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Tammy Baldwin: “We tried to do immigration and the ruling was no, even…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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WisPolitics DC luncheon with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Published | Video Starts at 48:01

I have to think more about, like. So I remember the last time we used it and trying to, you know, obviously the parliamentarian decides whether something can be attached to budget reconciliation. We tried to do immigration and the ruling was no, even though it has a huge fiscal impact. a positive fiscal impact to do comprehensive immigration reform. Nope. The parliamentarian ruled. Now, would they consider, I mean, something that's always been considered off limits, but like firing the parliamentarian in order to get somebody ruling? (48:01–48:09)

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Asserts that an attempt to include immigration in budget reconciliation was ruled out despite its fiscal impact.

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