Dais:
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [Vocabulary.com]
Noted in “It wasn’t easy, but House Dems passed their Build Back Better Act,” Steve Benen, Maddowblog:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chaired the proceedings and banged the gavel at 9:46 a.m. eastern. As she exited the dais, the California Democrat was greeted by celebrating colleagues who chanted, “Nancy! Nancy!” as she walked through her assembled colleagues.
