[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 131 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11213-S11215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, a bill to enhance 
the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste, to assure protection of public health safety, to 
ensure the territorial integrity and security of the repository at 
Yucca Mountain, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was addedl as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to restore 
habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.


                                 S. 453

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 453, a bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal 
elections.


                                 S. 507

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 507, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of 
certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable 
reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                 S. 573

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to amend the 
Federal

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Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to 
improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, 
stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit and 
the low-income housing credit.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597, a bill to extend 
the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 662

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to 
evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, 
Maine, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the 
site as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 771

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 771, a bill to 
amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and 
health of school children by updating the definition of ``food of 
minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and 
to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and 
breakfast programs.


                                 S. 772

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to amend the Federal 
antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions 
from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to 
railroads.


                                 s. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill 
to repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending 
of child support incentive payments.


                                 s. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the 
treatment an prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the 
reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health 
care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals 
in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 860

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, 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. 970

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1035, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce fraud and abuse in certain 
visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States.


                                s. 1090

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1090, a bill to 
amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to assist the 
neediest of senior citizens by modifying the eligibility criteria for 
supplemental foods provided under the commodity supplemental food 
program to take into account the extraordinarily high out-of-pocket 
medical expenses that senior citizens pay, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1175, a bill to end the use of child 
soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1233

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1233, a bill to provide and enhance intervention, 
rehabilitative treatment, and services to veterans with traumatic brain 
injury, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1332

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to 
children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive 
mental health programs.


                                s. 1338

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) 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. 1459

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to strengthen 
the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of 
psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and psoriatic 
arthritis data collection, study access to and quality of care for 
people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1514

   At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1514, a bill to 
revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.


                                s. 1553

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1553, a bill to 
provide additional assistance to combat HIV/AIDS among young people, 
and for other purposes.


                                s. 1621

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) 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. 1627

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1627, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the benefits for 
businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or 
renewal communities, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1638

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to adjust the 
salaries of Federal justices and judges, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

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(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to 
communicate United States travel policies and improve marketing and 
other activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                s. 1731

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1731, a bill to provide 
for the continuing review of unauthorized Federal programs and agencies 
and to establish a bipartisan commission for the purposes of improving 
oversight and eliminating wasteful Government spending.


                                s. 1760

   At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1760, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy 
Start Initiative.


                                s. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1833, a bill 
to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require third-party 
verification of compliance of children's products with consumer product 
safety standards promulgated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
and for other purposes.


                                s. 1924

   At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson ) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to amend 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that 
a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection 
activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the 
performance of such employee's duty.


                                s. 1944

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1944, a bill to 
provide justice for victims of state-sponsored terrorism.


                                s. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1951, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure 
that individuals eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid 
program continue to have access to prescription drugs, and for other 
purposes.


                                s. 1958

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1958, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure and foster continued 
patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria 
for long-term care hospitals and related improvements under the 
Medicare program.


                                s. 1964

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1964, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish new separate 
fee schedule areas for physicians' services in States with multiple fee 
schedule areas to improve Medicare physician geographic payment 
accuracy, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2017

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 2017, a bill 
to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for national 
energy efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps, and 
for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 2664

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2664 
proposed to H.R. 2642, a bill making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 2673

  At the request of Mr. Webb, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2673 proposed to H.R. 2642, a bill making appropriations 
for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for 
other purposes.

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