Senate
Page S4627 · Official textThe Senate met at 8 and 1 second a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable David McCormick, a Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 136 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S4627 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The senior assistant bill clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, August 27, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable David McCormick, a Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. McCORMICK thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Monday, August 31, 2026, at 11:30 A.m.
Page S4627 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, August 31, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 8 and 34 seconds a.m., adjourned until Monday, August 31, 2026, at 11:30 a.m.