[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 4, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S2767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 144, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                 S. 295

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 295, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the quality and 
efficiency of the Medicare program through measurement of readmission 
rates and resource use and to develop a pilot program to provide 
episodic payments to organized groups of multispecialty and multilevel 
providers of services and suppliers for hospitalization episodes 
associated with select, high cost diagnoses.


                                 S. 330

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 330, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and 
lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 355

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 355, a bill to enhance the 
capacity of the United States to undertake global development 
activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 388, a bill to extend the termination date for the 
exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for 
temporary workers.


                                 S. 405

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 405, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 422, a bill 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health 
Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 
heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 473

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 473, a bill to 
establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation.


                                 S. 482

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 482, a bill to 
require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports 
in electronic form.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 484, a bill to amend title II of the Social 
Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall 
elimination provisions.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to 
restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to 
inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 510

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 510, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.


                               S. RES. 49

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 49, a resolution to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of public 
diplomacy.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 607

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 607 proposed 
to H.R. 1105, a bill making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 615

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 615 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1105, a bill making omnibus appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 622

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 622 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1105, a bill making omnibus appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 638

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 638 proposed to 
H.R. 1105, a bill making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

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