[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 30 (Monday, February 25, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1121-S1124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 22

   At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of 
educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the 
Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 211

   At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to 
facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for 
information and referral on human services, volunteer services, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 243

   At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 243, a bill to improve 
patient access to health care services and provide improved medical 
care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system

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places on the health care delivery system.


                                 S. 367

   At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods 
made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 548

   At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 548, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 718

   At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to 
optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical 
care workforce.


                                 S. 950

   At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 950, a bill to develop 
and maintain an integrated system of coastal and ocean observations for 
the Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of 
tsunami, hurricanes, El Nino events, and other natural hazards, to 
enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, to improve 
management of coastal and marine resources, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 1001

   At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1001, a bill to 
restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.


                                 S. 1125

   At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to 
encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure 
capacity and to enhance modal tax equity.


                                 S. 1161

   At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1161, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the expansion of medicare 
coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.


                                 S. 1181

   At the request of Mr. Reed, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1181, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide 
shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation.


                                 S. 1287

   At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax 
refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.


                                 S. 1373

   At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1373, a bill to provide 
grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of 
science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high 
technology activities.


                                 S. 1375

   At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to 
ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about 
postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with 
essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes 
of Health on postpartum depression.


                                S. 1376

   At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the drug 
discount program under section 340B of such Act to improve the 
provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net 
provides.


                                 S. 1390

   At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1390, a bill to 
provide for the issuance of a ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices 
of the brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded 
the Purple Heart.


                                 S. 1494

   At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1494, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs 
for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.


                                 S. 1572

   At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1572, a bill 
to increase the number of well-trained mental health service 
professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical 
mental health care to children and adolescents, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 1707

   At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1707, a bill 
to reduce the duty on certain golf club components.


                                 S. 1738

   At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1738, a bill to establish a Special Counsel 
for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of 
the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against 
Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer 
forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability 
of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute predators.


                                 S. 1901

   At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1901, a bill to 
amend Public Law 98-513 to provide for the inheritance of small 
fractional interests within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.


                                 S. 1921

   At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) 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. 2064

   At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2064, a bill to 
fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses.


                                 S. 2119

   At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) and the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors 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. 2144

   At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2144, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of feasibility 
relating to the construction and operation of pipelines and carbon 
dioxide sequestration facilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 2166

   At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 2279

   At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2279, a bill to combat international violence 
against women and girls.


                                 S. 2314

   At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms.

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Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2314, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems 
eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient 
property credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 2323

   At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 2372

   At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 2433

   At the request of Ms. Snowe, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2433, a bill to require the President to develop and implement a 
comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy 
objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination 
of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium 
Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people 
worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.


                                 S. 2439

   At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2439, a bill to require the National Incident Based 
Reporting System, the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and the Law 
Enforcement National Data Exchange Program to list cruelty to animals 
as a separate offense category.


                                 S. 2444

   At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2444, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish and evaluate 
sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing 
integrated environmental, economic, and social sustainability 
initiatives, and to direct the Secretary of Education to convene a 
summit of higher education experts in the area of sustainability.


                                 S. 2460

   At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2460, a bill to extend by one year the 
moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State 
financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health 
Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate 
medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the 
finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes.


                                 S. 2510

   At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2510, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for 
quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology 
preparations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 2523

   At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2523, a bill to establish the National Affordable 
Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for 
the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and 
affordable housing for low-income families.


                                 S. 2555

   At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2555, a bill to permit 
California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas 
emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 2560

   At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2560, a bill to create the 
income security conditions and family supports needed to ensure 
permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 2569

   At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2569, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute 
to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use 
in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, 
ovarian cancer.


                                 S. 2575

   At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2575, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to remove certain limitations on 
the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under 
Montgomery GI Bill, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 2578

   At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) 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. 2579

   At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2579, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the establishment of 
the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American soldier of both 
today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the 
traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its 
role in American society, from the colonial period to today.


                                 S. 2595

   At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) 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 Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) 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 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
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. 2631

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2631, a bill to 
award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition 
of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, 
human rights, and democracy in Burma.
  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2631, supra.


                                S. 2633

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator 
from New York

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(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2636

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), 
the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2636, a 
bill to provide needed housing reform.


                                S. 2643

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2643, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to 
control hazardous air pollutant emissions from electric utility steam 
generating units.


                                S. 2650

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2650, a bill to 
provide for a 5-year carryback of certain net operating losses and to 
suspend the 90 percent alternative minimum tax limit on certain net 
operating losses.


                              S. RES. 454

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 454, a resolution 
designating the month of March 2008 as ``MRSA Awareness Month''.

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