Alan Frumin ’68, who has served nearly 20 years as the U.S. Senate parliamentarian, is retiring. The congressional newspaper The Hill called the role of parliamentarian an obscure yet crucially important position.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) thanked Frumin for his service, which he compared to acting as the umpire of the Senate.
“It shouldn’t surprise anyone to hear that we haven’t always agreed on those calls, but it’s not an easy job to be an umpire for 100 senators,” McConnell was quoted as saying in The Hill.
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