[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 166 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8323]
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. Leahy).
  The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, December 21, 2012.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Sheldon Whitehouse, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, 
     to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Patrick J. Leahy,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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