[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1393]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    PROVIDING FOR ADJOURNMENT AND/OR RECESS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to H. Con. Res. 235, the adjournment resolution.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
concurrent resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 235) providing for a 
     conditional adjournment or recess of the two Houses.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 235) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 235

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That when the House adjourns on any legislative 
     day from Tuesday, February 9, 2010, through Saturday, 
     February 13, 2010, on a motion offered pursuant to this 
     concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, 
     it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 22, 2010, 
     or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of 
     this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that 
     when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from 
     Wednesday, February 10, 2010, through Sunday, February 14, 
     2010, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
     resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
     recessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, February 22, 
     2010, or such other time on that day as may be specified in 
     the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of any 
     reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
     resolution, whichever occurs first.
       Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly 
     after consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and 
     the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members 
     of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at 
     such place and time as they may designate if, in their 
     opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

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