[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S5]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   INFORMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT A QUORUM OF THE 
                          SENATE IS ASSEMBLED

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a resolution to the desk creating a 
subcommittee consisting of two Senators to notify the President that a 
quorum of each House is assembled and ask that it be reported by title, 
agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, may we have order in the Senate.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. The Senate is transacting business.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senate will be in order. Senators will take 
their seats or retire to the cloakroom. Senators will cease audible 
conversation. Senators in the well to the right of the Chair will take 
their seats or retire to the cloakroom.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I thank the Chair.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 2) informing the President of the 
     United States that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. If there is no objection to the request by the 
majority leader, the resolution is agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 2) reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 2

       Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be 
     appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the 
     House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the 
     United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is 
     assembled and that the Congress is ready to receive any 
     communication he may be pleased to make.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 2, the Chair 
appoints the Senator from Mississippi, Mr. Lott, and the Senator from 
South Dakota, Mr. Daschle, as a committee to join the committee on the 
part of the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the 
United States and inform him that a quorum is assembled and that the 
Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to 
make.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum so that 
the leaders will be able to notify the President we are in session as 
required by the resolution.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, Senator Daschle and I have notified the 
President that a quorum is present and the Senate is ready to proceed 
with business.

                          ____________________