[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 2 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S111-S112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE RECEIVED DURING RECESS

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 7, 1997, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on January 8, 1997, during the recess of 
the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives 
announcing that pursuant to the provisions of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 2, 105th Congress, the Speaker reappoints as members of the 
Joint Committee to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration 
of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United 
States on the 20th day of January 1997, the following Members of the 
House: Mr. Gephardt of Missouri, Mr. Gingrich of Georgia, and Mr. Armey 
of Texas.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, each without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 1. Concurrent resolution to provide for the 
     counting on January 9, 1997, of the electoral votes for 
     President and Vice President of the United States.
       S. Con. Res. 2. Concurrent resolution to extend the life of 
     the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and 
     the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution 48.
       S. Con. Res. 3. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     recess or adjournment of the Senate from January 9, 1997 to 
     January 21, 1997, and an adjournment of the House from 
     January 9, 1997 to January 20, 1997, from January 20, 1997 to 
     January 21, 1997, and from January 21, 1997 to February 4, 
     1997.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
resolution (H. Res. 2) stating that the Senate be informed that a 
quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled; that Newt 
Gingrich, a Representative from

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the State of Georgia, has been elected Speaker; and Robin H. Carle, a 
citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has been elected Clerk of the 
House of Representatives of the 105th Congress.
  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
resolution (H. Res. 3) stating that a committee of two Members be 
appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives to 
join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President 
of the United States that a quorum of each House has assembled and 
Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased 
to make.

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