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Week Ending January 7, 2005

House Resolution 4 authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk

BRIEF

   Notifies the President that the House has a leader and is open for business.

Resolved, That the Clerk be instructed to inform the President of the United States that

the House of Representatives has elected J. Dennis Hastert, a Representative from the State of Illinois, Speaker; and Jeffrey J. Trandahl, a citizen of the State of South Dakota, Clerk of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Ninth Congress.

Sponsor: Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX-22^nd)

Vote: Passed House without objection.

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