When did he become prsident?
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the President pro tempore
The president pro tempore presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent. The current president pro tempore (as of 5/17) is Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.
If the vice-president is absent, some other senator, such are the pro tempore, presides over the Senate.
If the Chief Justice is absent, the Associate Justice with the most seniority out of all the other Associate Justices presides.
The president pro tempore of the Senate is elected by the Senate, and by tradition the majority party elects their party member who has the longest seniority in the Senate. He is a voting member of the Senate unlike the VP. Most of the time who presides over the Senate is irrelevant.
The President pro tempore is the second highest ranking official of the United States Senate . He is a senator who is elected to his position by the Senate.In actual practice it is not unusual for the vice-president and pro temp to both be absent. In that case another senator or, I think, one of the staff serves as time-keeper and keeps track of who has the floor.
If the Vice President is absent, the President pro tempore of the Senate presides over the Senate. This position is typically held by the longest-serving member of the majority party. The President pro tempore's role is largely ceremonial, and they may delegate presiding duties to other senators as needed.
The 'President Pro Tempore' is the President of the Senate, when the Vice President of the United States is absent.
When the VP is not present, the President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate. By custom, the Senate elects the most senior Senator of the majority party to be the President Pro Temp. What ends up happening though, is that the position it delegated to the majority party's junior Senators so that they can learn about how the Senate floor works.
The officer who presides in the absence of the Vice-President is called "President pro tempore," an officer chosen by members of the Senate, usually the most senior senator in the majority party. The phrase "pro tempore" means "for the time being". Normally, neither the Vice President of the United States nor the President pro tempore presides; instead, the duty is generally delegated to the junior Senators of the majority party to help them learn parlimentary procedure, since most of the time the major function of the person presiding over the Senate is just to rule on points of order.
President Pro-Tempore