[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S6]
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 EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL 
                               CEREMONIES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have another concurrent resolution at the 
desk and I ask it now be considered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) extending the life 
     of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the concurrent resolution 
is considered and agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) was agreed to, as follows:

                             S. Con. Res. 2

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That effective from January 6, 2009, the joint 
     committee created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 67 (110th 
     Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the 
     inauguration, is hereby continued with the same power and 
     authority provided for in that resolution.
       Sec. 2. Effective from January 6, 2009, the provisions of 
     Senate Concurrent Resolution 68 (110th Congress), to 
     authorize the rotunda of the United States Capitol to be used 
     in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies for the 
     inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-
     elect of the United States, are continued with the same power 
     and authority provided for in that resolution.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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