Senate
Page S5327 · Official textThe Senate met at 9 and 3 seconds a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Kevin Cramer, a Senator from the State of North Dakota.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 163 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S5327 · 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, October 22, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Kevin Cramer, a Senator from the State of North Dakota, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. CRAMER thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Monday, October 26, 2026, at 5:30 P.m.
Page S5327 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 9 and 33 seconds a.m., adjourned until Monday, October 26, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.