[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 76 (Thursday, May 8, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3975-S3976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 573

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health 
Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 
heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to repeal 
title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which 
provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding 
authorization to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant 
driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by 
providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with 
guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national 
security.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) 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. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to require 
Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other 
actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1963, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by 
the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds.


                                S. 2161

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr.

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Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2161, a bill to ensure and 
foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the 
antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent 
pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including 
health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same 
manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National 
Labor Relations Act.


                                S. 2173

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator 
from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as cosponsors of S. 2173, a bill to 
amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 
standards for physical education.


                                S. 2182

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


                                S. 2227

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2227, a bill to provide 
grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are 
taught an academically rigorous curriculum with effective supports so 
that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high 
school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and district 
policies and programs relating to the academic achievement of students 
in the middle grades, to develop and implement effective middle school 
models for struggling students, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 2479

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2479, a bill to 
catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes in the United 
States.


                                S. 2511

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2511, a bill to amend the 
grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver 
of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal 
hardship.


                                S. 2523

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2544

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2544, a bill to provide 
for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation.


                                S. 2559

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2559, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to increase the level of earnings under 
which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of 
determining disability.


                                S. 2565

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2565, a bill to establish an 
awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of 
duty by Federal law enforcement officers.


                                S. 2756

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2756, a bill to amend the 
National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent 
background check system.


                                S. 2874

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2874, a bill to amend 
titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair 
treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the 
Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department 
of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the 
only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one 
or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards 
incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, 
accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or 
is permanently disabled, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2884

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2884, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve 
America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2938

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2938, a bill to amend titles 10 
and 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance for 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans in order to enhance 
recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2942

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2942, a bill 
to authorize funding for the National Advocacy Center.


                                S. 2979

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2979, a bill to exempt the African National Congress 
from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2991

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2991, a bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and 
other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy 
prices, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 537

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 537, a 
resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice 
made by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as 
law enforcement officers.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4718

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4718 
intended to be proposed to S. 2284, an original bill to amend the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency 
of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes.

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