[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 125 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10605-S10606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to amend the 
Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, 
delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of 
horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 681, a bill to restrict 
the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to 
inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 831

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 831, a bill to authorize 
States and local governments to prohibit the investment of State assets 
in any company that has a qualifying business relationship with Sudan.


                                 S. 912

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 912, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for 
the construction and renovation of public schools.


                                S. 1254

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1254, 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. 1323

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1323, a bill to prevent 
legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil 
liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, 
marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations 
for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or 
any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity.

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                                S. 1428

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1428, a bill to 
amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure access 
to durable medical equipment under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1451

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1451, a bill 
to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve 
health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care 
system.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, 
including national criminal history background checks, of direct 
patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing 
facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to 
provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and 
State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term 
care facilities or providers.


                                S. 1607

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1607, a bill to provide 
for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct 
the misalignment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1621

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1621, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business 
machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of 
depreciation.


                                S. 1675

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to implement 
the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to 
the Congress regarding low-power FM service.


                                S. 1693

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1693, a bill to enhance 
the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information 
technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of 
health care in the United States.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a bill to amend the 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide 
additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1741

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1741, a bill to modernize 
the manufactured housing loan insurance program under title I of the 
National Housing Act.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1780, a bill to require the FCC, in enforcing 
its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to 
maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered 
indecent.


                                S. 1886

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1886, a bill to provide 
a refundable and advanceable credit for health insurance through the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to provide for improved private health 
insurance access and affordability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1894

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1894, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide family and medical 
leave to primary caregivers of servicemembers with combat -related 
injuries.


                                S. 1898

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1898, 
a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand 
family and medical leave for spouses, sons, daughters, and parents of 
servicemembers with combat-related injuries.


                                S. 1903

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1903, a bill to extend the temporary 
protected status designation of Liberia under section 244 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act so that Liberians can continue to be 
eligible for such status through September 30, 2008.


                              S. RES. 196

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 196, a resolution 
commending Idaho on winning the bid to host the 2009 Special Olympics 
World Winter Games.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2552

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2552 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 976, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide tax relief for small businesses, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2560

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2560 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 976, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for small businesses, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2588

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2588 intended to be proposed to H.R. 976, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief 
for small businesses, and for other purposes.

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