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The first is the Vice President who is in charge of the Senate meetings and can only vote in a tie between the Senators. If the President is absent they choose an alternate known as the President Pro Tempore (Temporary President) who is third in line of the Presidency after the Speaker of The House who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of The House will take over the Presidency should anything happen to the President and the Vice President.
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∙ 13y agoThe first is the Vice President who is in charge of the Senate meetings and can only vote in a tie between the Senators. If the President is absent they choose an alternate known as the President Pro Tempore (Temporary President) who is third in line of the Presidency after the Speaker of The House who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of The House will take over the Presidency should anything happen to the President and the Vice President.
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∙ 13y agoThe Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate. Next in order is the President pro tempore, who is generally the oldest or longest sitting majority member of the Senate.
Since January 2009 Vice President Joe Biden leads the Senate.
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∙ 11y agoThe "President of the Senate" (who is the elected vice president of the United States, though he or she only votes in the case of a tie, and rarely presides over legislative proceedings), and the "President Pro Tempore," who is a senator who is elected by other senators to lead the senate in absence of the President of the Senate. It is the custom nowadays to always elect the majority party member with the longest seniority in the Senate.
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∙ 15y agoPresident of the Senate and Vice President of the United States
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∙ 7y agoThe Vice-President presides over the Senate. The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives.
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∙ 11y agoV.P. of the U.S.
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What are the duties of the presiding officers in the house and senate?
The presiding officers of Congress maintain order and moderate debates. The choose who will speak and they count the votes.
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.
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 are the titles of the presiding officers of the Illinois House and Senate?
The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate.
Who attends state of the union message?
presiding officers of house and senate the members of the congress
Does the Senate elect its own officers?
Yes, other than the presiding chair, who is the Vice President.
What is the role of Presiding officers in the Senate and the House?
Unsure answer: The speaker of the House is responsible for keeping order in the chamber and leading the sessions of congress.
Who was the first person to serve as the presiding officer of both houses of the US congress?
i ave no clue
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.
Who has been elected as the Depute Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament from May 2011?
Elaine Smith MSP and John Scott MSP
What are the two titles of two presiding officers of the senate?
The first is the Vice President who is in charge of the Senate meetings and can only vote in a tie between the Senators. If the President is absent they choose an alternate known as the President Pro Tempore (Temporary President) who is third in line of the Presidency after the Speaker of The House who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of The House will take over the Presidency should anything happen to the President and the Vice President.
Which type of police officers accounts for two-thirds of all sworn officers?
Local police officers account for two-thirds of all sworn officers.
