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New Mexico’s soon-to-be senior senator will preside over the final pro forma session of the Senate in the 110th Congress on Friday morning.
Jeff Bingaman, a Silver City Democrat, will wield the gavel during a session in which neither the House nor the Senate are expected to push through any legislation. The end of the 110th Congress will also mark the official end of Sen. Pete Domenici’s Senate career after 36 years in office.
The 111th Congress opens on Jan. 6.
This isn’t the first time that Senate Democrats have kept the Senate open to prevent President George W. Bush from making recess appointments. A year ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid kept the Senate open to prevent the recess appointment of Steven Bradbury.
But don’t worry that Bingaman will have to sit alone in the Senate chambers all day. The Washington D.C. news source The Hill said back in March that during these pro forma sessions, “the Senate is in session for less than a minute.”
