[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S10841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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. Byrd).
  The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, December 10, 2008.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     E. Benjamin Nelson, a Senator from the State of Nebraska, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. NELSON of Nebraska thereupon assumed the chair as Acting 
President pro tempore.

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