[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 5749

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I understand H.R. 5749 has been received 
from the House and is at the desk, and I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title for 
the first time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 5749) to provide for a program of emergency 
     unemployment compensation.

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask for its second reading, and I object 
to my own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will receive its 
second reading on the next legislative day.

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