[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 23, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6549-S6551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 15

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 15, a bill to establish a 
new budget process to create a comprehensive plan to rein in spending, 
reduce the deficit, and regain control of the Federal budget process.


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational 
assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed 
Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 60

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from

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North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 
and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as cosponsors of S. 
60, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means 
for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children.


                                 S. 82

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 82, a bill to reaffirm 
the authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate the 
programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence 
community, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 156

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 156, a bill to make the 
moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory 
taxes on electronic commerce permanent.


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 223

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 223, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                 S. 231

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 231, a bill to authorize the 
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 
2006 levels through 2012.
  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
231, supra.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 331

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 331, a bill to provide 
grants from moneys collected from violations of the corporate average 
fuel economy program to be used to expand infrastructure necessary to 
increase the availability of alternative fuels.


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 392, a bill to ensure 
payment of United States assessments for United Nations peacekeeping 
operations for the 2005 through 2008 time period.


                                 S. 442

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 442, a bill to provide 
for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 543, a bill 
to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent 
compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a 
hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare 
program.


                                 S. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to limit the 
use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill to 
protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration 
with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 661, a bill to establish kinship navigator 
programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 675

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 675, a bill to provide 
competitive grants for training court reporters and closed captioners 
to meet requirements for realtime writers under the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 691, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under the 
Medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 694, 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 
light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code to provide a tax credit to individuals who enter into 
agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened 
species, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 807, a bill to amend the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 to provide that manure shall not be considered to be a hazardous 
substance, pollutant, or contaminant.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) 
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. 911

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and 
treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have 
access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric 
cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer 
database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.


                                 S. 921

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 921, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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. 994

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.

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Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 994, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to eliminate the deductible and change the method 
of determining the mileage reimbursement rate under the beneficiary 
travel program administered by the Secretary of Veteran Affairs, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care 
furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access 
hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors 
that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for 
additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such 
emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1019

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1019, a bill to provide 
comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1117, a bill to 
establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1155

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1155, a bill 
to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals 
from real estate.


                                S. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1172, a bill to reduce hunger in the United States.


                                S. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill 
to enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve 
rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with 
paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1224

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 1224, a bill to amend title XXI 
of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health 
Insurance Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1338

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1338, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-year 
moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for imaging 
services.


                                S. 1339

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1339, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 
recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public 
elementary and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1370

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1370, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure more investment and innovation 
in clean energy technologies.


                                S. 1389

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1389, a bill 
to authorize the National Science Foundation to establish a Climate 
Change Education Program.


                                S. 1410

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 1410, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit 
against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.


                              S. RES. 203

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 203, a resolution calling 
on the Government of the People's Republic of China to use its unique 
influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in 
Darfur, Sudan.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1146

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and 
the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1146 proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for 
comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1151

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
DeMint), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1151 intended to be proposed to S. 
1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1157 intended to be 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 name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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 New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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. 1161

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1161 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1165

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1165 proposed to S. 1348, a 
bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other 
purposes.

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