[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 18 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1624-S1625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 8

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 8, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, a bill to extend the 
special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years.


                                 S. 77

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 77, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve death benefits for the 
families of deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 132

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 132, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for premiums on 
mortgage insurance.


                                 S. 141

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 141, a bill 
to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow up to 
24 months of vocational educational training to be counted as a work 
activity under the temporary assistance to needy families program.


                                 S. 177

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 177, a bill to further the 
purposes of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 
of 1992 by directing the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out an assessment and 
demonstration program to control salt cedar and Russian olive, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 183, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
Act to provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to 
purchase coverage under the medicaid program for such children, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 193

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 193, a bill to 
increase the penalties for violations by television and radio 
broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, 
indecent, and profane language.


                                 S. 239

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 239, a bill 
to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for medicare beneficiaries, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 265

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 265, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to add requirements regarding trauma care, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 288

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
288, a bill to extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk 
health insurance pools.


                                 S. 291

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 291, a bill to require the 
withholding of United States contributions to the United Nations until 
the President certifies that the United Nations is cooperating in the 
investigation of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.


                                 S. 306

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
306, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic 
information with respect to health insurance and employment.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 311, 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. 314

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her name was withdrawn as a 
cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to protect consumers, creditors, workers, 
pensioners, shareholders, and small businesses, by reforming the rules 
governing venue in bankruptcy cases to combat forum shopping by 
corporate debtors.


                                 S. 319

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 319, a 
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of 
minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from 
Homelessness program.


                                 S. 340

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 340, a bill to 
maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing 
conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by 
certain persons connected with the news media.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to maintain and 
expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 382, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 385

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 385, a bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 
to restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for 
commodity payments and benefits.

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                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of State to carry out activities that promote the 
adoption of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas intensity in 
developing countries, while promoting economic development, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 397

  At the request of Mr. Allen, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
397, a bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or 
continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of 
firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief 
resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
  At the request of Mr. Craig, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 397, supra.


                                 S. 406

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 406, a bill to amend title 
I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 to improve access and 
choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical 
care for their employees.


                              S.J. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 4, a joint resolution 
providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the 
Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy.


                               S. RES. 39

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Obama), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 39, a 
resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants 
of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching 
legislation.


                               S. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 44, a resolution 
celebrating Black History Month.


                               S. RES. 56

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 56, a 
resolution designating the month of March as Deep-Vein Thrombosis 
Awareness Month, in memory of journalist David Bloom.

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