the second time MacDonough has removed key parts of Trump’s bill. As the Gateway Pundit reported, MacDonough over the weekend…
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