senate president
Upper house head
The senate president is the presiding officer of a senate, responsible for conducting sessions, maintaining order, and guiding legislative procedure.
In U.S. state governments, this is typically an elected senator; in the U.S.
Senate, the vice president holds this role constitutionally, though a president pro tempore presides in practice.
The senate president recognized the senator from the third district.
- sworn inFormally bound by oath
- upper houseBicameral legislature's senior chamber
- bicameral legislatureLawmaking body with two houses
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- parliamentary systemLegislature-based executive governance
public speaking · federal government · state capitol · pro tempore · parliamentary procedure · point of order · floor debate · roll call vote · legislative chamber · representative democracy · legislative oversight · voting procedures · agenda setting · constitutional framework · lieutenant governor · term limits · legislative assembly · negotiation skills
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- legislatorslegislator, lawmaker, member of parliament, assemblyman, assemblywoman
- state governmentstate budget, state legislature, state capitol, state constitution, state assembly
senate presidentprime minister
Leader of a parliamentary state
chief justice · president · chief executive · head of government · chancellor
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