...saying they want the state's governor and No. 2 to run on the same ticket and the state Senate to elect its own presiding officer, meaning the lieutenant governor would no longer preside over the chamber.Former Gov. Mark Sanford pushed the proposal...

...the year to finish his one-year term in the post. It represented a small victory for him by not ousting him as presiding officer, but he had fought efforts to change the selection of the chairman since he joined the commission last year.He...

...donations from former Cagle givers. Mr. Cagle's departure also changes the strategic equation for Democrats. As the presiding officer in the Senate, he would have been made to defend every unpopular vote in that chamber. And he would have had to...

...but we can't drill for oil in America." He also took a good-natured jab at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the presiding officer of the Democratic National Convention, where everyone is promising change. "The change they're talking about...

...Rules Committee. As president pro tem, Mr. Johnson ranks second in the Senate to Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, the presiding officer. Mr. Johnson's and Mr. Richardson's totals represent money raised since the November 2006 election. "I am...

...minority, there's little they can do other than introduce her ideas. As lieutenant governor, Mr. Taylor is the presiding officer of the Senate, but the Republican majority has stripped him of most of his powers. He can't introduce bills directly...

...hoped for in September of 1996 when the museum opened."In 1977, Zell Miller, then the lieutenant governor and presiding officer over the Georgia Senate, created the Senate's Music Recording Industry Committee to study the economic impact...

...Sims, Mr. Cheek and Commissioners Jimmy Smith, Roy Rearden and Bobby Hankerson, appointed Mr. Grantham as presiding officer and proceeded to carry on, but Mr. Mays lingered, warning them that when he left they wouldn't have a quorum...

...will have enough to nominate him." Much depends on which commissioner gets recognized first by Mr. Williams, the presiding officer, Mr. Hankerson said. "It depends on whether he looks right or left," he said. As for Mr. Williams or any...

...fills a post that has more prestige than power and comes with nice perks but few duties. Technically, he's the presiding officer of the state Senate, but in the new Georgia run by Republicans, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, a Democrat, has been...