[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 114 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6604-S6605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed 
services who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain costs 
of health care services under the health care programs of the 
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to enhance and 
further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the 
quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical 
disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax 
refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.


                                S. 1932

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1932, a bill to amend the 
Small Business Act to increase SBIR and STTR program expenditures.


                                S. 2182

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


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to 
amend title

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35, United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning inventions 
are not patentable, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2453

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2453, a bill to amend 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify requirements 
relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of national origin.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                S. 2704

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2704, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare 
coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed 
under the general supervision of a physician.


                                S. 2767

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2767, a bill to provide for 
judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under 
section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 2875

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2875, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide grants to designated States and 
tribes to carry out programs to reduce the risk of livestock loss due 
to predation by gray wolves and other predator species or to compensate 
landowners for livestock loss due to predation.


                                S. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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. 2908

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2908, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the display of 
Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards.


                                S. 2916

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 2916, a bill to 
ensure greater transparency in the Federal contracting process, and to 
help prevent contractors that violate criminal laws from obtaining 
Federal contracts.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2932, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media 
campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison 
prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the 
public health of people of the United States.


                                S. 3038

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3038, a bill to amend part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the adoption 
incentives program, to authorize States to establish a relative 
guardianship program, to promote the adoption of children with special 
needs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3093

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


                                S. 3125

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Salazar), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3125, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain 
expiring provisions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3127

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3127, a bill to reauthorize the 
Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the 
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve 
oversight of high containment laboratories.


                                S. 3150

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3150, a bill to 
prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of 
Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing 
congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain 
use fees at airports.


                                S. 3209

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3209, a bill to 
amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify the filing 
period applicable to charges of discrimination, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3223

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and 
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 3223, a bill to establish a small business energy emergency 
disaster loan program.


                                S. 3238

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3238, a bill to prohibit the importation of ruminants and swine, and 
fresh and frozen meat and products of ruminants and swine, from 
Argentina until the Secretary of Agriculture certifies to Congress that 
every region of Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease without 
vaccination.


                              S.J. RES. 43

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 43, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to marriage.


                              S. RES. 598

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 598, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United 
States to lead renewed international efforts to assist developing 
nations in conserving natural resources and preventing the impending 
extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species.

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