[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 25 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1055-S1056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 60

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 60, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement 
in emergency medical services for children.


                                 S. 702

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 702, a bill to authorize the 
Attorney General to award grants to State courts to develop and 
implement State courts interpreter programs.


                                 S. 791

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 791, a bill 
to establish a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments 
into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the 
current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, 
establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and 
promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime 
income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance 
proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion 
of such payments.


                                S. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1277, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the 
treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory 
tests furnished by critical access hospitals.


                                S. 1328

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic 
Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to provide 
assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in 
developing countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, his name was added as a cosponsor 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. 1499

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1499, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution from marine vessels.


                                S. 1846

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1846, a bill to improve defense 
cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to 
understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems 
associated with methamphetamine use.


                                S. 1907

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1907, a bill to 
amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health 
problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) 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. 1926

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1926, a bill to establish 
the National Infrastructure Bank to provide funding for qualified 
infrastructure projects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2045

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2045, a bill to reform the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for 
children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer 
products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2136

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 2136, a bill to address the 
treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2182

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2182, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health services.


                                S. 2209

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) 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. 2218

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2218, a bill to provide 
for the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed 
Forces who were exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of 
participation in a test of atomic weapons.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, his name was added as a cosponsor of S.

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2369, a bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide that 
certain tax planning inventions are not patentable, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2401

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2401, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refund of motor fuel excise 
taxes for the actual off-highway use of certain mobile machinery 
vehicles.


                                S. 2543

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2543, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                S. 2550

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2550, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United 
States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result 
of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2578

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2578, a bill to 
temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment 
rules for case management and targeted case management services.


                                S. 2580

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2580, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the participation in higher 
education of, and to increase opportunities in employment for, 
residents of rural areas.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2595, a bill to 
create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan 
originators, to develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by 
State regulators, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2596

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2596, a bill to rescind 
funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for 
the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in such 
city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the 
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of 
Defense for the purposes of recruiting.


                                S. 2618

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2618, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of 
muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, 
Emery-Dreifuss Facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and 
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies.


                                S. 2625

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2625, a bill to ensure that deferred Department of 
Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum 
amount or in prospective monthly amounts, be excluded from 
consideration as annual income when determining eligibility for low-
income housing programs.


                                S. 2627

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2627, a bill to provide for a 
biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to 
enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.


                                S. 2633

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2633, a bill to 
provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.


                                S. 2634

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2634, a bill to 
require a report setting forth the global strategy of the United States 
to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates.


                              S. RES. 439

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 439, a resolution expressing the strong support 
of the Senate for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enter into 
a Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine.


                              S. RES. 449

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 449, a resolution condemning in the 
strongest possible terms President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 
statements regarding the State of Israel and the Holocaust and calling 
for all member States of the United Nations to do the same.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3893

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3893 
proposed to S. 1200, a bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act to revise and extend the Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3896

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3896 proposed to S. 1200, a 
bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and 
extend the Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3967

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 3967 intended to be proposed to S. 2483, a bill to 
authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the 
Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4023

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4023 
proposed to S. 1200, a bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act to revise and extend the Act.

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