MURRAY, PATTY (a Senator from Washington)
Amendments
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3807, S3882 [2MY], S4504 [16MY], S4520, S4539 [17MY], S4552, S4573 [20MY], S4730 [22MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4974 [4JN], S4996, S4997, S5063, S5070, S5071, S5090 [5JN], S5175, S5180, S5222 [6JN]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6663, S6665 [11JY], S6712 [12JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S726, S788, S789 [13FE], S1220 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783 [19JN], S5829, S5872 [20JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7688, S7754, S7756, S7757 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S969 [15FE], S1542 [5MR], S2015 [18MR], S3059, S3060, S3063, S3064, S3078 [22AP], S3176, S3177, S3178, S3179, S3181, S3182, S3222 [23AP], S3342 [25AP]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8144, S8221 [4SE], S8236, S8302, S8313 [5SE]
Education: improve Federal research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination (H.R. 3801), S10459 [15OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7284, S7316 [24JY]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S270, S292 [4FE], S349 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S726, S788, S789 [13FE], S1220 [26FE]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H98 [29JA]
Conferee: H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S5194 [6JN]
Articles and editorials
``MediFair'' Is Workable Answer, Bellingham (WA) Herald, S5567 [14JN]
Murray's Bill Rights Medicare Inequity, John Webster, Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review, S5567 [14JN]
Murray's Medicare Plan a Step in Right Direction, Everett (WA) Herald, S5566 [14JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas (see S. 3094), S11575 [19NO]
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 1655), S9426 [26SE]
Arlington National Cemetery: establish a monument to U.S. Marines killed in action while participating in the World War II raid on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands (see S. Con. Res. 119), S6252 [27JN]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S3954 [7MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 278), S9595 [30SE]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see S. 243), S488 [7FE]
Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (see S. 1962), S897 [15FE]
Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 486), S7104 [19JY]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see S.J. Res. 37), S4704 [22MY]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (see S. 2758), S7033 [18JY]
Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see S. 1005), S5041 [5JN]
———provide for opportunity passports, and other assistance, for youth in foster care and youth aging out of foster care (see S. 2657), S8093 [3SE]
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 2572), S4839 [23MY]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 2608), S5366 [11JN]
Colleges and universities: increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically Black colleges and universities (see S. 2613), S10572 [16OC]
———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 1291), S6868 [16JY]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see S. 2055), S3436 [25AP]
Dept. of HHS: expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see S. 1922), S5206 [6JN]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see S. Con. Res. 138), S8920 [19SE]
Dept. of Labor: establish a trade adjustment assistance program for truckers adversely affected by foreign competition (see S. 2606), S5773 [19JN]
———reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see S. 2558), S4969 [4JN]
———combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
———international tuberculosis control (see S. 2045), S3843 [2MY]
———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (see S. 2649), S5902 [21JN]
Education: improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness (see S. 2566), S4839 [23MY]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see S. 2210), S5286 [10JN]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see S. Res. 275), S4840 [23MY]
———provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence (see S. 2203), S2950 [18AP]
Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (see S. 3141), S10676 [17OC]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S8457 [10SE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S6809 [15JY]
———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see S. 2394), S3505 [29AP]
Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2874), S9595 [30SE]
Firefighters: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths (see S. 2471), S5633 [17JN]
Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see S. 1777), S2077 [19MR]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 2489), S5697 [18JN]
———establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity and obesity prevention (see S. 2821), S7579 [30JY]
———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see S. 2849), S7899 [1AU]
Health care professionals: authorize a demonstration program to recruit and train physicians to serve in rural areas (see S. 2597), S5205 [6JN]
Immigration: establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see S. 2742), S8566 [12SE]
———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S4703 [22MY]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 212), S4064 [8MY]
Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see S. 214), S4064 [8MY]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
Iran: clarify and reaffirm cause of action and Federal court jurisdiction for former U.S. hostages (see S. 1877), S7901 [1AU]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3626 [1MY]
Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see S. 2513), S7579 [30JY]
———improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S2413 [9AP]
———prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see S. 2395), S3559 [30AP]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 2770), S8301 [5SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5041 [5JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S6573 [10JY]
———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (see S. 1753), S488 [7FE]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2221), S5852 [20JN] (see S. 2570), S4891 [3JN]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S1857 [13MR]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S10844 [12NO]
———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S2260 [21MR]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S4969 [4JN]
———freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2447), S3843 [2MY]
———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see S. 2547), S5901 [21JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S1599 [6MR]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 2538), S4702 [22MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S.J. Res. 49), S10443 [15OC]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S4492 [16MY]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1248), S10844 [12NO]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 103), S3560 [30AP]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 260), S3843 [2MY]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1394 [1MR]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 255), S3560 [30AP]
National Crazy Horse Day: designate (see S. Res. 68), S488 [7FE]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S4493 [16MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 225), S1732 [11MR]
National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 280), S4967 [4JN]
National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S1858 [13MR]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
National Youth Sports Program: reauthorize (see S. 1911), S1422 [4MR]
Native Americans: ensure that funds will be available to satisfy Federal responsibilities relative to negotiated settlements of disputes over Indian water rights and land claims (see S. 1186), S488 [7FE]
———provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 761), S8201 [4SE]
———support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see S. 91), S488 [7FE]
NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see S. 2122), S8618 [13SE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see S. 2667), S8301 [5SE]
Petroleum: improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil (see S. 1926), S1536 [5MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see S. 2194), S6014 [25JN]
Public Health Service Act: add requirements regarding trauma care (see S. 3048), S9901 [3OC]
———amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see S. 2009), S2578 [11AP]
Public lands: provide opportunities for collaborative restoration projects on National Forest System and other public domain lands (see S. 2672), S9714 [1OC]
Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S5206 [6JN]
———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2548), S5206 [6JN]
———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2631), S5696 [18JN]
Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program: reauthorize and revise (see S. 1211), S2183 [20MR]
Safety: provide grants to small public drinking water system (see S. 503), S488 [7FE]
SBA: establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (see S. 2335), S7902 [1AU]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 264), S5773 [19JN]
Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S10118 [8OC]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 2819), S7579 [30JY] (see S. 3092), S10359 [10OC]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 2215), S8300 [5SE]
Taxation: exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S7902 [1AU]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 2596), S8202 [4SE]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S8919 [19SE]
———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 1002), S6868 [16JY]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S4703 [22MY]
Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate placement, construction, and modification of broadcast transmission facilities (see S. 3102), S10359 [10OC]
———preserve State and local authority to regulate placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless services facilities (see S. 3103), S10359 [10OC]
Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 2512), S5043 [5JN]
Terrorism: condemn the involvement of women in suicide bombings (see S. Res. 229), S2183 [20MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1676 [7MR]
———provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1917), S5697 [18JN]
Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1021), S488 [7FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9715 [1OC]
Veterans: clarify the applicability of the prohibition on assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding future receipt of compensation and educate veterans on available legitimate financial services (see S. 2003), S2184 [20MR]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S3843 [2MY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S7579 [30JY]
Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S10572 [16OC]
Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S4146 [9MY]
———expand research for women in trauma (see S. 2559), S4839 [23MY]
———improve treatment for mental health and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence (see S. 2204), S2950 [18AP]
World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy (see S. Res. 311), S7579 [30JY]
Year of the Blues: designate (see S. Res. 316), S8202 [4SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of inauguration of Sino-American relations and the sale of the first commercial jet aircraft (see S. Con. Res. 98), S897 [15FE]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see S. 1990), S1599 [6MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see S. 1959), S897 [15FE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2808), S7430 [26JY]
Health: reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (see S. 2641), S5696 [18JN]
Jackson, Henry M.: recognize accomplishments, commemorate anniversary of Jackson-Vanik amendment, and reaffirm commitment to combat human rights violations worldwide (see S. Res. 348), S10677 [17OC]
Medicare: improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 2568), S4839 [23MY]
National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10360 [10OC]
Native Americans: settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see S. 2567), S4839 [23MY]
Navy Armed Guard: authorize special awards to World War I and World War II veterans (see S.J. Res. 36), S3953 [7MY]
Public welfare programs: promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2876), S7900 [1AU]
Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness (see S. 2565), S4839 [23MY]
Tariff: peanuts (see S. 2477), S4064 [8MY]
Taxation: exempt certain U.S. international ports from the harbor maintenance tax (see S. 2787), S7308 [24JY]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4558 [20MY], S4668 [22MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4953 [4JN], S5104 [5JN], S5118 [6JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10107 [8OC], S10242 [10OC]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1241 [27FE], S1386 [1MR], S1417 [4MR]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2714 [16AP], S2890, S2936 [18AP], S3121 [23AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2002 [18MR], S2111 [20MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to proceed, S1840 [13MR]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S272 [4FE], S392 [6FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S1241 [27FE], S1386 [1MR], S1417 [4MR]
Letters
Performance of abortions for Armed Forces members at overseas military medical facilities: Claudia Kennedy, S5827 [20JN]
Privilege of the floor
Jackson, Christopher, S2857 [17AP]
Wagner, Eric, S7763 [31JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S846, S847, S848 [14FE]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S4042 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S652 [12FE]
Air Force: require full and open competition in transport/VIP aircraft leasing, S7727 [31JY], S7804 [1AU]
———transport/VIP aircraft leasing authorization process, S7804 [1AU]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4804 [23MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7823 [1AU]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5027 [5JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2800, S2801 [17AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10205 [9OC]
———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S5826, S5830, S5833 [20JN], S10871 [13NO]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6758 [15JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1187 [26FE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5272 [10JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, S652 [12FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, S10871 [13NO]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5826, S5830, S5833 [20JN]
———infectious disease tracking system funding, S7723 [31JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7723, S7727 [31JY], S7804 [1AU]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1647 [7MR], S2448 [10AP], S2800, S2801 [17AP], S3247 [24AP], S3342, S3381 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9059 [24SE], S11408, S11436 [19NO]
———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S8064 [3SE]
———inclusion of Coast Guard, S11408 [19NO]
Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Security Administration funding, S5027 [5JN]
Electric power: provide consumer protections and reliability in the provision of electric power, S2448 [10AP], S3247 [24AP]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7148 [22JY], S7625 [31JY]
Forest Service: establish Office of Tribal Relations, S847 [14FE]
———improve coordination with Native American tribes in managing and protecting natural resources, S847 [14FE]
Galaxy (vessel): condolences to family and friends of victims of explosion in the Bering Sea, S11207 [15NO]
Health: reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (S. 2641), S5708-S5710 [18JN]
McConnell, Michael W.: confirmation as circuit judge, S11513 [19NO]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7148 [22JY], S7625 [31JY]
———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2568), S4862 [23MY], S5563-S5566 [14JN]
National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (S. Res. 339), S10389 [10OC]
Native Americans: settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (S. 2567), S4861 [23MY], S4961
Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation, S1647 [7MR]
———improve safey (H.R. 3609), conference report, S11000 [14NO]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1647 [7MR], S2448 [10AP], S2800, S2801 [17AP], S3247 [24AP], S3342, S3381 [25AP]
Public welfare programs: promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2876), S7941 [1AU]
Senate: legislative program, S11000 [14NO]
Shedd, Dennis W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11512 [19NO]
Taxation: expand credit for fuel cell power system development, S3381 [25AP]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S5425 [12JN]
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5425 [12JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S1701 [8MR]
Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning, S848 [14FE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4804 [23MY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4804 [23MY], S7823 [1AU]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S1701 [8MR]
Voting: permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail, S1187 [26FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S1187 [26FE]
Washington State Labor Council: anniversary, S657
Reports filed
Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2808) (S. Rept. 107-224), S7429 [26JY]
Texts of
S. 1990, Emergency Contraception Education Act, S1600 [6MR]
S. 2567, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act, S4861 [23MY]
S. 2568, MediFair Act, S4862 [23MY]
S. 2641, Ban Asbestos in America Act, S5710-S5712 [18JN]
Tributes
Burnett, Wally, S2254 [21MR]
Claplanhoo, Ruth E., S2258
Kennedy, Senator, S1165 [26FE]
Pailthorp, Mickie, S8915
Pavel, Donald and Anne, S230
Powell, Lura, S10353
Wellstone, Paul D., S10850 [13NO]