Robert B. Dove (October 18, 1938 – July 28, 2021) was a

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and a professor of political science at

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Early life and education

Dove was born in

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and attended

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( BA, 1960),

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( MA, 1963;

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, 1967) and

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( JD). He was a professor and lecturer at The Citadel and

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in the early 1960s.

Career

Dove joined the Parliamentarian's office in 1966. He was named Parliamentarian of the United States Senate in 1981 and remained in this position until he was dismissed by Democratic

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Robert Byrd in 1987 after the Democratic Party obtained a majority and control of the Senate. He was replaced by

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. He served on the staff of Senator

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from 1987 until 1995, when he was again appointed Parliamentarian of the United States Senate. In 2001, he determined that Senate rules allow only one budget bill per year related to revenue to be immune from

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. Provisions in a reconciliation bill, one provided for in section 310 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, may be deleted because the Parliamentarian may find it only has policy implications and no budgetary implications, and hence be subject to a point of order. Later that year, Dove ruled to remove a Republican provision to allocate over $5 billion in the 2002 budget for

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. Following Republican anger about these rulings, he was dismissed by Republican

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Trent Lott. He was again replaced by Alan Frumin. Upon leaving the

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, he became a professor at The George Washington University, specializing in Congressional issues. He served as a parliamentary consultant to a number of foreign legislatures, including the

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, the National Assembly of Bulgaria, the

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, the

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, and the Parliament of Poland. On July 28, 2021, Dove died of

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