[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 40 (Monday, March 10, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1818-S1819]
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. Byrd) 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. 82

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 82, a bill to reaffirm the 
authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate the 
programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence 
community, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her 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. 819

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual 
retirement accounts for charitable purposes.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) 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 Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) 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. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1175, a bill to end the 
use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1275

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1275, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and title XIX of the Social Security Act to 
provide for a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in 
the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer.


                                S. 1464

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 1464, a bill to 
establish a Global Service Fellowship Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1675

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 1681

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1681, a bill to provide 
for a paid family and medical leave insurance program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1760

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1760, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.


                                S. 1926

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name 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. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 2064

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


                                S. 2181

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2181, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare 
beneficiaries' access to home health services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 2209

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 2291

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.

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Voinovich) 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. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 2420

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2420, a bill to encourage 
the donation of excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide 
assistance to food-insecure people in the United States in contracts 
entered into by executive agencies for the provision, service, or sale 
of food.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) 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. 2452

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2452, a bill to amend 
the Truth in Lending Act to provide protection to consumers with 
respect to certain high-cost loans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2533

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2533, a bill to enact a safe, 
fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act.


                                S. 2609

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2609, a bill to establish a Global 
Service Fellowship Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2632

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 2632, a bill to ensure that the Sex Offender Registration and 
Notification Act is applied retroactively.


                                S. 2666

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2666, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment in 
affordable housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2684

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2684, a bill to reform the 
housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937.


                                S. 2688

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2688, a bill to improve the protections afforded under 
Federal law to consumers from contaminated seafood by directing the 
Secretary of Commerce to establish a program, in coordination with 
other appropriate Federal agencies, to strengthen activities for 
ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public in or 
affecting interstate commerce is fit for human consumption.


                                S. 2705

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2705, a bill to authorize 
programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces 
through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2712

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2712, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to complete at least 700 miles of 
reinforced fencing along the Southwest border by December 31, 2010, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2716

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2716, a bill to authorize the National 
Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the 
United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2718

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2718, 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. 2720

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2720, a bill to withhold 
Federal financial assistance from each country that denies or 
unreasonably delays the acceptance of nationals of such country who 
have been ordered removed from the United States and to prohibit the 
issuance of visas to nationals of such country.


                              S. RES. 390

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 390, a resolution 
designating March 11, 2008, as National Funeral Director and Mortician 
Recognition Day.

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