[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 44]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              APPOINTMENTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to S. Res. 1, the Chair appoints the 
Senator from Nevada, Mr. Reid, and the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. 
McConnell, as a committee to join the committee on the part of the 
House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United 
States and inform him that a quorum is assembled and that the Congress 
is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.
  The Chair appoints the Senator from California, Mrs. Feinstein, and 
the Senator from Utah, Mr. Bennett, as tellers on the part of the 
Senate to count electoral votes.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, are we now in a period of morning business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, we are.

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