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.
$193,400 is the annual salary of the pro tempore and the two party leaders. The rest of the senators are paid $ 174,000 per year.
Our current president - Barack Obama - is part of the Democratic Party.
They don't have any Political Party or President or even a King!
The current President is Barack Obama and he is a Democrat.
They don't have any Political Party or President or even a King!
The Senate's Majority Party
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The office is Senate pro tempore. He is elected by the Senate. The current custom is to elect the majority party member with the greatest seniority in the Senate.
I assume you mean the president of the United States of America, Barack Obama. He is currently a member of the Democratic Party.
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.
Patrick Leahy from Vermont is the current president pro Tempore. The pro tempore is a senator elected by the Senate. By tradition they elect the majority party member with the longest seniority in the Senate. Leahy is in his 7th term and was 72 when he replaced 88-year-old Daniel Inouye in Dec, 2012.
At this date of 8/31/2011 they are all from the Democratic Party.