[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S6623]
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 legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, October 18, 2011.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Jeanne Shaheen, a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Daniel K. Inouye,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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