chair

(noun)

Chairperson.

Related Terms

Examples of chair in the following topics:

  • Congressional Campaign Committees

    • The position of DCCC committee chair was assumed by Rahm Emanuel after the death of the previous chair, Bob Matsui at the end of the 2004 election cycle.
    • After Emanuel's election as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Chris Van Hollen became committee chair for the 110th Congress, and thus for the 2008 elections.
    • For the 2012 election cycle, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed congressman Steve Israel to serve as the committee's chair.

  • Eligibility of Congressmen

    • President Barack Obama meets with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and House Education and Labor Committee Chair Rep.
    • House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep.
    • Henry Waxman, and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep.

  • Drafting the Final Document

    • It was chaired by John Rutledge .
    • As the final delegates were signing the document, Benjamin Franklin commented on the painting of a sun behind Washington's chair at the front of the room.
    • It was chaired by John Rutledge (nicknamed "Dictator John" as a reflection of the extraordinary power he had assumed as South Carolina's governor during the early days of the Revolution).

  • Minimizing Private Sanctions

    • The existence of law presumes that people are less likely to commit murder if the side effect of such will be the electric chair.

  • Legislative Agendas

    • Otherwise, it is merely for the guidance of the chair.

  • Making Policy

    • Chairs and members of regulatory commissions are named by the president and confirmed by the Senate to terms of fixed length from which they cannot be summarily dismissed.

  • Conference Committee

    • But apart from this one open meeting, conference committees usually meet in private and are dominated by the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees.
    • If the objection was well founded, the Presiding Officer ruled and a Senator could appeal the ruling of the Chair.

  • The Conflict-Resolution Function

    • A chair who belongs to the majority party and a ranking member of the minority party lead each committee.
    • Committee members sit in the tiers of raised chairs, while individuals testifying and audience members sit below.

  • The Oversight Function

  • Ideological Interest Groups

    • National Organization for Women (NOW) founder and president Betty Friedan; NOW co-chair and Washington, D.C., lobbyist Barbara Ireton; and feminist attorney Marguerite Rawalt.