Answer:

presides

AnswerCrossword Clue
PRESIDESIs in charge
PRESIDESChairs
PRESIDESIs in control
PRESIDESSits on a throne
PRESIDESIs in charge at a meeting
PRESIDESIs in command
PRESIDESWhat Barkley does in the Seante.
PRESIDESHandles the gavel.
PRESIDESHas authority.
PRESIDESTakes the chair.
PRESIDESWields the gavel
PRESIDESHas the chair
PRESIDESIs in the chair
PRESIDESHeads
PRESIDESActs as president
PRESIDESActs as president, e.g.