[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12] [Senate] [Page 16969] [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 assistant legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, July 30, 2008. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable E. Benjamin Nelson, a Senator from the State of Nebraska, to perform the duties of the Chair. Robert C. Byrd, President pro tempore. Mr. NELSON of Nebraska thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________