[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S31]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME

  The following bills were read the first time:

       S. 1. A bill to create jobs, restore economic growth, and 
     strengthen America's middle class through measures that 
     modernize the nation's infrastructure, enhance America's 
     energy independence, expand educational opportunities, 
     preserve and improve affordable health care , provide tax 
     relief, and protect those in greatest need, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 2. A bill to improve the lives of middle class families 
     and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the 
     American dream.
       S. 3. A bill to protect homeowners and consumers by 
     reducing foreclosures, ensuring the availability of credit 
     for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the 
     financial regulatory system, and for other purposes.
       S. 4. A bill to guarantee affordable, quality health 
     coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes.
       S. 5. A bill to improve the economy and security of the 
     United States by reducing the dependence of the United States 
     on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of 
     global warming, and for other purposes.
       S. 6. A bill to restore and enhance the national security 
     of the United States.
       S. 7. A bill to expand educational opportunities for all 
     Americans by increasing access to high-quality early 
     childhood education and after school programs, advancing 
     reform in elementary and secondary education, strengthening 
     mathematics and science instruction, and ensuring that higher 
     education is more affordable, and for other purposes.
       S. 8. A bill to return the Government to the people by 
     reviewing controversial ``midnight regulations'' issued in 
     the waning days of the Bush Administration.
       S. 9. A bill to strengthen the United States economy, 
     provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, 
     and for other purposes.
       S. 10. A bill to restore fiscal discipline and begin to 
     address the long-term fiscal challenges facing the United 
     States, and for other purposes.
       S. 33. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     with respect to the proper tax treatment of certain 
     indebtedness discharged in 2009 or 2010, and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 34. A bill to prevent the Federal Communications 
     Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.

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