[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ELECTING ORRIN G. HATCH TO BE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE OF 
                           THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have a resolution at the desk and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 3) to elect Orrin G. Hatch, a Senator 
     from the State of Utah, to be President pro tempore of the 
     Senate of the United States.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the resolution is considered 
and agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 3) reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 3

       Resolved, That Orrin G. Hatch, a Senator from the State of 
     Utah, be, and he is hereby, elected President of the Senate 
     pro tempore.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution 
was agreed to.
  Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Senator Hatch will be escorted to the desk.
  Senator Orrin G. Hatch, escorted by Mr. McConnell and Mr. Leahy, 
respectively, advanced to the desk of the Vice President, and the oath 
prescribed by law was administered to him by the Vice President.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)

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