[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7]
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 ELECTION OF THE HONORABLE STROM THURMOND AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF 
                               THE SENATE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, it is now with great pleasure and truly 
indeed an honor that I send a resolution to the desk electing Senator 
Strom Thurmond as the President pro tempore of the Senate.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

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

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the immediate consideration 
of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 4) was agreed to.
  The resolution is as follows:

                               S. Res. 4

       Resolved, That 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.

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