The Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Clerk of the House serves as the presiding officer of the US House of Representatives until a new Speaker is elected. That person would be the one to call the representatives together.
This is the Speaker. Today that person is Paul Ryan.
No. The Vice-President is President of the US 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.
the call for congress to have a senate and a house of representatives
The Speaker of the House of Illinois Representatives is Mike Madigan.
congress
The senate and the house of representatives are known as Congress.
The United States Congress.
The United States Congress.
The lower house is the House of Representatives, although America does not call it that. The Senate has more prestige.
The two houses are collectively known as the United States Congress.