[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 17 (Monday, February 13, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1129-S1130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 345

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful 
benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 914

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 914, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant 
program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand 
the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and 
biomedical research.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to 
restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1272, a bill 
to amend title 46, United States Code, and title II of the Social 
Security Act 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.


                                S. 1799

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1799, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social 
security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and 
surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions 
shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of 
the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension 
exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                S. 1800

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 1881

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1881, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the Old Mint at San Francisco otherwise known as the ``Granite Lady'', 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1934

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1934, a bill to reauthorize the 
grant program of the Department of Justice for reentry of offenders 
into the community, to establish a task force on Federal programs and 
activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2253, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of 
Mexico for oil and gas leasing.


                                S. 2255

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2255, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit removal of 
covered part D drugs from a prescription drug plan formulary during the 
plan year once an individual has enrolled in the plan.


                                S. 2258

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2258, a bill to 
amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to

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increase the membership of the Board of Directors and require that each 
State in the service area of the Tennessee Valley Authority be 
represented by at least 1 member.


                                S. 2273

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New York (Mr. 
Schumer), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2273, a bill to make available funds 
included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 program for fiscal year 2006, and for 
other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 28

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 28, a 
joint resolution approving the location of the commemorative work in 
the District of Columbia honoring former President Dwight D. 
Eisenhower.


                            S. CON. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 71, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress 
that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to 
demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when 
driving in the proximity of a potentially visually impaired individual.


                              S. RES. 313

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 313, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that a National Methamphetamine 
Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of 
methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the 
use of that damaging narcotic.

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