[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 104 (Monday, June 23, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5962-S5964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 667

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 667, a bill to expand programs of 
early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child 
abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental 
and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical 
services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency 
departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing 
a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective 
delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for 
certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and 
by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working 
Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1103

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Vermont

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(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1103, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to include costs incurred by the 
Indian Health Service, a Federally qualified health center, an AIDS 
drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical 
manufacturer patient assistance program in providing prescription drugs 
toward the annual out of pocket threshold under part D of the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1161

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1437, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


                                S. 1589

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1589, a bill to amend title XIX of the 
Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for 
enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the 
discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations.


                                S. 1595

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1595, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the 
manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a 
hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to 
communicate United States travel policies and improve marketing and 
other activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 1977

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1977, a bill to 
provide for sustained United States leadership in a cooperative global 
effort to prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce global nuclear arsenals, 
stop the spread of nuclear weapons and related material and technology, 
and support the responsible and peaceful use of nuclear technology.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to 
rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular 
disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2102

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. 2102, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting 
period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare 
benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-
threatening conditions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2120

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2120, a bill to authorize 
the establishment of a Social Investment and Economic Development Fund 
for the Americas to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the 
middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in the 
countries of the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2238

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to 
amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to 
provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of 
deficient dams.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) 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. 2433

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, his 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. 2510

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name 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 name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 2569

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 2618

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2652

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2652, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to make a grant 
to the National World War II Museum Foundation for facilities and 
programs of America's National World War II Museum.


                                S. 2681

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and 
the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2681, a bill to require the issuance of medals to recognize the 
dedication and valor of Native American code talkers.


                                S. 2771

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2771, a bill to require the 
president to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 
2010.

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                                S. 2776

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2776, a bill to provide 
duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction 
Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2795

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2795, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small 
businesses and the self employed that would offer a choice of private 
health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and 
accessible.


                                S. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2883, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.


                                S. 2976

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2976, a bill to require the United States 
Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices 
against certain oil exporting countries.


                                S. 3093

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3093, a bill to 
extend and improve the effectiveness of the employment eligibility 
confirmation program.


                                S. 3140

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3140, a bill to provide that 
4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal 
employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3141

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3141, a bill to provide for 
nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Federal Family Education 
Loan Program.


                                S. 3168

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3168, a bill to authorize 
United States participation in the replenishment of resources of the 
International Development Association, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3169

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3169, a bill to authorize 
United States participation in, and appropriations for the United 
States contribution to, the eleventh replenishment of the resources of 
the African Development Fund.


                              S.J. RES. 41

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 41, a joint 
resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.


                              S. RES. 300

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 300, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia (FYROM) should stop the utilization of materials that violate 
provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between 
FYROM and Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and 
should work with the United Nations and Greece to achieve longstanding 
United States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually-
acceptable official name for FYROM.


                              S. RES. 594

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 594, a resolution 
designating September 2008 as ``Tay-Sachs Awareness Month''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5013

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5013 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 3221, a bill to provide needed housing reform and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5020

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5020 intended to be proposed 
to H.R. 3221, a bill to provide needed housing reform and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5022

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5022 intended to be proposed 
to H.R. 3221, a bill to provide needed housing reform and for other 
purposes.

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