Answer:
C)having some power, but less than the majority leader.
Explanation:
President pro tempore is the second highest position in the senate, because the highest position as the leader of the senate is held by the vice president of united states. (this eliminates options A and B)
President pro tempore will act as a direct right hand of the vice president and able to represent the vice president in case of absence. Because of this, we can say the president pro tempore has a pretty large power within the senate (this eliminate option D)
President pro tempore of the Senate can best be described as having some power, but less than the majority leader. Even though the position is in some conditions similar to the speaker of the House of Representatives, it is far more limited for the president pro tempore to hold powers.
EXPLANATION:
The Constitution regulates a president pro tempore to lead the Senate without the presence of a vice president. Yet, for the years from 1886 to 1947, the president pro tempore was comprised in the presidential succession line. Obeying the article of the President's Succession Act of 1792, the president pro tempore came next after the vice president and was followed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In 1886, a new law lifted the president pro tempore and chairman from the succession line, replacing cabinet officials. The 1947 law altered the order of succession to place the Speaker of the House aligned with the vice president, after that the pro tempore president, and then the secretary of state and other officials of the cabinet in the order in which their departments were formed. This is the current system.
Before 1890, the Senate chose a president pro tempore only for the period when the vice president would be nonexistent. Since 1890, the president pro tempore has been holding office unceasingly until the election of a successor. The president pro tempore appoints another senator to lead his absence, commonly new members of the majority party.
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KEYWORDS : President pro tempore, Senate
Subject : Social Studies
Class : 10-12
Sub-Chapter : President pro tempore
