Alternatively, the senator presiding over the chamber (or the vice president, if he or she is performing that function) could disregard the advice provided to him or her by the parliamentarian, undercutting the efficacy of the Byrd Rule. For instance, the majority party could select a parliamentarian who is more willing to advise weaker enforcement of the Byrd Rule, and, indeed, there is some historyВ of the parliamentarianвЂ™s application of the Byrd Rule affecting his or her appointment. This approach would weaken the filibuster by making it easier for a majority party to squeeze more of its priorities into a reconciliation bill (which then only requires a simple majority to pass). Because the SenateвЂ™s non-partisan parliamentarian plays a significant role in advising whether provisions comply with the Byrd Rule, some senators have proposed diluting the power of the Byrd Rule by targeting the parliamentarian. To guard against a majority stuffing a reconciliation measure with non-budgetary provisions, the Byrd Rule limits the contents of the bill and requires 60 votes to set aside. These bills have been critical to the enactment of major policy changes including, recently, the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. On October 11, during an interview with Middle East Eye, the prime minister said again he still had not yet spoken to President Biden - a fact which the interviewers described as вЂњastonishingвЂќ.A second option targets the so-called Byrd Rule, a feature of the budget reconciliation process. Later in September, the premier had opined that the US president was вЂњquite busyвЂќ to call him and discuss the regional situation. ItвЂ™s not like I am waiting for any phone call,вЂќ he said in response to a question from a Reuters correspondent. вЂњI keep hearing that President Biden hasnвЂ™t called me. Meanwhile, the prime minister himself said in August he was not really вЂњwaitingвЂќ for a phone call. He looks forward to speaking with Prime Minister Khan when the time is rightвЂќ. вЂњIf a phone call is a concession, if a security relationship is a concession, Pakistan has options,вЂќ he added, without elaborating further.ДЄt the time, a Biden administration official said there were вЂњstill a number of world leaders President Biden has not been able to speak with personally yet. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish readjustment counseling and related mental health services to family members of members of the Armed Forces or veterans who died by suicide, and for other purposes. But frankly, people donвЂ™t believe it,вЂќ he had said. вЂњWeвЂ™ve been told every time that will happen, itвЂ™s technical reasons or whatever. вЂњThe president of the United States hasnвЂ™t spoken to the prime minister of such an important country who the US itself says is make-or-break in some cases, in some ways, in Afghanistan - we struggle to understand the signal, right?вЂќ Yusuf told The publication. In an interview with the Financial Times in August, National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf had made clear that Pakistan had other options if Biden continued to ignore the nationвЂ™s leadership.

вЂњAnd thatвЂ™s what I look forward to be able to continue to promote as your US senator,вЂќ Menendez told the APPAC members.Д«idenвЂ™s apparent avoidance to engage with Prime Minister Khan since the former assumed office has been viewed as a diplomatic affront and seemingly become a point of contention between the two governments with US lawmakers criticising the reluctance as well.

вЂњAnd if we can rebuild on it we, I hope, we can expand on it - not just about Pakistan in the context of a military or security dimension, but much greater - talking about an incredibly large population that is very young there is tremendous opportunity to build upon the economic dynamism that we create,вЂќ he said. вЂњI think there is an extraordinary moment in which this is a relationship that can be rebuilt to what it once was,вЂќ Menendez said.

Such a course, he said, means вЂњwhere there is an agreement, we build upon it and where there is disagreement we talk about how do we get through that disagreement.вЂќ вЂњI think it would serve us well to have such a conversation and, you know, when we have these conversations, they are honest, and that means they are also transparent,вЂќ the senator said late Sunday, referring to the request he had made to Blinken. Menendez, who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, underscored the need for such conversations while speaking at a fundraising event hosted at the residence of a board member of the American-Pakistani Public Affairs Committee (APPAC). WASHINGTON: Senator Bob Menendez said he has asked US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge President Joe Biden to hold a conversation with Prime Minister Imran Khan in an effort to вЂњrebuildвЂќ the long fraught relationship with Pakistan.

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