Senate Parliamentarian Must Approve GOP’s Math

Punchbowl News: “But before the Senate can begin considering a compromise budget resolution, Republicans need to have a ruling in-hand from Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on whether they can use a scoring method known as the ‘current policy baseline’ to make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent without requiring massive new offsets.”

“That’s because, as Johnson told us earlier this week, the House wants assurances that this baseline tactic will pass muster with the parliamentarian before moving forward.”