[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 67]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  INFORMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT A QUORUM OF EACH 
                           HOUSE IS ASSEMBLED

  Mr. FRIST. I send a resolution to the desk and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 1) informing the President of the 
     United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the resolution is agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 1) reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 1

       Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be 
     appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the 
     House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the 
     United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is 
     assembled and that the Congress is ready to receive any 
     communication he may be pleased to make.

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Pursuant to Senate Resolution 1, the Chair appoints the Senator from 
Tennessee, (Mr. Frist), and the Senator from South Dakota, (Mr. 
Daschle), as a committee to join the committee on the part of the House 
of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and 
inform him that a quorum is assembled and that the Congress is ready to 
receive any communication he may be pleased to make.

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