[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12] [Senate] [Page 16500] [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. Inouye). The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, September 24, 2010. To the Senate: Under the provisions of Rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Al Franken, a Senator from the State of Minnesota, to perform the duties of the Chair. Daniel K. Inouye, President pro tempore. Mr. FRANKEN thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________