[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 5, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1597-S1599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 12

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 12, a bill to 
promote home ownership, manufacturing, and economic growth.


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors 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. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 329, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and 
pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to amend the 
Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane 
slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 522

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) 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. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to 
limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), and the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 626, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research 
and public health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the 
treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the 
reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health 
care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals 
in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1161

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1164, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and 
utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the 
Medicare Program.


                                S. 1310

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1310, a bill to amend 
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XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of 
increased payments for ground ambulance services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1390

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name 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. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1576

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1576, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic 
minority groups.


                                S. 1675

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to implement 
the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to 
the Congress regarding low-power FM service.


                                S. 1693

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1693, a bill to enhance 
the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information 
technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of 
health care in the United States.


                                S. 1853

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1853, a bill to 
promote competition, to preserve the ability of local governments to 
provide broadband capability and services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2004

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2004, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to establish epilepsy centers of 
excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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. 2170

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of qualified 
restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the 
depreciation deduction.


                                S. 2243

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2243, a bill to strongly 
encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support for 
institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way 
aid and abet terrorism, to secure full Saudi cooperation in the 
investigation of terrorist incidents, to denounce Saudi sponsorship of 
extremist Wahhabi ideology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 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. 2421

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2421, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax benefits to 
individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated.


                                S. 2439

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2458

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2458, a bill to 
promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement 
administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal 
matching grant program.


                                S. 2460

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2598

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2598, a bill to increase 
the supply and lower the cost of petroleum by temporarily suspending 
the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


                                S. 2606

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2606, a bill to reauthorize the 
United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2639

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2639, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an 
assured adequate level of funding for veterans health care.


                              S. RES. 455

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 455, a resolution 
calling for peace in Darfur.


                              S. RES. 459

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 459, a resolution 
expressing the strong support of the Senate for the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization to extend invitations for membership to Albania, 
Croatia, and Macedonia at the April 2008 Bucharest Summit, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4088

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4088 
intended to be proposed to S. 2663, 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4093

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4093 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2663, 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4105

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4105 proposed to S. 2663, 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

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consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4105 proposed to S. 2663, supra.

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