[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 193 (Friday, January 2, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S10985]
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 legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                  Washington, DC, January 2, 2009.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Jeff 
     Bingaman, a Senator from the State of New Mexico, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. BINGAMAN thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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