Senate
Page S4635 · Official textThe Senate met at 1:15 and 21 seconds p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Bill Cassidy, a Senator from the State of Louisiana.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 142 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S4635 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, September 8, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Bill Cassidy, a Senator from the State of Louisiana, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. CASSIDY thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 3 P.m.
Page S4635 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 3 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 1:15 and 48 seconds p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 3 p.m.