No, not at all. The designee to preside then would be the Senate President Pro Tempore..
It’s hard to believe that it took Freepers 19 tries to get the right answer. And it’s an easy one if you’ve read the Constitution. You can’t love what you don’t know. Read the constitution! Or in tech terms, Freepers, RTFM! It’s not like it’s hard to find.
63 posted on 01/02/2021 8:27:27 AM PST by scouter
(As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)