Talk:Presiding Officer of the United States Senate

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This article was nominated for deletion on 2006 06 19. The result of the discussion was No consensus.

[edit] Proposed deletion

This article reflects a misunderstanding. There is no office of "Presiding Officer of the United States Senate". The term just refers to who's presiding at the moment. That can be the Vice President, the President Pro Tempore, or someone designated by the President Pro Tempore. Usually, unless there's something unusually important going on, it's some junior senator. --John Nagle 18:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• It was copied, verbatim, from http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/presiding_officer.htm. I have expanded and removed the request for deletion.

That's just a quick glossary, not a description of actual titles. The way the Senate officially handles this can be seen in this issue of the Congressional record. On that day, the President Pro Tempore wasn't present, and Sen. Allard (D-Colorado) was presiding. He called the Senate to order, then had a note from the President Pro Tempore read which appointed Sen. Allard as "Acting President Pro Tempore". "Mr. ALLARD thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro tempore." The term "presiding officer of the United States Senate" just isn't used. --John Nagle 19:41, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

The term "presiding officer of the United States Senate" just was used just before he was appointed Acting Prez. pro temp. If it means that much to you, it should be merged with [[Acting President pro temporSee my further discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Presiding Officer of the United States Senate.—Markles 20:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Watch what happens next year

Next year is going to be interesting. With the Senate so closely balanced, and the Republicans in the minority, Cheney may spend more time presiding. Few Vice Presidents preside much, but we may see an exception next year. --John Nagle 04:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)