[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 66]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         ELECTING NANCY ERICKSON AS THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a resolution to the desk.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 8) electing Nancy Erickson as 
     Secretary of the Senate.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the resolution is considered 
and agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 8) was agreed to, as follows:

                               S. Res. 8

       Resolved, That Nancy Erickson of South Dakota be, and she 
     is hereby, elected Secretary of the Senate.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Nancy Erickson, escorted by Mr. Reid and Mr. McConnell, respectively, 
advanced to the desk of the Vice President, the oath prescribed by law 
was administered to her by the Vice President, and she subscribed to 
the oath in the Official Oath Book.
  [Applause, Senators rising.]

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