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Normally it is the Vice President who is ex officio the President of the Senate. But most of the time it is the President Pro Tempore of the majority party who often delegates the power to the newer members of the house.
In response to the answer above ^, Article 1 Section 3 of the Constitution states: The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
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∙ 6y agoThe Vice President is the president of the Senate.
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Name of current presiding officer of senate?
In the U.S. the current presiding officer is Joseph Biden (the vice president)
Who is the current presiding officer for the legislative branch?
There is a presiding officer for each of the legislative houses. The speaker of the House is John Boehner. The presiding officer of the Senate is vice president Joe Biden.
What they call the presiding officer of the senate?
I know one of the titles of the two presiding officers of the Senate. The one I know of is called President pro tempor (temporary presideant). If the Vice President is absent, the Senators choose this presiding officer.
What is the presiding officer of the us senate?
Well that depends on what you mean by presiding, officially or unofficially. Officially the VP (Joe Biden) is the presiding officer, however he is hardly ever there. Most of the time the senate is presided by the President Pro Tiempor (I may have spelled that wrong) which is a honorary position of the longest serving member of the Senate.
When the presiding officer of the Senate is away who is the person that takes over?
Whoever is designated by the President Pro Tem -- typically it is a junior senator of the majority party.
Who is the presiding office of the Senate?
== == == == the presiding officer in the senate is the vice president president of the senate
The president Pre-Tempore is the presiding officer in the senate?
The president Pro-Tempore is the presiding officer in the senate. That individual is in charge of the Senate agenda in the absence of the vice president.
What is the presiding officer of the senate?
Vice President
Who is presiding officer of the senate?
Viice presiident
Who is the presiding the officer of the Senate?
vice president
Who is the presiding officer of the Senate?
vice president
The presiding officer of the senate is?
the Vice President
The presiding officer of the Senate?
Vice President
What is the presiding officer of the senate called?
Vice President.
Presiding officer in the us senate?
Joe Biden
Who has the vice president as presiding officer?
The US Senate.
Who is in charge of both government houses?
The Presiding officer of the US Senate is the Vice president of the United States, but his title in the Senate is President of the Senate. The presiding officer of the House of Representatives is called the Speaker of the House.
