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



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                    SENATE--Tuesday, January 3, 2006

  The 3d day of January being prescribed by the Constitution of the 
United States for the annual meeting of the Congress, the 2d session of 
the 109th Congress commenced this day at 12 noon.
  The Senate assembled in its Chamber at the Capitol.
  The Senate was called to order by the Honorable Robert F. Bennett, a 
Senator from the State of Utah.

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