[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a committee on the 
part of the Senate to join with a like committee on the part of the 
House of Representatives to escort Her Excellency Angela Merkel, 
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, into the House Chamber 
for the joint meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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