President of the Senate

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The President of the Senate is the presiding officer and primary legislative leader of a state’s upper legislative chamber, responsible for overseeing proceedings and guiding the lawmaking process.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative leadership position ⓘ
parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
aimsTo ensure fair participation of members ⓘ
facilitate efficient legislative deliberation ⓘ
support the orderly passage of legislation ⓘ
differsBy specific powers across jurisdictions ⓘ
governsBody Senate ⓘ
upper legislative chamber ⓘ
hasPower to break tie votes in some jurisdictions ⓘ
to call the Senate to order ⓘ
to decide questions of order ⓘ
to recognize senators to obtain the floor ⓘ
to refer matters to committees ⓘ
to schedule or influence the agenda ⓘ
hasResponsibility announcing results of votes ⓘ
enforcing the rules of the Senate ⓘ
ensuring compliance with legislative rules ⓘ
ensuring orderly conduct of business ⓘ
guiding the lawmaking process ⓘ
interpreting the rules of procedure ⓘ
maintaining order in the chamber ⓘ
managing debate ⓘ
overseeing Senate proceedings ⓘ
protecting the rights of the majority ⓘ
protecting the rights of the minority ⓘ
putting questions to a vote ⓘ
recognizing members to speak ⓘ
ruling on points of order ⓘ
hasRole chair of Senate proceedings ⓘ
presiding officer of the Senate ⓘ
primary legislative leader of the upper chamber ⓘ
isComparableTo Speaker of the House in lower chambers ⓘ
isDefinedBy constitution or standing orders of the legislature ⓘ
isPositionIn bicameral legislatures ⓘ
national legislatures ⓘ
state legislatures ⓘ
isUsuallySelectedBy election by members of the Senate ⓘ
mayBeSelectedBy appointment under specific rules ⓘ
constitutional designation ⓘ
partOf legislative branch of government ⓘ
reportsTo the Senate as a collective body ⓘ
requiresSkill ability to manage debate ⓘ
impartiality in presiding ⓘ
knowledge of parliamentary procedure ⓘ
termDependsOn rules of the particular legislature ⓘ
worksWith committee chairs ⓘ
majority leader ⓘ
minority leader ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arkansas General Assembly → hasLeaderTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
ORSenate → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
Rhode Island Senate → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
President of the Iowa Senate → isSimilarTo → President of the Senate (United States state legislatures) ⓘ
linked to: President of the Senate
President_of_the_Senate_of_Belize → style → President_of_the_Senate ⓘ
linked to: President of the Senate
President of the Senate of Haiti → style → President of the Senate ⓘ
Gérard Larcher → honorificTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
Senate of the Kingdom → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
Constitutional Council of Cambodia → canBeSeizedBy → President of the Senate ⓘ