[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 53 (Monday, March 30, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3986-S3988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 42

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 42, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security 
benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional 
oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses 
of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, 
giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect.


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to 
amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to 
eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public 
interest with respect to railroads.
  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, supra.


                                 S. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 148, a bill to restore 
the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, 
distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the 
manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman 
Act.


                                 S. 253

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 253, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the 
application of the homebuyer credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 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. 372

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 372, a bill to amend 
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures 
of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such 
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure 
protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                 S. 414

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 414, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, 
enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 423, 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, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to allow 
travel between the United States and Cuba.
  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. 428, 
supra.


                                 S. 448

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
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. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 United 
States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, 
Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ``Hap'' Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of 
the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort 
Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide with the celebration of the 132nd 
Anniversary of the founding of the United States Army Command and 
General Staff College.

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                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to amend 
chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the computation 
for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System.


                                 S. 473

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 473, a bill to establish the Senator Paul 
Simon Study Abroad Foundation.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as cosponsors of S. 475, a bill to amend 
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses 
of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 478

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 478, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees 
to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations 
Board.


                                 S. 486

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 486, a bill to 
achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all 
Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery 
through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health 
Service Corps programs.


                                 S. 496

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 496, a bill to provide duty-free treatment 
for certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 503

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 503, a bill to 
authorize the exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil 
and gas in and from the western portion of the Coastal Plain of the 
State of Alaska without surface occupancy, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to amend part 
B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an exemption 
of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare accreditation 
requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain 
professionals.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Webb) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) 
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. 599

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 599, a bill to amend chapter 
81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a 
disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities 
caused by any certain diseases is the result of the performance of such 
employee's duty.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the 
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as cosponsors of S. 614, a 
bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service 
Pilots (``WASP'').


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, 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. 643

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 643, a bill to 
amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children 
in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and 
individual markets.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 651, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax 
on excessive bonuses paid by, and received from, companies receiving 
Federal emergency economic assistance, to limit the amount of 
nonqualified deferred compensation that employees of such companies may 
defer from taxation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 653, 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. 654

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by 
podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to 
appropriate quality foot and ankle care.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 677, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require wealthy beneficiaries to 
pay a greater share of their premiums under the Medicare prescription 
drug program.


                                 S. 708

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 708, a bill to 
express the policy of the United States regarding the United States 
relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the 
reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by 
the United States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
714, a bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, supra.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to modernize 
cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, 
provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to amend the 
Legal Services Corporation Act to meet special needs of eligible 
clients, provide for technology grants, improve corporate practices of 
the Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from

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Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 729, a bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State 
residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the 
cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien 
students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the 
United States as children, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman), the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent 
resolution condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the 
support of Congress for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and 
Combat Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 9

  At the request of Mr. Kaufman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 9, a resolution commemorating 90 years of U.S.-Polish 
diplomatic relations, during which Poland has proven to be an 
exceptionally strong partner to the United States in advancing freedom 
around the world.


                               S. RES. 20

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 20, a resolution celebrating the 60th 
anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.


                               S. RES. 56

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 56, a 
resolution urging the Government of Moldova to ensure a fair and 
democratic election process for the parliamentary elections on April 5, 
2009.

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