[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9493-S9494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to 
facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for 
information and referral on human services, volunteer services, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 400, a bill to amend 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a 
medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance 
coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 826

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 826, a bill to 
posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Alice Paul, in 
recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement and in 
advancing equal rights for women.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to improve 
the quality of federal and state data regarding the availability and 
quality of broadband services and to promote the deployment of 
affordable broadband services to all parts of the Nation.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1738, a bill to require the Department of Justice to develop and 
implement a National Strategy Child Exploitation Prevention and 
Interdiction, 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 child predators.
  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name and the name of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 1738, supra.


                                S. 2405

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2405, a bill to provide additional appropriations for payments under 
section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.


                                S. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2641, a bill 
to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the 
transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing 
facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement 
of requirements with respect to such facilities.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2668, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F.


                                S. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Gregg) were added as cosponsors 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. 3070

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, his name was withdrawn as a 
cosponsor of S. 3070, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of 
America, and for other proposes.


                                S. 3308

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3308, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration 
agencies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3325

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3325, 
a bill to enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property 
laws, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3331

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3331, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the 
manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly.


                                S. 3367

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3367, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the timeframe 
for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health 
clinics under the Medicare program.


                                S. 3389

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3389, a bill to require, for the 
benefit of shareholders, the disclosure of payments to foreign 
governments for the extraction of natural resources, to allow such 
shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks.


                                S. 3419

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Arkansas

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(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3419, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to modernize the disability benefits claims processing system 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and timely 
delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3484

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 3484, a bill to provide 
for a delay in the phase out of the hospice budget neutrality 
adjustment factor under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.


                                S. 3517

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3517, a bill to 
amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the 
Public Health Service Act to provide parity under group health plans 
and group health insurance coverage for the provision of benefits for 
prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and 
surgical services.


                                S. 3525

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) and the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as cosponsors of S. 3525, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'', and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3527

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3527, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for certain 
medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by 
providing two-fiscal year budget authority.


                                S. 3532

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3532, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the 
Secretary of the Treasury to establish the standard mileage rate for 
use of a passenger automobile for purposes of the charitable 
contributions deduction and to exclude charitable mileage 
reimbursements from gross income.


                                S. 3538

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3538, a bill to amend the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to suspend a prohibition on 
payments to certain farms with limited base acres for the 2008 and 2009 
crop years, to extend the signup for direct payments and counter-
cyclical payments for the 2008 crop year, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3539

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3539, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the United States 
of America.


                                S. 3569

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 3569, a bill to make 
improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, 
and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 499

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 499, a resolution 
urging Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is also the 
head of the Fatah Party, to officially abrogate the 10 articles in the 
Fatah Constitution that call for Israel's destruction and terrorism 
against Israel, oppose any political solution, and label Zionism as 
racism.


                              S. RES. 664

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 664, a resolution 
celebrating the centennial of Union Station in Washington, District of 
Columbia.

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