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The Governor ordered to summon the sixth session on 14 January 2016. During the same month, MLAs from the INC demanded resolution to remove Deputy Speaker of the legislative Assembly who had rebelled. In response, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs demanded resolution to remove the Speaker. On 9 December 2015, the Governor ordered to advance the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed his state's lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, on Friday to fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's former seat in the U.S. Senate.
The speaker is assisted by the deputy speaker who is also elected by the members. The conduct of meeting in the house is the responsibility of the Speaker. The main function of the assembly is to pass laws and rules. Every bill passed by the house has to be finally approved by the governor before it becomes applicable.
The speaker represents the Senate at official functions, rules on questions of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary privilege, and presides over debates and voting in the "Red Chamber". The speaker of the Senate is appointed by the governor general from amongst sitting senators upon the advice of the prime minister. The speaker has a vote ...
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the ...
The Speaker also presides over the joint sitting of both houses of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Speaker is answerable to the House. Both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members. All bills passed requires the speaker's signature to go to the Legislative Council for its consideration.
Governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, judges, members of the State Corporation Commission, and all officers appointed by the governor or elected by the General Assembly "Offending against the Commonwealth by malfeasance in office, corruption, neglect of duty, or other high crime or misdemeanor"
The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. states and four of the five territories.In those states and territories, he or she is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office of governor (Note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant governor only assumes powers and duties as acting governor, not succeeding ...