[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 170 (Monday, November 5, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13768-S13769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 s. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 400, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of 
absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation.


                                 s. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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. 661

  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
661, a bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish 
guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 759

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 759, a bill to 
prohibit the use of funds for military operations in Iran.


                                 s. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 773, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and 
military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis 
and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 s. 836

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for 
sewer overflow control grants.


                                s. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1159, a bill to amend part 
B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full 
Federal funding of such part.


                                s. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1551, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the 
goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1580

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 1580, a bill to 
reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other 
purposes.


                                s. 1638

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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 Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1854

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1854, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve 
elderly suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, and for 
other purposes.

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                                s. 1876

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1876, a bill to prohibit 
extraterritorial detention and rendition, except under limited 
circumstances, to modify the definition of ``unlawful enemy combatant'' 
for purposes of military commissions, to extend statutory habeas corpus 
to detainees, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to amend part 
E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide equitable access 
for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal 
areas, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1963, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by 
the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds.


                                s. 1991

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark National 
Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with the 
preparation and return phases of the expedition, and for other 
purposes.


                                s. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2056, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial 
stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident 
physicians.


                                s. 2058

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2058, a bill to amend the 
Commodity Exchange Act to close the Enron loophole, prevent price 
manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy 
commodities, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces 
of the United States.


                                s. 2136

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2136, a bill to address the 
treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2164

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2164, a bill to 
establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award 
scholarships to recruit and prepare students for careers in the 
National Weather Service and in National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite 
programs and for other purposes.


                                s. 2166

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2166, a bill to provide for 
greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts 
owed to the United States and the international financial institutions 
by low-income countries, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2168

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2168, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to 
allow for restitution to victims of identity theft.


                                s. 2237

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2237, a bill 
to fight crime.


                                s. 2272

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2272, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service known as the Southpark 
Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the John ``Marty'' Thiels 
Southpark Station, in honor and memory of Thiels, a Louisiana postal 
worker who was killed in the line of duty on October 4, 2007.


                                s. 2300

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2300, a bill to improve the 
Small Business Act, and for other purposes.


                              s.j. res. 22

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 22, a joint resolution providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to 
Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in 
cancer and related neoplastic conditions.

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