This year, only 66 women across the country will serve as Speaker of the House, president of the Senate, speaker pro tempore, Senate president pro tempore, majority leader, or minority leader.
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House Speaker Pro Tempore David Osborne will become the acting speaker.
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The president pro tempore of the Senate follows after the speaker.
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But it placed the speaker ahead of the president pro tempore.
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Hatch, the Senate president pro tempore, originally endorsed former Florida Gov.
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Orrin Hatch, president pro tempore of the Senate, and House Speaker Ryan.
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Senate president pro tempore Orrin Hatch tweeted on Monday that sitting Sen.
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Kevin De León, the former president pro tempore of the California Senate.
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Orrin Hatch is the president pro tempore of the United States Senate.
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From 1941 to 1945, he was president pro tempore of the Senate.
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The president pro tempore "is just discharging the duties temporarily," he said.
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Chuck Grassley, now the Senate president pro tempore, was a senator then, too.
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She was president pro tempore of the state senate, not speaker of the assembly.
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She was president pro tempore of the State Senate, not speaker of the assembly.
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In California, Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León introduced a bill on Jan.
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Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles).
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Ralph Norman, statehouse Speaker Pro Tempore Tommy Pope, and former state GOP chairman Chad Connelly.
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Ralph Norman, with 31.5 percent, and state Speaker Pro Tempore Tommy Pope, with 30.4 percent.
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He recently backed her primary opponent, California state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon.
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Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva) is the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Chuck Grassley, the president pro tempore of the Senate (a lawmaker who oversees Senate sessions).
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KEVIN DE LEÓN, SACRAMENTO The writer, a Democrat, is the California Senate president pro tempore.
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Congratulations to Senator Toni Atkins on becoming the first female Senate President pro Tempore-designate.
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There was no vice president, no Senate president pro tempore, and no speaker of the House.
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The Senate's President Pro Tempore left the room via Grassley's egress – but lacking the same stealth.
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Speaker Pro Tempore Bill Dunn (R) will take over the gavel when Casada's resignation becomes official.
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Which would mean that Senate Democrats would be able to choose a new president pro tempore.
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The president pro tempore of the California State Senate on Sunday launched his primary bid against Sen.
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West Virginia House Speaker Pro Tempore John Overington, top, presides over the start of a hearing Monday, Aug.
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"We are known as the Christmas tree city here in California," said Raul Cantu, Sanger's mayor pro tempore.
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A Senate official then marched toward Chuck Grassley, the Senate president pro tempore, to formally deliver the articles.
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Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) to preside over the debate as Speaker pro tempore, according to a Pelosi aide.
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Kevin de Leon, Feinstein&aposs progressive challenger who served as the former president pro tempore of the California Senate.
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Chuck Grassley will become the Senate president pro tempore, the longest-serving member in the majority, when Utah Sen.
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House and Senate majority and minority leaders, as well as the Senate president pro tempore, earn more, at $193,400.
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Kathy Hayman, Marysville's mayor pro tempore, could be seen with her jaw dropped before she responded to Cramer's remarks.
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Calling the victory a "remarkable milestone," Kevin de León, the Senate president pro tempore, congratulated Mr. Newman on Monday.
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And that oilman, who would follow Ryan and then Senate President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch, into the West Wing?
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Thursday and for Roberts to arrive around that time to be sworn in by the President Pro Tempore, Sen.
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Roberts arrives to be sworn in by Senate Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to preside over the trial.
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The official response from Republicans was delivered by the Senate president pro tempore, Phil Berger, and it was blistering.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon have also expressed support for a housing deal.
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President Pro Tempore Butch Miller Miller represents a district north and east of Atlanta, and was first elected in 85033.
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"There is no corruption in the city of Tallahassee," Curtis Richardson, the city's mayor pro tempore, said in an interview.
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Davlin: Jim Risch was the Senate President Pro Tempore when Andrus was sworn in as governor his second time around.
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Kevin de León, the president pro tempore of the California State Senate, launched his primary bid against Feinstein on Sunday .
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Connecticut Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney (D) and Majority Leader Bob Duff (D) praised the nomination in a statement.
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Ohio House Speaker Pro Tempore Kirk Schuring said in a statement that the measure would create a fair and competitive system.
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A lawyer and former state legislator, he was the first African-American in Maryland history to be named speaker pro tempore.
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" Debating HB142 on the floor, House Speaker Pro Tempore Sarah Stevens (R), said that North Carolina is a "Dillon's Rule state.
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"This governor doesn't have a real close relationship with this Legislature," said the Senate president pro tempore, Del Marsh, a Republican.
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The president pro tempore of the Senate sits in the vice president's seat if the vice president is not in attendance.
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Senator Phil Berger, the Republican who is the president pro tempore of the State Senate, sharply criticized Mr. Cooper on Friday.
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If the majority votes for removal, then a letter is sent to the president pro tempore of the Senate, now Sen.
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In addition to leading the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Eastland was president pro tempore, putting him third in line to the presidency.
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Dan Blue, the Democratic minority leader, introduced HB142 to the Senate Rules Committee with President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, the Republican leader.
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They threatened to shift their seven-vote bloc to another candidate for president pro tempore unless Cummins stepped aside as committee chair.
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He served in that position from 1983 to 1996, becoming the first African American to be named speaker pro tempore in Maryland.
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Also announcing to challenge Feinstein for the seat is the "Lion of Los Angeles," State Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León.
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Roberts entered the room in his judicial robes and was sworn in by the Senate's president pro tempore, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
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State Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins later decried the incident in a statement saying fellow legislators would assist in investigating the matter.
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Worth noting: Thad Cochran will replace Hatch as President Pro Tempore should he win re-election and Republicans keep control of the Senate.
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Ed Henry, a Republican Senate hopeful, and state Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, who is eyeing a bid, have made similar attacks.
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De León, the state Senate president pro tempore, secured 65 percent of the party's vote, while just 7 percent voted to endorse Feinstein.
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He even held onto his roles as Senate appropriations chair and as president pro tempore of the Senate for most of this period.
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" In response to Graham's tirade, Senate president pro tempore Chuck Grassley issued a statement demanding the whistle-blower be "heard out and protected.
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Despite Arthur's expressed concern about those circumstances, that state continued until the Senate selected a president pro tempore nearly a month later, on Oct.
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In the Senate trial, one of Johnson's most outspoken critics was Ben Wade, a Republican who also happened to be the president pro tempore.
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A spokeswoman for California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D) told the Bee that the Senate does not comment on complaints or investigations.
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In Sacramento, he started in the state assembly and then moved to the state Senate, becoming president pro tempore of the chamber in 2014.
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"If that trend holds, we will see Sanders getting an edge," said Ms. Johnson, who is mayor pro tempore of the city of Durham.
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If that happens, they then send a formal written notice to the speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate.
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He served three terms in the state House of Representatives, from 1949 to 1954, and was elected Speaker Pro Tempore in 1951 and 1953.
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The Speaker earns the most at $223,500, while the majority and minority leaders in both chambers and the Senate president pro tempore earn $21625,2900.
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"We don't want a downtown where only rich people and white people feel comfortable," said Jillian Johnson, mayor pro tempore on the City Council.
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On Monday, Kevin de León, the Senate president pro tempore, addressed the controversy on the Senate floor, saying he was "troubled" by what happened.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and House Speaker Mike Turzai -- the top two Republicans in the state -- also said they aren't backing down.
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Jamie Woodson is the former Executive Chair and CEO of the State Collaborative On Reforming Education and former Tennessee State Senate Speaker Pro Tempore.
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A longtime city councilor before her transition, Jess was appointed mayor pro tempore in May 2016 when the previous mayor died of a heart attack.
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Dianne Feinstein faces a challenge from the left in former State Senate President pro tempore Kevin De Leon and a long list of other candidates.
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"We have to acknowledge the sins of the past, and what kind of Dallas do we want going forward," Mayor Pro Tempore Casey Thomas said.
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Fourth, the president pro tempore in the modern era is selected essentially for being elderly, which is not a great characteristic for an emergency replacement.
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An undocumented immigrant has been appointed to a statewide post in California for the first time, Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León's office said.
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Franklin M. Drilon, the president pro tempore of the Senate, advised the president to be "prudent," saying such a declaration would affect the business climate.
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There's also just good old-fashioned Wikipedia or Google to answer basic questions (like what is the president pro tempore of the United States Senate?).
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A solemn responsibility reserved exclusively for the party in power, it involved wielding the gavel and governing floor proceedings, with the title Speaker Pro Tempore.
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Kevin De León, the former president pro tempore of the California Senate, who thinks California might be ready to elect a younger, more progressive candidate.
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"This is important for us, for our city, for our community," Warren Kusumoto, the mayor pro tempore of Los Alamitos said Monday before the vote.
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Feinstein and de León, president pro tempore of the California Senate, are battling it out ahead of a June primary that has captured national attention.
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Feinstein is expected to face a Senate challenge from the left, including a potential entry from state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D).
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"This is important for us, for our city, for our community," Warren Kusumoto, the mayor pro tempore of Los Alamitos, said ahead of the vote.
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In 2010, after years as a community organiser, he ran for a seat the California State Senate, later becoming that body's president pro tempore in 2014.
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Enough moderate Republicans dreaded the prospect of the radical Senate president pro tempore Ben Wade becoming president that they held their noses and stood by Johnson.
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State Representative Paul Stam, a Republican and the speaker pro tempore, said Monday that there was "no appetite" in the Legislature to modify the law significantly.
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"It is very clear that Donald Trump has California in the crosshairs," said Kevin de León (D), the president pro tempore of the California state Senate.
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De León, a more liberal, activist voice within the party, recently served as California State Senate president pro tempore and currently represents parts of Los Angeles.
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If Johnson was removed with the vice presidency vacant, Senate Pro Tempore Benjamin Wade, an Ohio senator and a political rival of Chase, would become president.
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Cummings served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 14 years and was the first African American in the state's history to become speaker pro tempore.
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Hatch, the president pro tempore of the body, was praised by both GOP leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in a pair of floor speeches.
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Norman was leading state Speaker Pro Tempore Tommy Pope in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff by a slim 221-vote margin, which is less than 1 percentage point.
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She made her comments after she huddled for more than an hour with Mr. Moore and Senator Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the State Senate.
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Congress should promptly pass new legislation, modeled after the 1886 statute, removing the Speaker and the President pro tempore of the Senate from the line of succession.
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That decision prompted Prem Tinsulanonda, 96, the leader of the powerful Privy Council, to assume the role of regent pro tempore in the absence of a king.
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State Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D) has already said he will run against her, and wealthy environmentalist Tom Steyer is considering his own bid.
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In the absence of a king, Prem Tinsulanonda, 96, a former prime minister and the leader of the powerful Privy Council, will serve as regent pro tempore.
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"I think they ought to stop posturing and acting like idiots," grumbled Hatch, the Senate's president pro tempore and normally one of the chamber's most decorous members.
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According to Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, the judiciary has a backlog of 600,000 cases, with at least a fifth of all trial courts lacking judges.
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In 1792, Congress had placed the president pro tempore of the Senate and the House speaker in the line of succession behind the president and vice president.
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Billionaire Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer on Wednesday endorsed California state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D), the top progressive challenger running against longtime Sen.
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Orrin Hatch (R-UT), President Pro Tempore of the Senate, said Kavanaugh told him that he was not at the party where the accuser says he assaulted her.
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The original succession law, passed in 3003, designated only two people after the vice president: the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House.
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Rockport Mayor Pro Tempore Patrick Rios said Friday, ahead of the massive hurricane's expected landfall, that residents should either evacuate or make sure their remains can be identified.
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"Nobody seems to know what the motive was," Mr. Leatherman, who represents part of Florence County and is the president pro tempore of the South Carolina Senate, said.
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Republicans defended their education record, with state Senator Phil Berger, president pro tempore, saying they had increased funding every year that Republicans held the majority in the legislature.
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"We anticipate further action in federal court" to challenge the new boundaries, state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and state House Speaker Mike Turzai said in a statement.
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His illness was serious, the vice president was old, and there was a vacancy in the next office in the line of succession — then the Senate president pro tempore.
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" Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the State Senate, accused the Justice Department of "a gross overreach" that he said "deserves to be struck down in federal court.
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Once the Republicans tied up the House on whether former representative Mike McNulty, a fair and decent man, gaveled down a motion to recommit prematurely as Speaker Pro Tempore.
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Of the six members of the Republican leadership — seven, if you count the president pro tempore, a post traditionally bestowed on the basis of seniority — one is a woman.
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A number of Republican officials in the state, including Representative Bradley Byrne and the Alabama State Senate president pro tempore, Del Marsh, are considering challenging Mr. Jones next year.
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"Sacramento is proving we will lead where the folks in Washington, D.C., won't," California state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D) said at a news conference Monday.
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"He had no problem with defending the president when asked to do so," said Lashunda Scales, an Alabama Democrat who is president pro tempore of the Jefferson County Commission.
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Under the Presidential Succession Act, the vice president is followed in the line of succession by the speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate.
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In this case, the Speaker pro tempore never asked that question; GOP leaders simply kept the vote open to allow members to make the switch electronically without revealing themselves.
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" In an email to BuzzFeed News, Mayor Pro Tempore Jillian Johnson said they "value our LGBTQ community immensely here in Durham" and hopes the school will "reconsider their harmful decision.
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"This entire exercise, while cloaked in 'litigation,' is and has been nothing more than the ultimate partisan gerrymander," wrote House Speaker Mike Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati.
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The current Senate president pro tempore, which is a title customarily bestowed on the longest continually serving member of the majority party, is 86-year-old Charles Grassley of Iowa.
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"This is, I believe, the first measure of its kind nationwide, but it's the best of its kind as well," state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D) said.
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In testimony before a Connecticut General Assembly committee, the president pro tempore of the state senate, Martin Looney, said the legislation is mild compared to what could come from Congress.
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"I do think there's a recognition that we've got some really big things to do," said Greg Snowden, a Republican state representative in Mississippi who serves as speaker pro tempore.
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Albert Cummins (R-Iowa) expected to continue serving as ICC chairman and Senate president pro tempore — posts he had held since the Republicans took control of the Senate in 1919.
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The meeting, hosted by Chile as president pro tempore of the Pacific Alliance trade bloc (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru), was a needed symbol of stability in increasingly uncertain seas.
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"This is, I believe, the first measure of its kind nationwide, but it's the best of its kind as well," state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D) said.
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In a statement, the state's top Republican lawmakers, Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and House Speaker Mike Turzai, said they still believe the Pennsylvania Supreme Court exceeded its authority.
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Joseph Scarnati, president pro tempore of the state Senate, and Mike Turzai, the state House speaker, challenged Mr Wolf to produce a "fair" map of his own for legislators to consider.
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Orrin Hatch, the Finance Committee chairman, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and longest-serving Republican senator, announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of this term, his seventh.
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In that same spirit of equality and justice, let me announce that, this afternoon, the first Speaker Pro Tempore of the 116th Congress will be: Congressman Jim Langevin of Rhode Island.
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After a year as Aquino's under secretary of foreign affairs, Shahani ran for senator and won, serving 12 years in office and becoming the country's first female Senate president pro tempore.
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He spent 14 years in the state legislature, becoming the first African-American to be named state House Speaker Pro Tempore, who presides over the chamber when the Speaker is absent.
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"We are sickened and disturbed by the charges brought against Mike Folmer yesterday," Joe Scarnati, the Senate president pro tempore, and Jake Corman, the Senate majority leader, said in a statement.
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Separately, a Virginia law says that if the lieutenant governor's office is vacant, the president pro tempore of the State Senate would "discharge the duties of the office," Dr. Dinan said.
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The House speaker earns $223,500 a year, while the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House, along with the Senate president pro tempore, are paid $193,400 a year.
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Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee whose position as president pro tempore makes him the second-highest Senate official, was discussing energy policy before he was interrupted on the floor.
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"It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals," said Kevin de León, the president pro tempore of the Senate.
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David Valesky, his deputy — are respectively identified in the Senate certification as "vice president pro tempore," due an annual stipend of $2125,212, and "senior assistant majority leader of the Senate," due $2500,500.
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A segregationist who vehemently opposed the Civil Rights Act, Russell at one point served as president pro tempore -- a ceremonial designation bestowed on the most senior member of the party in power.
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Of the 18 people in line to the presidency, 15 are white men, two of which, speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate, are not appointed by the president.
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On Thursday, FBI agents arrested a majority of the town's top officials, including the mayor, mayor pro tempore, city manager, and a current city council member, as well as a former council member.
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That's why Congress rightly changed the succession law in 1886, removing the speaker and president pro tempore from the line and replacing them with seven cabinet members, starting with the secretary of state.
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Darrell Steinberg, the former Senate president pro tempore, said the Democrats' two-thirds power hardly ever came into play with legislation during his term overseeing the last Senate supermajority from 2012 to 2014.
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As president pro tempore at a time when there was no vice president—President Warren Harding had died and been succeeded by Calvin Coolidge— Cummins stood to gain the vice president's higher salary.
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Drew Compton, chief of staff and counsel to state Senate president pro tempore Joe Scarnati (R), told the Journal that Republican lawmakers are planning to send the new maps over to Democratic Gov.
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The president pro tempore of the State Senate, Joe Scarnati, refused to comply with the court's order to turn over data concerning the state's current district lines, arguing that the justices overstepped their authority.
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The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was sent to Trump's desk on Wednesday after Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley signed the USMCA implementing bill in a Capitol Hill ceremony amid the president's impeachment trial.
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They were impeached on 11 articles of impeachment, dealing with wasteful spending, maladministration, incompetency, neglect of duty and potential criminal behavior, according to a press release from state House Speaker Pro Tempore John Overington.
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A week after the vote, Bessemer City Mayor Pro Tempore Terry Kryshak restated the city's intentions for the device in response to being sent a High Times article detailing Denver's policy on strong odors.
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The Pennsylvania state Senate president pro tempore said Wednesday he will not cooperate with the state Supreme Court's request to turn over data after it found that the state's congressional map was unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
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De León has served in the legislature since 2006, and was sworn in as Senate president pro tempore in 2014, the first Latino to hold that title in more than a hundred and thirty years.
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The newspaper reports that, during his time in Maryland's House of Delegates, he became the youngest chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus and was also the first African American to serve as speaker pro tempore.
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"I don't sit here and say this is the perfect solution but we're trying to do the best we can," Drew Crompton, chief of staff to Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati told the newspaper.
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Its sponsor, Kevin de León, the California Senate president pro tempore, calls it the California Values Act, befitting a state that is nearly 40 percent Latino, and where one in four residents is foreign-born.
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Now the legislature should consider going back into session to broaden that law and "eliminate the disadvantage retailers with physical locations in Connecticut have long struggled to overcome," said Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano.
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"With the presidential election in the background — with so much anger and anxiety — California is going in a vastly different direction," said the Senate president pro tempore, Kevin de León, who wrote the retirement savings plan.
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For now, Thailand is formally headed by Prem Tinsulanonda, 96, a former prime minister and the head of the powerful Privy Council, who assumed the role of regent pro tempore in the absence of a king.
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The measure from Kevin de León, president pro tempore of the California Senate, would let Golden State residents make charitable donations to a state fund and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for the donations.
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The measure from Kevin de León, president pro tempore of the California Senate, would let Golden State residents make charitable donations to a state fund and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for the donations.
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On Thursday, FBI agents arrested a majority of the town's top officials, including the mayor, mayor pro tempore, city manager, and a current city council member, as well as a former council member, The Washington Post reports.
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In a joint statement, Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the State Senate, and House Speaker Tim Moore called the temporary restraining order "a gross misreading of the Constitution and a blatant overstep" by the judges.
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On Friday, State Senator Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate and among the most powerful Republicans in Raleigh, said Mr. Harris should have heeded warnings that Mr. Dowless could not be trusted.
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Doug Collins -- the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee -- have been among those mentioned as possible candidates, and Speaker Pro Tempore of the Georgia House, Jan Jones made public her interest in the seat earlier this week.
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The California legislation, introduced on Thursday by Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León, would allow residents to donate to a new state public-purpose "excellence fund" and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit in return.
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Some had great parliamentary skill and presided well, while others found the task boring, were incapable of maintaining order, or chose to spend most of their time away from Washington, leaving the duty to a president pro tempore.
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"Throughout the presidential campaign and since, the president-elect has made many troubling statements that run counter to the principles that define California today," said Kevin de León, the Senate president pro tempore, who is backing the package.
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"We wouldn't feel comfortable weighing in before our general counsel has had a chance to review these filings," Shelly Carver, a spokeswoman for Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the State Senate, said Wednesday in an email.
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The transition left no sitting vice president, and the next two in line of succession were the speaker of the House, John W. McCormack, who was 71, and the Senate president pro tempore, Carl Hayden, who was 86.
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Congress tinkered with the succession act after FDR's death in office, at the suggestion of then-President Harry S. Truman, reinserting the House speaker and the Senate president pro tempore into the line of succession ahead of the cabinet.
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It's not a huge surprise that Sanders would not back Feinstein in the primary, and Feinstein may be relieved that the popular liberal is not endorsing her rival, Kevin de León, president pro tempore of the California state Senate.
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State House Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones (R) reportedly negotiated with lawmakers to have the funding included in the 2020 budget after she derailed efforts earlier this year to have the 4 percent tax on feminine hygiene products lifted.
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Last week, Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon unveiled a plan for $1.2 billion in unspent cap and trade revenue that gives priority to improving air quality in low-income communities in Los Angeles and the Central Valley.
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Though Alexander is stepping down as a reserve police officer and as a teacher at Seaside High School, about 70 miles south of San Jose, Alexander will keep his position as mayor pro tempore for the city of Seaside.
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And Nia Gill, another black Democratic senator and a former president pro tempore of the senate, cited a Colorado study that found that even after legalization, marijuana arrest rates for black residents were nearly double that of white residents.
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If there is no president, vice president, or speaker, the next official in line is the president pro tempore of the Senate, a largely ceremonial position that is traditionally held by the most senior member of the majority party.
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The current second-in-command is a Democrat, Representative Joe Moody of El Paso, who is the House speaker pro tempore; Mr. Bonnen has described Mr. Moody as a capable speaker if the Democrats took control of the House.
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Shortly after Shapiro announced the charges, Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman said in a joint statement that Folmer would be removed as Chair of the Senate State Government Committee, effective immediately.
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"Californians understand that we can't truly have a healthy economy that's built to last without taking meaningful steps to protect public health and preserve a livable environment," Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D) said in a statement.
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"Apparently, he's [Sessions] more troubled by an 80-year-old using medical marijuana to treat a terminal health condition than he is by coordinating election strategy with Russians," Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe told the Burlington Free Press.
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This arrangement lasted for 60 years, until President Harry Truman pushed to restore the speaker and president pro tempore — in the reverse order from 1792 — on the grounds that they are elected directly by the people, unlike members of the cabinet.
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If the president were somehow removed from office, the line of succession would be as follows: Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
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There's no president pro tempore of the Senate either, so that means the presidency falls to the secretary of state—and that's John Kerry, who would remain at his post even as the terms of Congress and the president expire.
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Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, who is a Republican, said last week that he's always held the "position on any pro-life bill that you have to take consideration of rape, incest and the health of the mother," the Montgomery Advertiser reported.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch's (R-UT) statement to Politico that Republicans had "shot their wad on healthcare," shocked many on social media, who interpreted the phrase as out-of-character sexual innuendo from the 83-year-old president pro tempore of the Senate.
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Public schools and health care providers had braced for cuts of 20 percent to 25 percent, which could have led to four-day school weeks and mass closure of rural hospitals and nursing homes, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman.
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"During the speech," Mr. Bayh notes, "the television cameras focused repeatedly" on "the two men who were next in line for the presidency" — the 71-year-old speaker of the House and the 86-year-old president pro tempore of the Senate.
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In an interview in his office on Wednesday, Senator Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate and long one of the most influential Republicans in the state, cautioned against drawing immediate conclusions about how the scandals would influence voters.
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To get a better handle on this fight and whether there's any hope of it ending in Trump's permanent expulsion from the sidewalks of LA, I spoke with West Hollywood City Councilor Lindsey Horvath, who drafted the Council's resolution alongside Mayor Pro Tempore John D'Amico.
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"Many of the wounds of racial injustice that still exist in our state and country were created by violent mobs, and I can say with certainty that violent mobs won't heal those wounds," Phil Berger, the State Senate president pro tempore, said last week.
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They went so far that at the beginning of this year's legislative session, a reporter asked Phil Berger, the Republican Senate President Pro Tempore, and Tim Moore, the speaker of the House, if they planned to take away any more of Governor Cooper's powers.
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Kevin de León, the president pro tempore of the California Senate who is also running for the U.S. Senate, offered legislation on Thursday that would allow state residents to donate to a fund and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for those contributions.
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"It has become abundantly clear that Attorney General (Jeff) Sessions and the Trump administration are basing their law enforcement policies on principles of white supremacy - not American values," California Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León, a Democrat, said in a statement on Friday.
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Section 4 continues: Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
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The idea would be to use myRA for up to three years while the state tackles the myriad challenges of launching its own platform, said Dan Reeves, chief of staff for Kevin de León, president pro tempore of the California State Senate, who sponsored the California legislation.
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State House Speaker Mike Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore, the top Republican lawmakers in the state legislature, filed their appeal Thursday afternoon, marking the latest attempt to overturn the state court's decision after the Supreme Court denied two emergency requests to intervene earlier this year.
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"What a luxury we have, to get to stand here and argue over where we should put our savings, how we should spend some of the additional money we have to support struggling Californians," Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D) said, according to The Associated Press.
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Orrin HatchOrrin Grant HatchTrump to award racing legend Roger Penske with Presidential Medal of Freedom Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist, former Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer Second ex-Senate staffer charged in aiding doxxing of GOP senators MORE (R-Utah), the Senate president pro tempore.
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Republican legislative leaders said they will seek a stay with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the state Supreme Court "set up an impossible deadline that will only introduce chaos in the upcoming Congressional election," state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati said in a statement.
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"As President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, Senator Scarnati swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of Pennsylvania and the Constitution of the United States, which is exactly what he is doing by this action," Scarnati's chief of staff, Drew Crompton, said in a statement.
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The lawsuit filed by Berger, North Carolina Senate president pro tempore and Moore, state House Speaker, reflected the views of many of the bill's supporters that people "expect to encounter only other people of the same biological sex" when they are in intimate setting such as public bathrooms.
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" Despite being told by the speaker pro tempore that "members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president," Green continued to blast Trump for the controversial comments made during the course of his presidency, including referring to Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as "shithole countries.
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The president and vice president's terms would still expire at noon on January 20, 2021, meaning control of the presidency would go down the line of succession to the Speaker of the House (if House elections occurred), and then to the president Pro Tempore of the US Senate.
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Lawyers for House Speaker Mike Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati argue that the state's high court overstepped its authority in setting a deadline for lawmakers to draw new maps -- and then, when the GOP-led Legislature missed that deadline, producing new maps on its own.
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"We respect the court, but are disappointed North Carolina will not be among the more than 30 other states with commonsense voter ID in place for the upcoming election," House Speaker Tim Moore and Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate, said in a joint statement.
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"It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals, and threatening to immediately deport them only exacerbates the unprecedented angst and anger currently dividing our American community," California Senate President pro tempore Kevin de Leon (D) said in a statement.
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The U.S. Constitution, in Article II, and in the 20th and 25th Amendment, and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 mandate the order of succession in the event that the president cannot carry out his duties -- vice president, speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, and secretary of state.
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It was primarily about ensuring continuity in government, but Section 225 of the amendment stipulates that the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet can declare the president unfit for office and then send a formal notice to the speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate.
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"All North Carolinians can rest assured that Republican legislators will continue fighting to protect the integrity of our elections by implementing the common sense requirement to show a photo ID when we vote," House Speaker Tim Moore and Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate, said in a statement.
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Senate president pro tempore Orrin HatchOrrin Grant HatchTrump to award racing legend Roger Penske with Presidential Medal of Freedom Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist, former Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer Second ex-Senate staffer charged in aiding doxxing of GOP senators MORE (Utah) and three of McConnell's leadership counselers, Sens.
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Lawyers for House Speaker Mike Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati argued that the state's high court overstepped its authority in setting a deadline for lawmakers to draw new maps -- and then, when the GOP-led Legislature missed that deadline, producing new maps drawn by an expert selected by the court.
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Two other members of the I.D.C. — Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the group, and David Valesky, his deputy — were allowed to receive their stipends, totaling $61,500 for the year, after the comptroller determined that their assigned titles "vice president pro tempore" and "senior assistant majority leader of the Senate" were supported by other documents.
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The bold move by de León, the State Senate president pro tempore who is termed out next year, set up an internecine battle within the Democratic Party that some fear could draw attention and resources away from the seven competitive House races that could flip control of the US House of Representatives to the Democrats.
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On the day after the election, Kevin de León, the pro-tempore president of the California Senate, and Anthony Rendon, the speaker of the California Assembly, released a joint statement whose opening sentence—"Today, we woke up feeling like strangers in a foreign land"—perfectly summarized the disorientation that millions of Americans were experiencing.
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The War Powers Act states that when existing US armed forces abroad are "substantially enlarge(d)" without a war declaration, "the President shall submit within 48 hours... a report, in writing" to the House Speaker, currently Pelosi, a California Democrat, and to the President pro tempore of the Senate, currently Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican.
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Though Jones is certainly qualified for the position (she's been a member of the House of Delegates since 1997, and speaker pro tempore for the past 16 years), if you had asked her the morning of the election if she thought she'd be the new leader of the House, she said she would have said no.
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Phil Berger, president pro tempore of the state's Senate, and Tim Moore, speaker of its House of Representatives, on Friday moved for permission to file an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina opposing Planned Parenthood's motion for summary judgment, arguing the state had a compelling interest in restricting abortion.
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One Republican lawmaker has also circulated a proposal to impeach the Democrat justices who served as the 5-to-2 majority in the ruling, and the president pro tempore of the State Senate, Joe Scarnati, has publicly floated the idea of filing ethics complaints against two Democrat justices who expressed opinions on gerrymandering before the January ruling.
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Krajewski, the 7th Circuit ruled that public defenders who occasionally served as judges pro tempore could not be fired because of their party affiliation – but held along the way to that conclusion that "a judge both makes and implements governmental policy," and that judgeships, particularly in states that elect their judiciary, have an implied political component.
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The president, as dictated by the amendment, sent a letter to the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore alerting them to the fact that he would be temporarily turning over the powers and duties of the presidency to his vice president, George H.W. Bush — but the letter also claimed that he was not doing so under section 3 of the 25th Amendment.
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Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyLive coverage: Senators query impeachment managers, Trump defense Trump takes victory lap with USMCA signing Overnight Energy: Democrats unveil draft climate bill | Plan aims for carbon neutrality by 2050 | GOP senators press IRS on electric vehicle tax credit MORE (R-Iowa), the president pro tempore of the Senate, signed the legislation on Wednesday, sending it to Trump's desk.
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That mold will be broken with the election of Mitt Romney to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring President Pro Tempore Orrin HatchOrrin Grant HatchTrump to award racing legend Roger Penske with Presidential Medal of Freedom Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist, former Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer Second ex-Senate staffer charged in aiding doxxing of GOP senators MORE.
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"While the court granted a limited injunction for three individuals, we are pleased it preserved the common-sense protections to keep grown men out of bathrooms and showers with women and young girls for our public schools and for nearly 10 million North Carolinians statewide," House Speaker Tim Moore and Phil Berger, the president pro tempore of the State Senate, said in a joint statement.
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