[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 136 (Wednesday, November 24, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S11847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               APOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read a communication to the 
Senate.
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, November 24, 2004.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Don Nickles a Senator from the State of Oklahoma, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                      Ted Stevens,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. Nickles thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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