[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11] [Senate] [Page 15746] [From the U.S. 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. Byrd). The legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, July 23, 2008. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin, a Senator from the State of Maryland, to perform the duties of the Chair. Robert C. Byrd, President pro tempore. Mr. CARDIN thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________