Complex sentence: On December 26,2007, Webb called the Senate to order for 11 seconds as part of a pro forma session to prevent President Bush from making a recess appointment of Steven Bradbury to the Office of Legal Counsel at the United States Justice Department.
Split into simpler sentences: On December 26,2007, Webb called the Senate to order for 11 seconds. This brief stint of activity was in order to prevent President Bush from making a recess appointment of Steven Bradbury to the Office of Legal Counsel at the United States Justice Department.