The GOP fired the Senate parliamentarian over reconciliation in a 50-50 Senate in 2001.

[kpete]

It was such a non-scandal that NYT's reporting on the GOP replacement was a 57-word stub on the bottom of A22.

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[pbmus]

1. In lurid anticipation ..... of the GRAND HYPOCRISY

[scarletwoman]

2. Thank you so much for posting this largely forgotten piece of information!

Although I would like to point out that the current Parliamentarian was appointed by Democrat Harry Reid.

[mitch96]

3. Yup but watch the repukes howl if the the Majority leader does it... hypocrites..

Senate Parliamentarian Robert Dove ruled that most of the tax cuts could not be considered using the reconciliation process.
He was promptly dismissed by Secretary of the Senate Gary Sisco at the behest of then-Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/26/senate-parliamentarian-minimum-wage-overrule/

[msongs]

4. no need to fire parliamentarian if dems don't have 50 votes (manchin, sinema and ??) nt

[Make7]

5. Weird. I found an entire article about it in the New York Times.

Rules Keeper Is Dismissed By Senate, Official Says

By David E. Rosenbaum
May 8, 2001

Republican leaders decided last week to dismiss the Senate's parliamentarian, Robert B. Dove, because of their frustration over his recent rulings on tax and budget matters, a top leadership staff assistant said today.

''He's made inconsistent calls, and frustration has mounted,'' said the staff assistant, who would not agree to be named. ''He has made it hard for the leadership to plot a strategy.''

One of Mr. Dove's recent rulings was that only one tax bill could be considered this year under special budget rules that prevent filibusters. The final straw apparently came last week when Mr. Dove determined that a Republican plan to set aside more than $5 billion in next year's budget to cover expenses related to natural disasters could be removed from the budget unless Republicans could muster 60 votes to keep it.

Those decisions frustrated Republicans. Earlier this year, he delighted Republicans and infuriated Democrats in declaring that a tax cut could be considered under procedures that prevent filibusters on measures that reduced budget deficits.

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A version of this article appears in print on May 8, 2001, Section A, Page 20 of the National edition with the headline: Rules Keeper Is Dismissed By Senate, Official Says.

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/us/rules-keeper-is-dismissed-by-senate-official-says.html

[Hekate]

6. Hmmmmm

Good find.