[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 13, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14285-S14287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 334

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 334, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private 
health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be 
taken away.


                                 S. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 594, a bill to limit the use, sale, and 
transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 613

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to enhance the 
overseas stabilization and reconstruction capabilities of the United 
States Government, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 667

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 667, a bill to expand programs of early childhood home visitation 
that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and 
early identification of developmental and health delays, including 
potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 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. 937

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
937, a bill to improve support and services for individuals with autism 
and their families.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1014

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1014, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide parental 
choice for those students that attend schools that are in need of 
improvement and have been identified for restructuring.


                                S. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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. 1233

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1243

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1243, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of 
military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 
years of age.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill 
to establish on behalf of consumers a fiduciary duty and other 
standards of care for mortgage brokers and originators, and to 
establish standards to assess a consumer's ability to repay, and for 
other purposes.

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                                S. 1363

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1363, a bill to improve health care for severely injured members and 
former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1386

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1386, a bill to amend 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, to provide better 
assistance to low- and moderate-income families, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1394, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to exclude from gross 
income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable 
to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations.


                                S. 1448

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1448, a bill to extend the same 
Federal benefits to law enforcement officers serving private 
institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to law 
enforcement officers serving units of State and local government.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to amend part 
E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expand Federal eligibility 
for children in foster care who have attained age 18.


                                S. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1734

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1734, a bill to provide for 
prostate cancer imaging research and education.


                                S. 1737

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1737, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver 
of the 35-mile drive requirement for designations of critical access 
hospitals.


                                S. 1800

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1800, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require 
emergency contraception to be available at all military health care 
treatment facilities.


                                S. 1812

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1812, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1852

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1852, a bill to designate the 
Friday after Thanksgiving of each year as ``Native American Heritage 
Day'' in honor of the achievements and contributions of Native 
Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1858

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1858, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant 
programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and 
coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to 
reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1858, supra.
  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1858, supra.


                                S. 1880

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1880, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting ventures.


                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1921, a bill to amend the 
American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization 
for that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1943

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1943, a bill to establish 
uniform standards for interrogation techniques applicable to 
individuals under the custody or physical control of the United States 
Government.


                                S. 1944

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


                                S. 1981

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1981, a bill to amend the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1998

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1998, a bill to reduce 
child marriage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2020

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2020, a bill to reauthorize 
the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2010, 
to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the 
``Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007'', and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2071

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2071, a bill to enhance the ability to combat 
methamphetamine.


                                S. 2092

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2092, a bill to amend 
title 11, United States Code, to improve protections for employees and 
retirees in business bankruptcies.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) 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. 2169

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2169, a bill 
to temporarily increase the portfolio caps applicable to Freddie Mac 
and Fannie Mae, to provide the necessary financing to curb foreclosures 
by facilitating the refinancing of at-risk subprime borrowers into 
safe, affordable loans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2257

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name and the names of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2257, a bill to impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and 
Development Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003 to prohibit the importation of gemstones and 
hardwoods from Burma, to promote a coordinated international effort to 
restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2257, supra.


                                S. 2267

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California

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(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2267, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit for 
eldercare expenses.


                                S. 2268

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2268, a bill to 
require issuers of long term care insurance to establish third party 
review processes for disputed claims.


                                S. 2291

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2291, a bill to enhance 
citizen access to Government information and services by establishing 
plain language as the standard style of Government documents issued to 
the public, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2310

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2310, a bill to establish a National Catastrophic Risks Consortium 
and a National Homeowners' Insurance Stabilization Program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2323

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2323, a bill to provide for the 
conduct of carbon capture and storage technology research, development, 
and demonstration projects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2324

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as cosponsors of S. 2324, a 
bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to 
enhance the Offices of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of 
the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2332

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2332, a bill to promote 
transparency in the adoption of new media ownership rules by the 
Federal Communications Commission, and to establish an independent 
panel to make recommendations on how to increase the representation of 
women and minorities in broadcast media ownership.


                              S.J. RES. 22

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 22, supra.


                              S. RES. 366

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 366, a resolution designating November 2007 as 
``National Methamphetamine Awareness Month'', to increase awareness of 
methamphetamine abuse.


                              S. RES. 371

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
371, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
issuance of State driver's licenses and other government-issued photo 
identification to illegal aliens.


                              S. RES. 372

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 372, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate on the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3508

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3508 
proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3538

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3538 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3575

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3575 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

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