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Pro tempore (/ ˌ p r oʊ ˈ t ɛ m p ə r i,-ˌ r eɪ /), abbreviated pro tem or p.t., [1] [2] is a Latin phrase which best translates to 'for the time being' in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens ('placeholder') in the absence of a superior, such as the president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, who acts in place of the president of the United ...
The office of president pro tempore was established by the Constitution of the United States in 1789. Between 1792 and 1886, the president pro tempore was second in the line of presidential succession, following the vice president and preceding the speaker. Through 1891, the president pro tempore was appointed on an intermittent basis only ...
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. [1] The phrase pro tempore is Latin "for the time being".
The president pro tempore of the United States Senate (also president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. Article I, Section Three of the United States Constitution provides that the vice president of the United States, despite not being a senator, is the president of the Senate.
The President pro tempore presides over the Senate in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor and appoints committee chairpersons, votes on all bills, and is the leader of the Senate. In issues involving both chambers of the General Assembly , the President pro tempore confers with the Speaker of the House .
Rule I, clause 8, of the House Rules states the member whose name appears first on the list "shall act as Speaker pro tempore until the election of a Speaker or a Speaker pro tempore." [39] The speaker pro tempore is not in the line of succession for the presidency. [38]
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pro Deo et Patria: For God and Country: Frequently used motto pro domo (sua) for (one’s own) home or house: serving the interests of a given perspective or for the benefit of a given group. pro Ecclesia, pro Texana: For Church, For Texas: Motto of Baylor University, a private Christian Baptist university in Waco, Texas. pro fide et patria