[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 66 (Thursday, April 24, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3402-S3403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 21, a bill to expand access 
to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended 
pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.


                                 S. 34

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 34, a bill to promote 
simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of 
sales and use taxes.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 661, a bill to establish kinship navigator programs, 
to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1117, a bill to 
establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1311

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1311, a bill to 
permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing in the North Aleutian Basin 
Planning Area, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1882

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1882, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the 
recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate 
critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, 
and tribal public health agencies.


                                S. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) 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. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1954, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to pharmacies 
under part D.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2059, a bill to amend the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with 
respect to airline flight crews.


                                S. 2160

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2160, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to establish a pain care initiative in 
health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2209

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2254, a bill to 
establish the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area in the State of 
Mississippi, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2320

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2320, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to 
coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under 
the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose 
entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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 Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 2485

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2485, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical 
therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 2512

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2512, a bill to 
establish the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area in the State of 
Mississippi, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2533

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


                                S. 2619

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2619, a bill to protect 
innocent

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Americans from violent crime in national parks.


                                S. 2666

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 2689

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2689, a bill to amend section 411h of title 37, 
United States Code, to provide travel and transportation allowances for 
family members of members of the uniformed services with serious 
inpatient psychiatric conditions.


                                S. 2702

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2702, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to improve access to, and increase utilization of, 
bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part B Program.


                                S. 2753

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2753, a bill to protect consumers, and 
especially young consumers, from skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair 
credit card practices, and deceptive credit offers.


                                S. 2760

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2760, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the National 
Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and 
improvement of Federal-State military coordination in domestic 
emergency response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) 
and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 2766, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a 
recreational vessel.


                                S. 2775

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2775, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to treat 
certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing services 
under contract with the United States Government as American employers 
for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2785, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' 
services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2799

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2799, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care 
services available to women veterans, especially those serving in 
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2819, a bill to preserve 
access to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program 
during an economic downturn, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2878

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2878, a bill to amend the 
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to provide for 
specified civil penalties for violations of that Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2895

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2895, a bill to amend the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 to maintain eligibility, for Federal PLUS loans, of 
borrowers who are 90 or more days delinquent on mortgage loan payments, 
or for whom foreclosure proceedings have been initiated, with respect 
to their primary residence.


                              S. RES. 482

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 482, a resolution 
designating July 26, 2008, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy''.


                              S. RES. 515

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 515, a 
resolution commemorating the life and work of Dith Pran.


                              S. RES. 523

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 523, a resolution expressing the strong support 
of the Senate for the declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization at the Bucharest Summit that Ukraine and Georgia will 
become members of the alliance.

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