Elizabeth MacDonough
| Elizabeth MacDonough | |
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| Parliamentarian of the United States Senate | |
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Assumed office February 2, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Frumin |
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Elizabeth Coss MacDonough 1966/1967 (age 50–51) |
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Vermont Law School George Washington University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Elizabeth MacDonough is an American lawyer and the Parliamentarian of the United States Senate since 2012. She is the first woman to hold the position.
MacDonough grew up near Washington DC, graduating from Greens Farms Academy in 1984 and earning her BA from George Washington University in 1988.
MacDonough began her career in 1990 as a legislative reference assistant in the Senate library and later as assistant morning business editor to the Congressional Record. She left in 1995 to attend Vermont Law School, graduating with a JD in 1998. During law school, MacDonough interned with Judge Royce C. Lamberth (United States District Court for the District of Columbia) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Burlington, Vermont. After graduating, she worked as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice handling immigration cases in New Jersey.
MacDonough joined the office of the Senate Parliamentarian in May 1999 as an assistant parliamentarian and was promoted to senior assistant parliamentarian in 2002. She advised then-Vice President Albert Gore on the procedure for counting ballots following Bush v. Gore. At her appointment to Parliamentarian in 2012, she was praised by outgoing Parliamentarian Alan Frumin as "down-to-earth," describing her personal knowledge of Capitol staffers; and by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) as "smart, diligent ... and she's got integrity." Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said "she's very steeped in the traditions of the Senate and understand how it works here" and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said he had "no question about her ability to read the rules and make the right decisions."
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