The provision was aimed at curbing nationwide injunctions imposed by judges that have blocked some high-profile Trump administration policies.

Senate Democrats forced the removal of a provision in Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill that sought to restrict the power of courts to block federal government policies with injunctions or restraining orders.

Democrats are challenging a broad range of provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” for compliance with Senate budget rules that Republicans are relying on to bypass the 60-vote hurdle in the chamber to advance most legislation.

A Democratic aide on the Senate Budget Committee confirmed that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, the in-house referee, ruled the provision did not comply with the “Byrd rule,” which says provisions must be directly related to taxes or spending.

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    13 hours ago

    There was an article during Obama’s years that showed the negotiation tactics of Republicans and the summary was exactly what you wrote: Republicans draft bills with shit that they know will anger Democrats, but they’ll use it to pass the other shit that they want to pass.

    Democrats fall for it every fucking time.

    The article went on to say that compromise occurs far more often on the conservative side more often than the liberal side, meaning that Democrats often will give up far more than Republicans will.