[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23297]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TENDERING THE THANKS OF THE SENATE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 361 submitted earlier 
today by the majority leader and the Republican leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 361) tendering the thanks of the 
     Senate to the Vice President for the courteous, dignified, 
     and impartial manner in which he has presided over the 
     deliberations of the Senate.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, without any intervening action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 361) was agreed to.
  The resolution reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 361

       Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered 
     to the Honorable Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the 
     United States and President of the Senate, for the courteous, 
     dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over 
     its deliberations during the second session of the One 
     Hundred Seventh Congress.

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