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Senate elects Senator Lyons as temporary pro tem to preside over joint assembly
Summary
Facing the absence of the lieutenant governor and president pro tem, senators nominated and approved Senator Lyons of Chittenden County by voice vote to serve as temporary president pro tempore for a scheduled joint assembly.
Senators elected Senator Lyons of Chittenden County as the Senate's temporary president pro tempore to preside over a joint assembly called to begin shortly.
The action came after the acting presiding officer explained that the governor left the state early that morning and, under the chamber's rules and the Constitution, the lieutenant governor—who was acting as governor—could not preside over the Senate. The presiding officer cited Senate Rule 8 and said the Senate needed to name a temporary pro tem so someone could preside for the joint assembly. "This morning at 5AM the governor decided to leave state," the acting presiding officer said in explaining why the temporary…
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