[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the 
Senate will now proceed to a period of morning business, with the time 
divided and controlled by the two leaders or their designees, with the 
majority controlling the first half of the time and the Republicans 
controlling the final half.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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