[Deschler's Precedents]
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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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