[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8-S9]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION

  The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following 
communication:

       A communication from the Director of the Federal Register, 
     National Archives, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     relative to the Certificates of Ascertainment of the electors 
     of the President and Vice President of the United States.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.

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  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Lieberman, pertaining to the introduction of S. 
160, are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced 
Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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