[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO HOUSES TO RECEIVE A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
                          OF THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the consideration of S. Con. Res. 77 which was submitted 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 77) to provide for a 
     joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
     President on the State of the Union.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 77) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 77

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the 
     Hall of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, January 31, 
     2006, at 9 p.m., for the purpose of receiving such 
     communication as the President of the United States shall be 
     pleased to make to them.

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