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Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution provides that “Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings.”
That doesn’t mean that the parliamentarian (who as you note is not mentioned in the Constitution) should be allowed to make decisions that bind the Senate; under the Senate’s own rules she does not.
The parliamentarian has no authority to make binding rulings; her job is advisory in nature.
It is not the parliamentarian, but rather the Senate’s presiding officer—at any moment, that means either the Vice President, the President Pro Tempore (by modern tradition, this is typically and currently the senior-most senator of the majority party), or another senator named as his designee—who makes procedural rulings.
The parliamentarian advises the presiding officer, but the latter is free to reach a different conclusion.
And regardless of whether the presiding officer follows the advice of the parliamentarian, it is ultimately up to the Senate as a whole to decide whether the ruling in question should stand.
The Senate as a whole has the power to sustain or overturn any procedural ruling by a simple-majority vote.
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056410741906043057
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - That is what we need.
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David Campbell @dlcampbell05
I’d love to see a government that was reset back to the constitution.
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Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee
If we didn’t give it so much money and power, the government couldn’t manipulate us as much.
That’s why we need the Constitution.
Time for a constitutional reboot.
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056407255239803092
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - In no way are those statements inconsistent.
I’m calling for Congress to exercise more restraint with regard to its limited, enumerated powers.
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056407185773707420
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Suspicious
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Joey @Joey08842532
Anyone wearing as mask in 2026 that is under 60 I assume they're criminals.
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056405979605131452
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Video: Repeal DC Home Rule
DC’s government has failed, as this casual rampage at a DC Chipotle reminded us this weekend
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056405577774117130
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Time for a constitutional reboot
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056400619469205764
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Video: If we didn’t give it so much money and power, the government couldn’t manipulate us as much.
That’s why we need the Constitution.
Time for a constitutional reboot.
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056400616432537739
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Government is the problem
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056399977522549072
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Government is rarely the solution.
It’s often the problem.
Those who default to thinking that government is the solution are the problem
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RNC Research @RNCResearch
Video: Communist Zohran Mamdani: "[Ronald Reagan] famously said 'The nine most terrifying words in the English language are I’m from the government and I’m here to help'...I disagree."
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056392784710615299
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - If the Republican Senate doesn’t get the SAVE America Act passed, what impact will that have in November?
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America @america
The Senate refuses to do the will of the American people
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2056390812444098652
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