[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        PROVIDING FOR AN ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS OF THE TWO HOUSES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair lays before the House a privileged 
message from the Senate.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       In the Senate of the United States, October 2 (legislative 
     day, September 17), 2008.
       Resolved, That the resolution from the House of 
     Representatives (H. Con. Res. 440) entitled ``Concurrent 
     resolution providing for a conditional adjournment of the 
     House of Representatives and a conditional recess or 
     adjournment of the Senate.'', do pass with the following 
     amendments:
       1. On page 1, line 3, strike ``from Monday, September 29, 
     2008, through Friday, October 3, 2008,''
       2. On page 2, line 2, strike ``that'' and all that follows 
     through line 9 and insert ``the Senate may adjourn or recess 
     at any time from Thursday, October 2, 2008, through January 
     3, 2009, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
     resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee until such 
     time as specified in that motion, but not beyond noon on 
     January 3, 2009, and it may reassemble pursuant to section 2 
     of this concurrent resolution.''
       3. On page 2, line 15, strike ``time'' and insert 
     ''respective time''

  The Senate amendments were agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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