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About the President Pro Tempore. The Constitution instructs the Senate to choose a president pro tempore to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president. Pro tempore is a Latin term meaning "for the time being,” signaling that the position was originally conceived as a temporary replacement. The framers of the Constitution ...
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The president pro tempore is the designated legal recipient of various reports to the Senate, including War Powers Act reports under which they, jointly with the speaker, may require the president to call Congress back into session. The officeholder is an ex officio member of various boards and commissions.
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Mar 18, 2017 · By. Kelly Hearn. Updated on March 18, 2017. The president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate is the highest-ranking elected member of the chamber but the second-highest ranking officer of the chamber. The president pro tempore presides over the chamber in the absence of the vice president, who is the highest-ranking officer in Congress' upper chamber.
Mar 23, 2019 · On January 10, 1977, the Senate adopted S.Res. 17, a resolution creating an office of Deputy President pro tempore of the Senate.66 The office was created to honor Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, a Democratic Party stalwart, who had served as both Vice President and was a presidential candidate in 1968.
Querying whether the Framers understood “officer” in the Succession Clause to embrace “legislative officers” like the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the “other officers” in Art. 1 § 3 Cl. 5, and surveying arguments based on intratextual analysis, historical context, and Framers’ intent.