[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 6]
[Chapter 6.  Officers, Officials, and Employees]
[B. Speaker Pro Tempore]
[Â§ 9. Introductory]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 6
 
                   Officers, Officials, and Employees
 
                         B. SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
 
Sec. 9. Introductory


    This subchapter deals with the ``Speaker pro 
tempore,''(8) the meaning of the phrase and the general 
nature of the office,(9) the oath and term of 
office,(10) and the procedures involved in appointing him to 
office.(11)
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 8. For previous treatment of the Speaker pro tempore see 6 Cannon's 
        Precedents Sec. Sec. 263-282; 2 Hinds' Precedents 
        Sec. Sec. 1377-1418; and references thereunder.
 9. See Sec. 10, infra.
10. See Sec. 11, infra.
11. See Sec. Sec. 12-14 infra.
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    Throughout, emphasis is placed on the status of the office of 
Speaker pro tempore and on those duties, powers, and functions assumed 
by a Speaker pro tempore from a Speaker that are peculiar to the office 
of Speaker pro tempore. The responsibilities and functions undertaken 
by a Speaker pro tempore merely as the occupant of the Chair, and which 
are not peculiar to his office, are found more thoroughly described 
elsewhere in this work.
    Examples of responsibilities and functions that are within the 
scope of authority of a Speaker pro tempore, but which are not peculiar 
to the office, are: announcing a Presidential veto;(12) 
announcing requests from the Senate;(13) deciding protocol 
for joint sessions;(14) answering parliamentary inquiries of 
various kinds;(15) proceeding to unfinished 
business;(16) putting the question in various 
situations;(17) quorum counting;(18) and ruling 
on points of order.(19)
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12. 112 Cong. Rec. 22411, 89th Cong. 2d Sess., Sept. 13, 1966.
13. 107 Cong. Rec. 21453, 87th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 26 [legislative 
        day, Sept. 25], 1961; 107 Cong. Rec. 20822, 87th Cong. 1st 
        Sess., Sept. 22, 1961; 107 Cong. Rec. 19253, 87th Cong. 1st 
        Sess., Sept. 13, 1961.
14. 91 Cong. Rec. 1594, 1595, 79th Cong. 1st Sess., Feb. 28, 1945.
15. 114 Cong. Rec. 18330, 18331, 90th Cong. 2d Sess., June 24, 1968; 
        107 Cong. Rec. 21466, 87th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 26 
        [legislative day, Sept. 25], 1961; 107 Cong. Rec. 20533, 20534, 
        87th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 21, 1961; 90 Cong. Rec. 3128, 78th 
        Cong. 2d Sess., Mar. 27, 1944.
16. 107 Cong. Rec. 20533, 20534, 87th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 21, 1961; 
        104 Cong. Rec. 13882, 85th Cong. 2d Sess., July 10, 1958.
17. 115 Cong. Rec. 20153, 91st Cong. 1st Sess., July 21, 1969; 109 
        Cong. Rec. 12120, 88th Cong. 1st Sess., July 2, 1963; 107 Cong. 
        Rec. 20537, 87th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 21, 1961.
18. 106 Cong. Rec. 11830, 86th Cong. 2d Sess., June 3, 1960.
19. 104 Cong. Rec. 13882, 85th Cong. 2d Sess., July 10, 1958. See also 
        107 Cong. Rec. 18242, 18243, 87th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 6, 
        1961; 94 Cong. Rec. 5065, 80th Cong. 2d Sess., Apr. 29, 1948.

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