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Daniel Inouye is the current president pro tempore. Inouye is from Hawaii.Senator Patrick Leahy is the President pro tempore as of August of 2014. Leahy is the senior US Senator from the state of Vermont.
They are the longest sitting member of the majority party of the senate
There are two different possible answers. Officially, the president pro tempore is to preside. However, that title is now used mainly as an honorific, given to the longest-serving Senator of the majority party. The president pro tempore has the power to appoint another Senator to act as presiding officer for a given day of Senate proceedings.
Since 1890, the most senior senator in the majority party has generally been chosen to be president pro tempore; this tradition has been observed without interruption since 1949. During the Vice President's absence, the president pro tempore is empowered to preside over Senate sessions.Orrin Hatch, a Republican and senior senator from Utah, is the president pro tempore of the Senate, having assumed office in January 2015.
He/she is the head of the party.