The latter, I think. In the Senate, the presiding officer often sits in the chair for some time before calling the Senate to order.
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And then is it when they first start speaking? Finish the word “order?” Tap the gavel?
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Sometimes they don’t have an opening line, so I guess it must be when they tap the gavel.
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