One Man, Many Votes

By Kleinheider Posted on December 2, 2008 at 9:25 am

David Oatney says the powers of the Speaker Pro Tempore in our state House of Representatives are more extensive than many may believe:

For while the Speaker Pro Tem does not often preside over the House in Tennessee, he or she does have the ability to walk into any committee of the House and vote a bill up or down, just as the Speaker does. Bill Dunn, who is not a man out to seek any leadership position for the sake of his own advancement, once told me that from a personal perspective-if he were only considering himself-he would like being Speaker Pro Tempore for that very reason.

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Tags: Bill Dunn, Speaker Pro Tempore, Steve McDaniel  

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