Tuesday, December 1, 2009

1 2 3 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 4 5 6 7 8 ALBANY, NEW YORK 9 December 1, 2009 10 12:53 p.m. 11 12 13 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION 14 15 16 17 SENATOR ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS, Acting President 18 ANGELO J. APONTE, Secretary 19 20 21 22 23 24

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(518) 371-8910 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 3 The Senate will please come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to rise and 5 recite with me the Pledge of Allegiance to our 6 Flag. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 10 In the absence of clergy, may we all bow our 11 heads for a moment of silence. 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage 13 respected a moment of silence.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 15 Thank you. 16 Senator Klein. 17 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 18 as we know, we're here for our second day this 19 week. The Governor called us here for an 20 Extraordinary Session to deal with the deficit 21 reduction plan. 22 As you know, in order to start the 23 Extraordinary Session, we need a bill from the 24 Governor, which we presently do not have. So

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(518) 371-8910 1 until the Governor sends us a bill or informs 2 us what his intentions are, can we please 3 stand at ease. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 5 Senator Klein, thank you. We will stand at 6 ease. Prior to that, though, I should have 7 asked for the reading of the Journal. 8 So I will ask for the reading of 9 the Journal. 10 The Secretary will read. 11 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 12 Monday, November 30, the Senate, in 13 Extraordinary Session, met pursuant to 14 adjournment. The Journal of Sunday, 15 November 29, was read and approved. On 16 motion, Senate adjourned. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 18 Without objection, the Journal stands approved 19 as read. 20 Senator Klein, I will ask you to 21 ask us again. 22 SENATOR KLEIN: Can we please 23 stand at ease, Madam President. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS:

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(518) 371-8910 1 The Senate will stand at ease. 2 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at 3 ease at 12:56 p.m.) 4 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened 5 at 8:29 p.m.) 6 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 7 The Senate will come to order. 8 Senator Perkins. 9 SENATOR PERKINS: Madam 10 President, I move that we adjourn until 11 tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 13 On motion, the Senate stands adjourned until 14 Wednesday, December 2nd, at 10:00 a.m. 15 (Whereupon, at 8:29 p.m., the 16 Senate adjourned.) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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