[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 33 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S3086]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 841

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk. I 
ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 841) to require States to hold special 
     elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives 
     not later than 49 days after the vacancy is announced by the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives in extraordinary 
     circumstances.

  Mr. FRIST. I now ask for a second reading and in order to place the 
bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my 
own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be read the second time on the 
next legislative day.

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