[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6]
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 ELECTION OF THE HONORABLE STROM THURMOND AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF 
                               THE SENATE

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send a resolution to the desk.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 4) to elect the Honorable Strom 
     Thurmond, of the State of South Carolina, to be President pro 
     tempore of the Senate of the United States.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the resolution is agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 4) reads as follows:

       Resolved, That the Honorable Strom Thurmond, a Senator from 
     the State of South Carolina, be and he is hereby, elected 
     President of the Senate pro tempore, to hold office during 
     the pleasure of the Senate, in accordance with rule I, 
     paragraph 1, of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Byrd 
be added a cosponsor of the resolution just adopted.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered.

  

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