Senate Parliamentarian rules zeroing out CFPB budget cannot be done through reconciliation

According to the parliamentarian, zeroing out the CFPB budget is subject to a filibuster and so requires 60 votes–which the proposal would surely not get. The Senate majority can overrule the parliamentarian, but doing so would diminish the filibuster’s significance and would set a precedent for when Democrats recapture the Senate but lack the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster, which will have some deterrent effect on the majority. Will it be enough of a deterrent? Time will tell, being a garrulous sort.

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