[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  INFORMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT A QUORUM OF EACH 
                           HOUSE IS ASSEMBLED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a resolution at the desk. I ask it 
now be considered.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 1) informing the President of the 
     United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the resolution is considered 
and agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 1) reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 1

       Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be 
     appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the 
     House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the 
     United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is 
     assembled and that the Congress is ready to receive any 
     communication he may be pleased to make.

  Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was 
agreed to.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. 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 the Congress is 
ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make.

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