Byrd rule

English

Etymology

Named after Senator Robert Byrd.

Proper noun

the Byrd rule

  1. A rule regarding reconciliation in the United States Congress, defining a provision to be "extraneous"—and therefore ineligible for reconciliation—in various cases.
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