SRES 619 112th Congress Senate Congress Congressional leadership Members of Congress Senate

A resolution to elect Patrick J. Leahy, a Senator from the State of Vermont, to be President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the United States.

Introduced: December 17, 2012 See on congress.gov

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Dec 17, 2012

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8089; text as passed Senate: CR S8089; text of measure as introduced: CR S8073)

Dec 17, 2012

Introduced in Senate

Dec 17, 2012

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8089; text as passed Senate: CR S8089; text of measure as introduced: CR S8073)

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Elects Senator Patrick J. Leahy from Vermont as the President of the Senate pro tempore.

What's happening now December 17, 2012

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8089; text as passed Senate: CR S8089; text of measure as introduced: CR S8073)

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Cosponsors 1

McConnell, Mitch

Kentucky · Dec 17, 2012

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 619: A resolution to elect Patrick J. Leahy, a Senator from the State of Vermont, to be President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the United States.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-619/

MLA

"S. Res. 619: A resolution to elect Patrick J. Leahy, a Senator from the State of Vermont, to be President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the United States.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-619/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. Res. 619, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-619/.

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[S. Res. 619: A resolution to elect Patrick J. Leahy, a Senator from the State of Vermont, to be President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-619/)