Senate
Page S4623 · Official textThe Senate met at 11:30 and 2 seconds a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Ted Budd, a Senator from the State of North Carolina.
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 134 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S4623 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, August 20, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Ted Budd, a Senator from the State of North Carolina, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. BUDD thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Monday, August 24, 2026, at 12:30 P.m.
Page S4623 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 12:30 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 11:30 and 42 seconds a.m., adjourned until Monday, August 24, 2026, at 12:30 p.m.