[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6846-S6849]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 37
At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, a bill to
enhance the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste, to assure protection of public health safety,
to ensure the territorial integrity and security of the repository at
Yucca Mountain, and for other purposes.
S. 48
At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 48, a bill to return
meaning to the Fifth Amendment by limiting the power of eminent domain.
S. 185
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to restore
habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.
S. 274
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 274, a bill
to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the
disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel
practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and
agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with
certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the
Special Counsel, and for other purposes.
S. 329
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.
S. 357
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 357, a bill to
improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety, reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and for other
purposes.
S. 399
At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Ensign), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as cosponsors of S. 399, a bill
to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as
physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the
Medicaid program.
S. 430
At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
Voinovich) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) were added as
cosponsors of S. 430, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to
enhance the national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau and the enhancement of the functions of the
National Guard Bureau, and for other purposes.
S. 450
At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr.
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient
rehabilitation therapy caps.
S. 467
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms.
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 467, a bill to amend the Public
Health Service Act to expand the clinical trials drug data bank.
S. 506
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to
improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-
performance green buildings, and for other purposes.
S. 569
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr.
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to accelerate
efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing
countries and for other purposes.
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S. 582
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire
sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.
S. 597
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from
Illinois (Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597, a bill to
extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2
years.
S. 609
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, a bill to
amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that
funds received as universal service contributions and the universal
service support programs established pursuant to that section are not
subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly
known as the Antideficiency Act.
S. 634
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to
amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to
provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated
followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize
programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.
S. 672
At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 672, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax-exempt financing for
qualified renewable energy facilities, and for other purposes.
S. 764
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as
cosponsors of S. 764, a bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social
Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal
immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State children's health
insurance program (SCHIP).
S. 804
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 804, a bill to amend the
Help America Vote Act of 2002 to improve the administration of
elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
S. 823
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 823, a bill to amend the
Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the development
of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other
diseases, and for other purposes.
S. 829
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were
added as cosponsors of S. 829, a bill to reauthorize the HOPE VI
program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and
for other purposes.
S. 860
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, a bill to amend
title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to
provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.
S. 871
At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill to
establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development
Accounts, and for other purposes.
S. 879
At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to amend the Sherman
Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.
S. 881
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr.
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track
maintenance credit.
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, supra.
S. 901
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator
from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were
added as cosponsors of S. 901, a bill to amend the Public Health
Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for
the health centers program under section 330 of such Act.
S. 929
At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 929, a bill to streamline
the regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance, and for other
purposes.
S. 961
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator
from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 961, a
bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to provide benefits to
certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine
(including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service)
during World War II, and for other purposes.
S. 970
At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. 970, a
bill to impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting
Iran in developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.
S. 1042
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr.
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to amend the Public
Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services for
medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer,
more accurate, and less costly.
S. 1064
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1064, a bill to provide
for the improvement of the physical evaluation processes applicable to
members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S. 1107
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1107, a bill to amend
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under
part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit
dual eligible individuals.
S. 1172
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added
as cosponsors of S. 1172, a bill to reduce hunger in the United States.
S. 1226
At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1226, a bill to amend title
XIX of the Social Security Act to establish programs to improve the
quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care.
S. 1263
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as
cosponsors of S. 1263, a bill to protect the welfare of consumers by
prohibiting price gouging with respect to gasoline and petroleum
distillates during natural disasters and abnormal market disruptions,
and for other purposes.
S. 1334
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1334, a bill to amend
section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, to make permanent
authority to furnish government headstones and markers for graves of
veterans at private cemeteries, and for other purposes.
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S. 1337
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1337, a bill to amend title
XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental
health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
S. 1373
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms.
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1373, a bill to provide grants
and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science
parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology
activities.
S. 1379
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1379, a bill to
amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to strike the
exception to the residency requirements for United States attorneys.
S. 1382
At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors of S.
1382, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the
establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.
S. 1398
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr.
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1398, a bill to expand the
research and prevention activities of the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel disease.
S. 1418
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors of S. 1418, a bill to
provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and
mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.
S. 1430
At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator
from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1430, a
bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture
from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of
$20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.
S. 1439
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1439, a bill to reauthorize
the broadband loan and loan guarantee program under title VI of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936.
S. 1448
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1448, a bill to extend
the same Federal benefits to law enforcement officers serving private
institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to law
enforcement officers serving units of State and local government.
S. 1457
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator
from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Montana (Mr.
Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. 1457, a bill to provide for the
protection of mail delivery on certain postal routes, and for other
purposes.
S. 1466
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as
cosponsors of S. 1466, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to exclude property tax rebates and other benefits provided to
volunteer firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emergency
medical responders from income and employment taxes and wage
withholding.
S.J. RES. 10
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 10, a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States relative to equal rights for men and women.
S. CON. RES. 25
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 25, a concurrent
resolution condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of
Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of
civil society.
S. RES. 82
At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr.
Crapo) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as
cosponsors of S. Res. 82, a resolution designating August 16, 2007 as
``National Airborne Day''.
S. RES. 211
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Biden), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the
Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Florida (Mr.
Nelson), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from
Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez), the
Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Massachusetts
(Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 211, a resolution
expressing the profound concerns of the Senate regarding the
transgression against freedom of thought and expression that is being
carried out in Venezuela, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1157
At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Thomas), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1157 proposed to S. 1348, a bill
to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1158
At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator
from Colorado (Mr. Allard) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs.
Dole) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1158 proposed to S.
1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for
other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1159
At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1159 intended to
be proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration
reform and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1167
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1167 intended to
be proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration
reform and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1170
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) were
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1170 proposed to S. 1348, a bill
to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1179
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1179 intended to be proposed to S.
1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for
other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1181
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1181 proposed to
S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for
other purposes.
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At the request of Mr. Corker, his name was added as a cosponsor of
amendment No. 1181 proposed to S. 1348, supra.
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