[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 146 (Friday, October 9, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S10331]
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              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, October 9, 2009.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Mark R. Warner, a Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
     to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. WARNER thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the 
Senate stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
  Thereupon, the Senate, at 10 and 46 seconds a.m., adjourned until 
Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 2 p.m.