pro tempore

Murray is the president pro tempore of the Senate, or the senior-most member of the majority party who sits in for the vice president.

The president pro tempore of the Senate, Washington Sen. Patty Murray, will preside.

Four years later, he won a seat in the state Senate, serving for a time as that chamber’s president pro tempore and eventually mounting an unsuccessful challenge to U.S.

The five commissioners are appointed by the mayor, the city attorney, the controller, the City Council president and the City Council president pro tempore.

Women, for the first time in the Legislature, are serving as president pro tempore in the Senate and as speaker of the House.