What does TEMP stand for?

During their stay at the Capital Building, the delegates met with Grand Kru County Junior Senator Blamo Nelson, and Senate Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate Cletus Wotorson.

He has been carrying out some official duties from his hospital bed, including signing enrolled bills for presentation to President Barack Obama in his role of president pro tempore of the Senate.

He has been carrying out some official duties from his hospital bed, including signing enrolled bills for presentation to President Barack Obama in his role of president pro tempore of the Senate.

Still, the president pro tempore -- who presides over the Senate in the absence of its vice president, the lieutenant governor -- is a powerful force in the 42-member body.

Lovick, a retired State Patrol trooper, has served nine years in the state Legislature, where he is speaker pro tempore.

Earlier this month, the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 8, a health reform plan authored by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, and the Senate president pro tempore, Don Perata, D-Oakland.

Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), Senate President Pro Tempore Don Perata (D-Oakland), and Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) admit that the process of having legislators draw their own boundaries is problematic, Schwarzenegger favored an initiative during the special election to take re-districting out of the hands of legislators that failed miserably.

President Pro Tempore of the Virginia Senate John Chichester received the nation's top state legislative honor--the 2005 Excellence in State Legislative Leadership Award.