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| | President of the Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Vice President of the United States is designated by the Constitution as the President of the House of Senates. | | | In Tennessee the Senate elects a Senator as President, and this President is given the title of Lieutenant Governor. | | | In United States state government, the President of the State Senate is a matter decided by the state constitution. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Senate
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| | Vice President of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | When the President of the United States is impeached, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the Senate during the impeachment trial. | | | 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. | | | Thomas Jefferson (1797-1801) was elected President in 1800. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States
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| | Parliament of Australia: Senate: Briefs 4 |
| | 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 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. | | | The current convention is that presidents are elected from the governing party, with non-government senators agreeing to this arrangement even if, as is usually the case, the government does not have a majority in the Senate. |
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http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/briefs/briefsix.htm
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| | Joseph A. Montalbano - Rhode Island President of the Senate |
| | 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. | | | Legal Counsel to the President of the Senate William Carnes and President Joseph A. Montalbano talk at the 1025 Club in Johnston, Rhode Island at the presentation of the 2003 Verrazzano Day Award to Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams. |
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http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/leg_bios/montalbano/photos.htm
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| | U.S. Senate: Senators Home > Senate Leadership |
| | Some of these Senators, at one time or another, have stood high in the ranks of their respective political parties. | | | Information about any senator, representative, vice president, or member of the Continental Congress. | | | Learn more about a Senator's term of service in this Senate document. |
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http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/a_three_sections_with_teasers/leadership.htm
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| | SenateHome |
| | 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. | | | 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 other Senate leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses. |
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http://www.legis.state.de.us/senate
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| | Rules of the Senate |
| | The Clerk of the Senate shall be the official parliamentarian of the Senate. | | | The Senate President or presiding officer of the Senate may not declare that the Senate is in recess for more than thirty minutes, without informing the members from the rostrum of a time certain for reconvention. | | | The Counsel to the Senate and the staff of said Counsel shall be available at all times for consultation with the President and members of the Senate in relation to matters pending before the Senate. |
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http://www.mass.gov/legis/senrules.htm
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| | Senate Rules |
| | Two-thirds of the members to which the Senate is entitled, two-thirds of the House of Representatives concurring, may petition the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to extend any session of the Legislature. | | | When the President of the Senate receives such a petition, and it is properly signed by two-thirds of the members to which each house is entitled, the President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall jointly issue a proclamation extending the session for the number of days sought in the petition. | | | (1) Two-thirds of the members to which the Senate is entitled, two-thirds of the House of Representatives concurring, may petition the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to call a special session of the Legislature. |
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http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/senate/rules/rules.asp?press1=senate&press2=rules
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| | The Senate Rules may be amended upon vote of the majority of the members of the Senate. | | | 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. | | | Nominations confirmed or rejected by the Senate shall not be returned to the Governor by the Secretary until the expiration of the time limit for making a motion to reconsider the same, or while a motion to reconsider is pending, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate by a majority of the members present. |
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http://www.azleg.state.az.us/formatdocument.asp?indoc=/members/46leg/srules.htm
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| | USATODAY.com - President asks Senate to quickly confirm Alito |
| | The president noted the Senate has confirmed Alito, a 15-year member of the federal 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, to two previous positions by unanimous consent. | | | Their liberal supporters plan to work senators hard to ensure as many vote against Alito, who they say will be likely to swing the court to the right. | | | Likewise, the Senate's 55 Republicans are expected to line up strongly behind Alito. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-14-bush-radio-address_x.htm
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| | Document: Clinton answers Senate summons - January 11, 1999 |
| | Article II alleges that the President “obstructed and impeded the administration of justice” in both the Jones case and the grand jury investigation. | | | ANSWER OF The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, in response to the summons of the Senate of the United States, answers the accusations made by the House of Representatives of the United States in the two Articles of Impeachment it has exhibited to the Senate as follows: | | | 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. |
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http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/01/11/clinton.response
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| | 7-26 Senators Deckert, Devlin, Westlund appointed Senate conferees. | | | 6-6 Senators Metsger, Burdick, Starr, B. appointed Senate conferees. | | | 6-22(S) Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. |
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http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/pubs/senmh.html
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| | Home - Senate of the Philippines |
| | Statement of Senate President and Liberal Party head Franklin Drilon on the ruling by the Supreme Court declaring null and void the calibrated preemptive response (CPR) policy of the Arroyo administration | | | Transcript of Press Conference of Senate President Franklin M. Drilon | | | The Gloria Resign Movement was launched in the Senate Wednesday, April 5, with Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. |
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http://www.senate.gov.ph
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| | 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. | | | Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Bush doesn't comment on every bill that emerges from one chamber of Congress, but he's making a public effort to get the Senate to vote on and approve a measure backing parents' involvement in a teenager's abortion decision. | | | ACTION: Contact your Senators and urge a vote on the bill. |
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http://www.lifenews.com/nat1315.html
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| | Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity (washingtonpost.com) |
| | 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. | | | A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week. | | | As it happens, the exchange occurred on the same day the Senate passed legislation described as the "Defense of Decency Act" by 99 to 1. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3699-2004Jun24.html
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| | USATODAY.com - President makes peace offer to political rivals |
| | In the Senate, almost-final counts showed Republicans picking up four seats, bolstering their previous 51-48 majority. | | | The GOP also extended its majorities in the House and Senate. | | | In the House, preliminary returns showed Republicans increasing their existing 227-205 majority to 231-201. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/president.htm
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| | President Bush urges Senate to Ban Human Embryo Cloning |
| | Dooley was co-founder and former president of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama, but he resigned in protest of BIO’s support for human cloning. | | | A small number of Republican senators strongly oppose it. | | | The House of Representatives already passed the complete ban sought by the President, on July 31, 2001, 265-162. |
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http://www.nrlc.org/Killing_Embryos/Bushurgescloningban.html
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| | Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin - West Virginia Legislature |
| | 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... | | | Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin - West Virginia Legislature | | | President Members Committees District Maps Senate Clerk Senate Rules |
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http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Senate1/President/president.cfm
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| | U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > vice president |
| | 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. | | | The President Pro Tempore (and others designated by him) usually perform these duties during the Vice President's frequent absences from the Senate. |
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http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/vice_president.htm
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| | CNN.com - Sources: Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism - Jun 24, 2004 |
| | Some supporters of Pryor, who is Catholic, claimed Senate Democrats were "anti-Catholic" for opposing the Alabama attorney general's nomination to the federal bench. | | | But the Senate was technically not in session at the time and the normal rules did not apply, a Senate official said. | | | Cheney, who as president of the Senate was present for the picture day, turned to Leahy and scolded the senator over his recent criticism of the vice president for Halliburton's alleged war profiteering. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/cheney.leahy
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| | Ten Second Response: President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs - January 22, 2002 |
| | 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. | | | The President said, "This nation needs an energy policy. |
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http://www.nationalcenter.org/TSR12202.html
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| | Senate Budget Committee - Democratic Staff Website |
| | Senate Democratic Letter to President Bush on FY 2007 Budget | | | Charts Used in Markup of Senate GOP Budget Resolution | | | The Senate GOP plan would worsen our nation's fiscal outlook at the worst possible time, right before the baby boom generation retires. |
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http://budget.senate.gov/democratic
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| | Home Page - Arizona Senate |
| | This Web site helps take the mystery out of what we do at the Senate and brings it closer to the people we serve. | | | This interactive Web site enables citizens to determine their legislative districts, e-mail their Senators, and track bills of interest. | | | State government should be open and accessible to the public. |
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http://www.azsenate.gov
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| | KansasCity.com |
| | U.S. Senate - 3271 of 3271 Precincts Reporting |
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http://network.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/general/by_state/pres_sen_gov/KS.html?SITE=MOKASELN&SECTION=POLITICS
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| | Rhode Island General Assembly: Senate |
| | To assist you in finding a biography of one of the 38 members of the Rhode Island Senate, we have provided two utilities. | | | Index list: This button allows you to find a biography by selecting the name of your Senator. | | | Click here for your local Board of Canvassers. |
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http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/senate.html
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