[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 166 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S14186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to facilitate 
nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and 
referral on human services, volunteer services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public 
health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, 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. 566

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 566, a bill to 
continue State coverage of medicaid prescription drug coverage to 
medicare dual eligible beneficiaries for 6 months while still allowing 
the medicare part D benefit to be implemented as scheduled.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to 
enhance compliance assistance for small businesses.


                                S. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), 
the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 1139, a bill to amend the Animal 
Welfare Act to strengthen the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture 
to regulate the pet industry.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill 
to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through 
grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional 
development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered 
through institutions of higher education.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable 
contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public 
disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the 
ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building 
assets, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1800

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1800, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax 
credit.


                                S. 1840

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1840, a bill to amend 
section 340B of the Public Health Service Act to increase the 
affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals.


                                S. 1948

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1948, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce 
the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new three-tiered 
approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is 
responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1964

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1964, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the determination and 
deduction of interest on qualified education loans.


                                S. 2075

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2075, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien students who are long-term United States 
residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 2

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 2, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relative to require a balanced budget and protect Social 
Security surpluses.


                              S. RES. 253

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 253, a resolution 
designating October 7, 2005, as ``National `It's Academic' Television 
Quiz Show Day''.


                              S. RES. 320

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 320, a 
resolution calling the President to ensure that the foreign policy of 
the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity 
concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and 
genocide documented in the United States record relating to the 
Armenian Genocide.




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