The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help – or kill – a bill’s chance to pass
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Bills have a long journey that includes going through the parliamentarian’s office in the Senate. Here, a corridor in the Senate. dkfielding/iStock/Getty Images Plus – By Charles Tiefer, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore 2021 May 24 – Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough raised …