[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 145 (Friday, September 12, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8479-S8480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 860

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide 
Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 935, a bill to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor 
annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and 
indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Michigan

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(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1556

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1556, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income 
for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries 
of employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to establish a 
Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction 
within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the 
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for 
regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to 
increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and 
prosecute predators.


                                S. 2618

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 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. 2919

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2919, a bill to promote 
the accurate transmission of network traffic identification 
information.


                                S. 3197

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3197, a bill to amend title 11, 
United States Code, to exempt for a limited period, from the 
application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, 
qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and 
members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called 
to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less 
than 90 days.


                                S. 3353

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3353, a bill to 
provide temporary financial relief for rural school districts adversely 
impacted by the current energy crisis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3380

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3380, a bill 
to promote increased public transportation use, to promote increased 
use of alternative fuels in providing public transportation, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5278

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5278 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5302

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5302 
intended to be proposed to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5308

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5308 intended to be proposed to S. 
3001, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5338

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of amendment No. 5338 intended to be proposed to S. 3001, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5399

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5399 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5444

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 5444 intended to be proposed to S. 3001, 
an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.

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