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	President of the Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of the Senate is the title often given to the presiding officer, or chairman, of a senate.
		The Vice President of the United States is designated by the Constitution as the President of the Senate.
		In Tennessee the Senate elects a Senator as President, and this President is given the title of Lieutenant Governor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_Senate (404 words)

	Vice President of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is a strong convention within the U.S. Senate that the Vice President not use his position as President of the Senate to influence the passage of legislation or act in a partisan manner, except in the case of breaking tie votes.
		One duty required of President of the Senate is presiding over the counting and presentation of the votes of the U.S. Electoral College.
		Roosevelt kept his last Vice President Harry Truman uninformed on all war and postwar issues, such as the atomic bomb, leading Truman to wryly remark that the job of the Vice President is to "go to weddings and funerals".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States (3285 words)

	Joseph A. Montalbano - Rhode Island President of the Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		President Montalbano served as the Judiciary Committee's Vice Chairman from 1995-1996 and Secretary from 1993-1994.
		Although the Senate was generally expected to win the case and redrawing the lines meant 10 incumbent senators would have altered districts for the second time in as many election cycles, all of the affected senators agreed to the new districts.
		He presides over all Sessions of the Senate and Grand Committee, appoints members to all Senate committees and the Senate members of all joint committees, and may create other committees and subcommittees as may be required and appoint members to them in accordance with the law.
	www.rilin.state.ri.us /leg_bios/montalbano/biography.htm (735 words)

	Parliament of Australia: Senate: Briefs 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate.
		The Deputy President and Chair of Committees is the second officer of the Senate, and is elected by the Senate in the same manner as the President.
		The President is also concerned with the seating arrangements in the Chamber, senators' room allocations, entitlements of senators, and the general operations of the Department of the Senate.
	www.aph.gov.au /senate/pubs/briefs/briefsix.htm (2010 words)

	U.S. Senate: Senators Home > Senate Leadership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The "offices" of the majority and the minority leader, as we know them today, are of recent development in the history of the Senate although individual Senators since 1789 have assumed leading roles in the determination of what the Senate would or would not do.
		The power or influence of some Senators, in various periods of our history, to guide or lead their respective parties, or even the Senate itself, in the determination of a legislative program, has been particularly noteworthy.
		These meetings, however, were not invoked to perform as organized political caucuses for the purpose of selecting persons to serve as floor leaders for the parties during the sessions of the Senate until the latter part of the 19th century.
	www.senate.gov /pagelayout/senators/a_three_sections_with_teasers/leadership.htm (232 words)

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		SB 18 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President.
		SB 31 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President.
		SB 32 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President.
	www.leg.state.or.us /05reg/pubs/senmh.html (6199 words)

	Joseph A. Montalbano - Rhode Island President of the Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Senator Joseph A. Montalbano is sworn in as President of the Senate by Chief Justice Frank J. Williams as Bishop Mulvey holds the Bible.
		Former President of the Senate William V. Irons (left) and current President Joseph A. Montalbano (right) congratulate Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Francis X. Flaherty (center) at the Rhode Island State House prior to the Senate’s approval of his nomination to the bench.
		President of the Senate Joseph A. Montalbano, Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis, and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Michael J. McCaffrey discuss legislation before the Committee meeting starts in the Judiciary Hearing Room at the Rhode Island State House.
	www.rilin.state.ri.us /leg_bios/montalbano/photos.htm (435 words)

	Ben's Guide (6-8): Branches of Government -- Legislative Branch -- The Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Constitution states that the vice president has formal control over the Senate and is known as the president of the Senate.
		The vice president is only present for important ceremonies and to cast a tie-breaking vote.
		Senators, elected for six-year terms, must be 30 years old, a citizen for at least nine years, and a resident of the state from which they are elected.
	bensguide.gpo.gov /6-8/government/national/senate.html (159 words)

	President's husband confronts Senate accusers - Sept. 02, 2003
		The President is widely expected to run despite a public vow she made in December that she would stand aside.
		At the Senate hearing on Lacson's allegations, the President's husband, popularly known as Mike, stood firm on earlier statements that his brother Ignacio Arroyo was the real owner of the bank accounts.
		Several senators however observed that it would be impossible to determine the truth unless they had the necessary bank documents.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2003/sep/02/brkpol_18-1.htm (582 words)

	SenateHome
		The Senate is composed of 21 members, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occurs at which time Senators may be elected to a two-year term.
		The President Pro Tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution.
		Senators must be citizens of the United States, have lived in Delaware for three years and been a resident of their respective district for at least one year preceding their election and must be at least 27 years old by the time of their election.
	www.legis.state.de.us /senate (191 words)

	Senate Rules 1999-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The appointment, terms and conditions of employment, compensation, discipline, and discharge of employees of the Senate shall be determined by the President, subject to the approval of the Senate.
		If the President is in doubt, or a division is called for, the Senate shall divide; those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and then those in the negative.
		The President is authorized to call meetings of standing committees of the Senate during periods when the Senate is not in session, and to approve claims for travel and subsistence incurred by members of such committees in attendance.
	www.azleg.state.az.us /members/45leg/srules.htm (7851 words)

	Rules of the Senate
		In case of extreme emergency, the President of the Senate, may for a period not exceeding two days, in conformity with Article 6, Section II, Chapter 1 of the Constitution, cause a session of the Senate to be cancelled.
		The President shall honor the request of the Minority Leader at any time while the Senate is in session, to call a minority caucus at which the Minority Leader shall preside or a designated member of the minority leadership, unless otherwise voted by a majority of the caucus.
		The sense of the Senate shall be taken by yeas and nays whenever required by one-fifth of the members present, or by a number of members equal to the total number of members of the minority party.
	www.mass.gov /legis/senrules.htm (7854 words)

	Document: Clinton answers Senate summons - January 11, 1999
		The President stated to the grand jury that he did not attempt to be helpful to or assist the lawyers in the Jones deposition in their quest for information about his relationship with Ms.
		The President denies that he made perjurious, false and misleading statements to the grand jury concerning alleged efforts “to influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of evidence” in the Jones case.
		The President further states that he told her he believed other witnesses had executed affidavits, and there was a chance they would not have to testify.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/01/11/clinton.response (3206 words)

	CNN - President wants Senate to hurry with new laws - July 30, 1996
		But while the president pushed for quick legislation, Republican lawmakers hardened their stance against some of the proposed anti-terrorism measures.
		Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, doubted that the Senate would rush to action before they recess this weekend.
		The Senate needs to study all the options, he said, and trying to get it done in the next three days would be tough.
	www.cnn.com /US/9607/30/clinton.terrorism (442 words)

	USATODAY.com - President makes peace offer to political rivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		WASHINGTON — President Bush formally won a second term in office Wednesday and quickly promised to unite the country after a taut and chaotic contest that wasn't decided until the pivotal state of Ohio went to Bush in the late morning after Election Day.
		After months of predictions of a too-close-to-call contest, Bush won nationwide balloting 51%-48%, making him the 15th president elected to a second term and the first to win both a majority of the popular vote and the Electoral College since his father in 1988.
		Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., lost a contentious race, making him the first Senate leader voted from office in 50 years.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/vote2004/president.htm (643 words)

	President apologizes to Senate Democrats
		Daschle said the legislators accepted the president's apology but also asked him whether there were new, damaging revelations yet to surface.
		The Senate allies who had defended Clinton before his Aug. 17 admission of a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky advised the president to keep up his campaign of personal penance to save his presidency.
		Some are distancing themselves from the politically wounded president as they enter the final stretch of the fall election season.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/98/09/10/senate.html (676 words)

	Parliament of Fiji
		Honourable Senators, as you aware, the honourable Senator Dr. Ahmed Ali, Vice-President of the Senate was appointed a Cabinet Minister as Minister for Information, Media Relations and Communications on 20th December, 2004.
		President, Sir, I beg to nominate the honourable Senator Kenneth Low to be the Vice-President of the Senate.
		President, Sir, the Committee after careful scrutiny of the relevant provisions, finally agreed that the Environment Management Bill should be proceeded with first, on the understanding that the drafters ensure that no conflict will arise, when both Bills become law.
	www.parliament.gov.fj /hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=327&viewtype=full (1862 words)

	U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > vice president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		vice president - Under the Constitution, the Vice President serves as President of the Senate.
		He may vote in the Senate in the case of a tie, but is not required to.
		For information on the Senate, Congress, the legislative process and the federal government, the Virtual Reference Desk is a good place to begin.
	www.senate.gov /reference/glossary_term/vice_president.htm (146 words)

	President Bush urges Senate to Ban Human Embryo Cloning
		If the Senate fails to pass the pending Brownback-Landrieu bill, America faces the prospect of human "embryo farms" and widespread "destruction of nascent human life," the President said.
		The President’s speech was delivered on April 10 in the White House East Room to an audience of about 175 representatives of various organizations supporting the ban, including National Right to Life.
		Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; Jim Kelly, a prominent patient advocate for spinal cord injury research from Texas; and actresses Margaret Colin and Patricia Heaton, who are affiliated with Feminists for Life.
	www.nrlc.org /Killing_Embryos/Bushurgescloningban.html (1795 words)

	Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity (washingtonpost.com)
		On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session.
		The senators were present for a group picture and not in session, so Rule 19 of the Senate rules -- which prohibits vulgar statements "unbecoming a senator" -- does not apply, according to a Senate official.
		Even if the Senate were in session, the vice president, though constitutionally the president of the Senate, is an executive branch official and therefore free to use whatever language he likes.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A3699-2004Jun24.html (782 words)

	President Bush Urges Senate to Finish Debate, Vote on Samuel Alito
		The Senate has not set a day for a vote on his nomination, originally scheduled for Friday, but senators have said the vote will be finalized before President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday night.
		The debate on the Senate floor continued for a second day Thursday, but the president and Republican leaders are so confident Alito has the nomination vote wrapped up, they're already congratulating him and working on a round of judicial appointments for lower court positions that need to be filled.
		Alito also thanked "all of the senators who supported me and were kind enough to meet with me." Since October, Alito has met with 80 of the 100 members of the Senate.
	www.lifenews.com /nat2034.html (479 words)

	Ten Second Response: President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs - January 22, 2002
		BACKGROUND: President Bush, speaking January 22 at a factory in Belle, West Virginia, emphasized the need for quick passage of the energy bill being held up in the Senate by Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD).
		Instead, Senator Daschle is catering to the whims of the extreme left wing of his party.
		DISCUSSION: In refusing to allow President Bush's energy bill to come to the Senate floor for a vote, Senator Daschle is ignoring the energy needs of the country -- needs which can be met in a sound, practical and environmentally-safe ways.
	www.nationalcenter.org /TSR12202.html (405 words)

	President Bush Urges Senate to Pass Parental Notification on Abortion
		After the House overwhelmingly passed a parental involvement on abortion measure Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said he hopes to be able to bring up the measure for a Senate vote this summer.
		John Ensign, a Nevada Republican, is the primary sponsor of the bill in the Senate, S.8/S.403.
		Senate Republican leaders have placed the bill on their top ten list of key pieces of legislation to pass.
	www.lifenews.com /nat1315.html (411 words)

	USATODAY.com - GOP topples Daschle and sweeps South (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Republicans were surprised by their Senate showing, winning competitive races in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Louisiana — where the GOP won its first seat since Reconstruction.
		The last time a Senate leader was unseated was in 1952, when Barry Goldwater of Arizona turned Senate Majority Leader Ernest McFarland out of office.
		Democrats had a nearly insurmountable hurdle to take control of the Senate, since most of the competitive races were in states where Bush was strong.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/vote2004/senate.htm (761 words)

	Home - Senate of the Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Senator Rodolfo Biazon explains to media during today’s (July 7) Kapihan sa Senado how the release of the videotape showing Brig.
		The Lord Alderdice, Liberal International President and Senate President Franklin Drilon, Liberal Party President, share a toast for the stronger relations among liberal leaders...
		Antonia Munar, president of the Council of Mallorca, Spain and Dolca Mulet, vice...
	www.senate.gov.ph (326 words)

	Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin - West Virginia Legislature
		Leaving the podium to address fellow Senate colleagues from the floor of the Senate Chamber is a rare step for any Senate President.
		However, West Virginia’s 48th Senate President and Lieutenant Governor, Earl Ray Tomblin, so moved by the recent losses of 14 sons of the Mountain State...
		It is that link between the people and their representation in the Legislature which gives importance and relevance to the Legislature's website you are visiting.
	www.legis.state.wv.us /Senate1/President/president.cfm (525 words)

	Bush Hints He Will Withhold Other Papers on Bolton - New York Times
		President Bush answering questions in the Rose Garden of the White House.
		Bolton's fate lies with the president," said Jim Manley, the spokesman for Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader.
		President Bush's comments came on the day the White House and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marked the second anniversary of the White House program to slow nuclear proliferation, in which Mr.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/06/01/politics/01prexy.html?ex=1275278400&en=4fd7ea7c514e2938&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (732 words)

	Senate Rules 1999-2000
		The Secretary shall perform such other duties as may be required of the Secretary by the Senate or by the President.
		When a Senator desires to speak, the Senator shall rise and address the Presiding Officer, and shall not proceed until the Senator is recognized, and the Presiding Officer shall recognize the Senator who shall first address the Presiding Officer.
		All motions shall be reduced to writing, if requested by the Presiding Officer or by any Senator, and shall be entered on the Journal with the name of the member making it, and shall be read before the same shall be debated.
	www.azleg.state.az.us /srules.htm (7791 words)

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