[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 5, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S626-S627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOVERY REBATES AND ECONOMIC STIMULUS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ACT OF 
                        2008--MOTION TO PROCEED

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 5140, which the 
clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to the bill (H.R. 5140) to provide 
     economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, 
     incentives for business investment, and an increase in 
     conforming and FHA loan limits.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Let Senators be aware that we Senators must and should 
address one another in the third person. There is a reason for this: It 
minimizes the chances of us having on display bad tempers. Are Senators 
aware that Senators should address one another--how? Not in the second 
person but, rather, in the third person? Is the Senator from Timbuktu 
aware of that

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rule? Is the Senator from West Virginia aware of the rule? Yes.
  The Senator from West Virginia will take his seat. I thank the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.
  Mr. BROWN. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now stand in 
recess under the previous order.

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