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Message From The House Received During Adjournment

Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 5, 2011, the Secretary of the Senate, on January 18, 2012, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the House has agreed to the following resolutions: H. Res. 511. Resolution that Paul D. Irving of the State of Florida, be, and is hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives. H. Res. 513. Resolution that the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and that the House is ready to proceed with business. The message also announced that pursuant to House Resolution 512, the Speaker appoints the following Members of the House of Representatives to join a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each House has assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make: Mr. Cantor of Virginia and Ms. Pelosi of California.