[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 2]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   NOTIFYING THE PRESIDENT THE SENATE IS READY TO PROCEED TO BUSINESS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a resolution to the desk notifying 
the President of the United States that the Senate is now ready to 
proceed to business, and I ask for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 242) notifying the President the 
     Senate is ready to proceed to business.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be 
agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  There being no objection, the resolution (S. Res. 242) was agreed to, 
as follows:

                              S. Res. 242

       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate inform the 
     President of the United States that a quorum of the Senate is 
     assembled and that the Senate is ready to proceed to 
     business.

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