As tensions run high on Capitol Hill amid an upcoming working weekend for lawmakers, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told Newsmax that calls for the Senate parliamentarian’s removal over cuts she’s made to the “one big, beautiful bill” are “a little premature.”

The unelected position of Senate parliamentarian has been held by Elizabeth MacDonough since 2012. Earlier this week, MacDonough, who advises senators on the chamber’s rules, cut several provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act because they were not eligible for budget reconciliation.

“The parliamentarian did throw us some curveballs yesterday,” Mullin said Friday on “National Report.” “I get there’s a lot of feelings about what she ruled on and why she’s done this. The fact is, we’ve got to work around it because we have to deliver this one big, beautiful bill for the American people. … If we don’t get this done, the American taxpayers, regardless of your income level, your taxes are going to go up 68%. You’re going to have a $4 trillion increase in taxes. That’s unheard of. We just shouldn’t be doing that.”

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