[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 168 (Thursday, December 22, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14423-S14424]
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                          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

  The Honorable John Warner led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows:

       I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of 
     America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation 
     under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for 
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              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to 
the Senate from the PRESIDENT pro tempore (Mr. Stevens).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, December 22, 2005.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     John Warner, a Senator from the State of Virginia, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                      Ted Stevens,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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