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  NOTIFYING THE HOUSE THAT THE SENATE IS READY TO PROCEED TO BUSINESS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a resolution to the desk notifying 
the House that the Senate is now ready to proceed to business, and I 
ask for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 243) notifying the House the Senate 
     is ready to proceed to business.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be 
agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  There being no objection, the resolution (S. Res. 243) was agreed to, 
as follows:

                              S. Res. 243

       Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of 
     Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and 
     that the Senate is ready to proceed to business.

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