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Senate recesses for party caucuses; Democrats to meet in Room 24, Republicans in Room 22
Summary
The presiding officer recessed the Senate so Republican and Democratic senators could caucus, announcing Democrats would meet in Room 24 and Republicans in Room 22, starting immediately. No formal votes or motions were recorded during the pause.
The presiding officer called the chamber to order and then recessed the Senate so members of both parties could hold party caucuses, announcing the Democratic caucus would convene in Room 24 and the Republican caucus in Room 22 beginning immediately.
The chair recognized the senator from Johnson, Senator Weiner, who responded, "Thank you madam president," and said Democrats would caucus. The chair then recognized the senator from Wenatchee, Senator Clemensch, who likewise thanked the presiding officer and announced that Republican senators would caucus in Room 22.
After those recognitions the presiding officer told the chamber, "The Senate will be at ease for Republicans and Democrats to caucus," and repeated the caucus room assignments and that both would begin immediately. There were no motions or roll-call votes recorded in the transcript during this brief recess.
The announcements were procedural: caucuses are internal party meetings and do not constitute formal Senate action on the floor. The Senate paused its public proceedings to allow those private party meetings to occur; the transcript ends with the repeated room assignments and the immediate start time for both caucuses.
