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PRESIDENT MAKING ANY RECESS
REASONS.
THEY WILL RESUME LEGISLATIVE
WORK AFTER THE ELECTION-YEAR
IT.
THE
HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
A COMMUNICATION FROM THE
SPEAKER.
THE SPEAKER'S ROOMS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 26, 2012.
I HEREBY APPOINT THE HONORABLE
LYNN A. WESTMORELAND TO ACT AS
SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE ON THIS
DAY.
SIGNED, JOHN A. BOEHNER.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE
PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY OUR
GUEST CHAPLAIN, THE REVEREND
ANDREW WALTON FROM THE CAPITOL
HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C.
LET US PRAY.
GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, KNOWN BY
MANY NAMES AND WORSHIPED IN
NUMEROUS WAYS, YET PRESENT IN
COMMON EXPERIENCES OF LIFE, WE
COME IN THANKS AND GRATITUDE
FOR THE GIFT OF DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS.
WITH WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THIS
BODY ARE ELECTED TO SERVE BY
REPRESENTING THE PARTICULAR
NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AS
WELL AS THE COMMON GOOD OF THE
NATION.
IN THIS SEASON OF DISCERNMENT
AND DECISION, MAY ALL WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE ELECTORAL
PROCESS FROM CANDIDATES TO
CAMPAIGN STAFFS TO VOTERS, TO
POLL WORKERS BE FILLED WITH
SHARED IMAGINATION.
COLLECTIVE WISDOM, AND MUTUAL
COMPASSION THAT TRANSCEND
SELF-INTEREST, PERSONAL GAIN,
AND INDIVIDUAL PRIDE.
MAY WE ULTIMATELY FIND PEACE,
REST, AND HOPE NOT IN
INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS BUT IN
THE SURE KNOWLEDGE OF
PROEFFECTIC WORDS THAT THE ARC
OF THE UNIVERSE NOT ONLY BENDS
TOWARD JUSTICE BUT DOES SO
GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE
THAT SUSTAINS AND BINDS
CREATION ITSELF.
AMEN.
THE
PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY THE
GENTLELADY FROM NEW YORK.
I INVITE THE
MEMBERS IN THE GALLERY TO JOIN
US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER
GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
TO SECTION 3-A OF
HOUSE RESOLUTION 786, THE
JOURNAL OF THE LAST DAY'S
PROCEEDINGS IS APPROVED.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 3-B OF
HOUSE RESOLUTION 786, THE HOUSE
STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL 10:00
A.M. ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30,
2012.
THAT WRAPS UP ANOTHER PRO-
FORMA SESSION IN THE HOUSE WITH
NO LEGISLATIVE WORK.
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A DEMOCRAT
FROM NEW YORK TRYING TO GET THE
ATTENTION OF THE SPEAKER PRO
TEM AS DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE, TO
CALL THE REPUBLICANS BACK INTO
SESSION.
THE NEXT PRO-FORMA SESSION WILL
BE NEXT TUESDAY THE 30TH AT
WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE ON C-
SPAN.
THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
CONTINUES THROUGH THE
MITT ROMNEY TODAY IN OHIO AND
IOWA.
HE WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
TODAY THE ECONOMY EXPANDING JUST
OVER 2%.
WE WILL HAVE THAT FOR YOU LIVE
FROM OTTAWA AT THE CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY AT 1:00 AND EASTERN ON
C-SPAN2.
ON C-SPAN, THE FUNERAL SERVICE