Elizabeth MacDonough: Currently The Most Powerful Woman In Washington.

Who's the most powerful woman in Washington at the moment? No, it's not Feinstein or Warren, or even Ivanka Trump.

It's Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_MacDonough

The Senate Parliamentarian is the Senate's resident lawyer who advises the Senate presiding officer as to whether what they're trying to do breaks Senate rules or not. One of the most important rules to interpret is whether elements of budget reconciliation break the Byrd rule or not.

SHE JUST RULED THAT PRACTICALLY NOTHING MCCONNELL WANTS TO DO REGARDING REPEALING AND REPLACING OBAMACARE CAN BE DONE THROUGH BUDGET RECONCILIATION.

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/07/out-order-senate-parliamentarian-guts

That's right. The only thing that stands between the American people, and the barbarian Republicans in Congress is two Washington BUREAUCRATS. The types of people everybody loves to hate...bean counters and technocrat lawyers...are thwarting Republican efforts to steal peoples' health insurance etc.

Three cheers for those 'damned warshington beaurocrats!'

Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_MacDonough

and
Keith Hall, Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hall_(economist)

(And while we're at it, I guess we should thank old RICHARD NIXON for creating the CBO in 1974, and making it a non-partisan organization.)