[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 5, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14787-S14788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 65

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 65, a bill to modify the 
age-60 standard for certain pilots and for other purposes.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor 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. 453

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 453, a bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.


                                 S. 458

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 458, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare 
program.


                                 S. 522

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 522, a bill to safeguard the 
economic health of the United States and the health and safety of the 
United States citizens by improving the management, coordination, and 
effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property 
rights enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 561

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to repeal the 
sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 
with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption 
assistance programs.


                                 S. 602

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to 
develop the next generation of parental control technology.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, 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. 694

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, her name 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. 814

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 814, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-
advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.


                                 S. 827

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to 
establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the States of 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 884, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act regarding residential treatment programs 
for pregnant and parenting women, a program to reduce substance abuse 
among nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 910

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 910, a bill to provide 
for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own 
health needs and the health needs of their families.


                                 S. 972

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 972, a bill to 
provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other 
sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1019

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) 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. 1395

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1395, a bill to prevent unfair 
practices in credit card accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1430, a bill to authorize State and local 
governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, 
companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy 
sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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 New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 1731

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 1910

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1910, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide that amounts derived from Federal grants and State 
matching funds in connection with revolving funds established in 
accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe 
Drinking Water Act will not be treated as proceeds or replacement 
proceeds for purposes of section 148 of such Code.


                                S. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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 Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) 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.

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                                S. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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 New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 2071

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2071, a bill to enhance the ability to combat 
methamphetamine.


                                S. 2088

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2088, a bill 
to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security 
Letters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2129

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2129, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the 
infrastructure foundation for the hydrogen economy, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2133

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2133, a bill to authorize 
bankruptcy courts to take certain actions with respect to mortgage 
loans in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2140

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as cosponsors of S. 2140, a bill 
to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Francis Collins, in recognition 
of his outstanding contributions and leadership in the fields of 
medicine and genetics.


                                S. 2209

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2209, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve 
America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2279

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2279, a bill to combat international violence against women and 
girls.


                                S. 2307

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2307, a bill to amend the 
Global Change Research Act of 1990, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2332

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2334

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2334, a bill to withhold 10 
percent of the Federal funding apportioned for highway construction and 
maintenance from States that issue driver's licenses to individuals 
without verifying the legal status of such individuals.


                                S. 2344

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2344, a bill to create a 
competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate Internet 
education for children.


                                S. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2347, a bill to restore and protect access to discount drug 
prices for university-based and safety-net clinics.


                                S. 2355

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2355, a bill to 
amend the National Climate Program Act to enhance the ability of the 
United States to develop and implement climate change adaptation 
programs and policies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2356

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2356, a bill to enhance 
national security by restricting access of illegal aliens to driver's 
licenses and State-issued identification documents.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to 
amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the 
tariffs on certain footwear.


                                S. 2400

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2400, a bill to amend title 
37, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to continue 
to pay to a member of the Armed Forces who is retired or separated from 
the Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury certain bonuses that 
the member was entitled to before the retirement or separation and 
would continue to be entitled to if the member was not retired or 
separated, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 22

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb), and the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) 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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