[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 147 (Friday, November 12, 2010)] [Senate] [Page S7869] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Inouye). The legislative clerk read as follows: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, November 12, 2010. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Carl Levin, a Senator from the State of Michigan, to perform the duties of the Chair. Daniel K. Inouye, President pro tempore. Mr. LEVIN thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________