[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 162 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8659-S8660]
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. Inouye).
  The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, December 9, 2010.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a Senator from the State of New York, 
     to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Daniel K. Inouye,
                                            President pro tempore.


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  Mrs. GILLIBRAND thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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