[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 49 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3609-S3611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 27

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 27, a bill to 
establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program.


                                 S. 244

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 244, a bill to expand programs 
of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, 
child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of 
developmental and health delays, including potential mental health 
concerns, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 254, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home 
infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.


                                 S. 257

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 257, a bill to 
amend title 11, United States Code, to disallow certain claims 
resulting from high cost credit debts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
277, a bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to 
expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
277, supra.


                                 S. 301

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 301, a bill to 
amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for transparency 
in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, 
devices, biologicals, or medical supplies for which payment is made 
under Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP.


                                 S. 307

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 307, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are 
counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be 
designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare program and 
to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation 
the number of beds provided for certain veterans.


                                 S. 343

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 343, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage 
services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the 
general supervision of a physician.


                                 S. 353

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 353, a bill to amend title IV of 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of 
pediatric research consortia.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 384, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to 
promote food security, to stimulate rural economies, and to improve 
emergency response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                 S. 448

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 448, a bill to maintain the free flow of 
information to the public by providing conditions for the federally 
compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with 
the news media.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to understand 
and comprehensively address the oral health problems associated with 
methamphetamine use.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 451, 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. 454

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 454, a bill to improve the 
organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the 
acquisition of major weapon systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 464

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 464, a bill to amend the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 to improve the educational awards 
provided for national service, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 466

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 466, a bill to amend the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Summer of Service 
State grant program, a Summer of Service national direct grant program, 
and related national activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 468

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 468, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency 
medical services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in 
emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by 
establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the 
effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional 
payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency 
departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services Working Group, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 500

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 500, a bill to 
amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for 
consumer credit transactions.


                                 S. 525

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 525, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Burris), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
535, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal 
requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor 
Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to increase 
the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were added as

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cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to require a pilot program on training, 
certification, and support for family caregivers of seriously disabled 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces to provide caregiver services 
to such veterans and members, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 546, 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. 556

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 556, a bill to 
amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to modernize the 
process by which interstate firearms transactions are conducted by 
Federal firearms licensees.


                                 S. 567

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill to repeal the 
sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on 
the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates.


                                 S. 574

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 574, a bill to enhance 
citizen access to Government information and services by establishing 
that Government documents issued to the public must be written clearly, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 582, a 
bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to protect consumers from usury, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 605

  At the request of Mr. Kaufman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 605, a bill to require 
the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule and 
effectively regulate abusive short selling activities.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 614, a bill to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (``WASP'').


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to 
ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax 
credits provided on ethanol.


                                 S. 631

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to provide for 
nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State 
background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care 
facilities or providers.


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 645, a bill to amend title 
32, United States Code, to modify the Department of Defense share of 
expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.


                                 S. 656

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 656, a bill to provide for 
the adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of 
lawful permanent residents.


                                 S. 659

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 659, a bill to improve the teaching and 
learning of American history and civics.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to 
strengthen American manufacturing through improved industrial energy 
efficiency, and for other purposes.


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  On page S3611, March 23, 2009, in the second column of 
ADDITIONAL COSPONSERS, the following cosponsor request appears: S. 
RES. 11 At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 11, a resolution to authorize 
production of documents to the Department of Defense Inspector 
General.
  
  The online version was corrected to remove this cosponsor 
request.


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                               S. RES. 72

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 72, a resolution expressing the sense of 
the Senate regarding drug trafficking in Mexico.

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