[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17229-17230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO SENATOR PATRICK J. LEAHY AS PRESIDENT PRO 
              TEMPORE OF THE SENATE FOR THE 112TH CONGRESS

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The senior Senator from Vermont, the President 
pro tempore elect, will be escorted to the desk for the oath of office 
by the Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] and the junior Senator from 
Vermont [Mr. Sanders].
  The President pro tempore elect, escorted by Senators Reid and 
Sanders,

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advanced to the desk of the Vice President; the oath was administered 
to him by the Vice President; and he subscribed to the oath in the 
Official Oath Book.
  (Applause, Senators rising)

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