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The US Senate.
== == == == the presiding officer in the senate is the vice president president of the senate
technically it is Joe Biden .. as of now!
The US Vice President.
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.
According to the us constitution who is the presiding officer of the senate?
the vice presidents only role is presiding over the senate.
Under the US Constitution the presiding official of the US Senate in the Vice President. Currently this is VP Joseph Biden.
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.
The presiding officer is the individual that holds the position that presides over the Senate. This individual is responsible for ensuring that all duties within this area of government follow the laws of the US Constitution.
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.