Alan Scott Frumin (/ˈfruːmɪn/;[1] born December 26, 1946) is a former parliamentarian of the United States Senate.

In 1995, when the Republican party regained control of the Senate, Dove was reinstated as parliamentarian, and Frumin was returned to his previous position as top assistant.

Frumin began receiving significant media coverage and notice in his usually quiet role during the 2010 healthcare reform debate for the critical role he played in determining the validity of the reconciliation procedure being employed to apply changes desired by the House to portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed by both houses.

[7] In November 2011, Frumin was included on The New Republic's list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.

On February 15, 1981, he married Federal Trade Commission lawyer Jill Meryl (née Brown); they have one daughter, Allison.