[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 15]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, pursuant to Public Law 95-521, appoints Patricia Mack Bryan as 
deputy Senate legal counsel for a term of service to expire at the end 
of the 113th Congress.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, it is my understanding that the President 
pro tempore will now assume the presidency of the Senate.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by 
title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 7) to make effective appointment of 
     Deputy Senate Legal Counsel.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the resolution is 
agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 7) reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 7

       That the appointment of Patricia Mack Bryan of Virginia to 
     be Deputy Senate Legal Counsel, made by the President pro 
     tempore this day, shall become effective as of January 3, 
     2011, and the term of service of the appointee shall expire 
     at the end of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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