What Norm Eisen has said about Budget reconciliation

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 24, 2026

Norm Eisen, American lawyer, former Obama White House ethics czar, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund and publisher of The Contrarian, has been quoted on Budget reconciliation 2 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on May 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Eisen explains that reconciliation lets a simple majority include anything relating to federal spending, which let Republican dissenters threaten the fund.

    “you can put anything into that reconciliation package relating to how the federal government spends its money”

    Pod Save America: 50 Shades of Legal Gray (May 24, 2026) · Listen from 9:41

  • Eisen praises the Senate parliamentarian for ruling that ballroom funding could not go into reconciliation.

    “And the parliamentarian, she's a hero. She said, no, the Senate parliamentarian, no, I'm not going to let this through”

    Pod Save America: 50 Shades of Legal Gray (May 24, 2026) · Listen from 50:59

Episodes

  • 50 Shades of Legal Gray

    Pod Save America · May 24, 2026 · 1 h 5 min

    Alex Wagner and Norm Eisen discuss Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, IRS audit immunity, stock trades, construction projects, and legal and electoral pushback.

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