Robert B. Dove (October 18, 1938 – July 28, 2021) was a parliamentarian of the United States Senate and a professor of political science at George Washington University.

In 2001, he determined that Senate rules allow only one budget bill per year related to revenue to be immune from filibuster, a process known as reconciliation.

[6] Later that year, Dove ruled to remove a Republican provision to allocate over $5 billion in the 2002 budget for natural disasters.

Upon leaving the United States Senate, he became a professor at The George Washington University, specializing in Congressional issues.

[9][10] On July 28, 2021, Dove died of congestive heart failure in Charleston, South Carolina.