[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5502-S5504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 476

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 476, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum distance of travel 
necessary for reimbursement of covered beneficiaries of the military 
health care system for travel for specialty health care.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 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. 511

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 529

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 529, a bill to assist in 
the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and 
providing financial resources for the conservation programs of 
countries within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and 
projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of 
rare felid and rare canid populations.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor 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. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor 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. 611

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to 
provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other 
sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 614, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots 
(``WASP'').


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to 
provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States 
merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval 
Transport Service) during World War II.


                                 S. 693

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of 
graduate medical residents in preventive medicine.


                                 S. 733

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 733, a bill to ensure the 
continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in 
the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and 
downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, 
core mission services, and emergency needs.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to amend 
the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of 
the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all 
costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain 
substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 751

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 751, a bill to 
establish a revenue source for fair elections financing of Senate 
campaigns by providing an excise tax on amounts paid pursuant to 
contracts with the United States Government.


                                 S. 752

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut

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(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 752, a bill to reform the 
financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and 
increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the 
Medicare part B program.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the availability of 
appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities 
conducted by the National Guard, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 823, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, a bill to amend the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States diplomatic efforts 
with respect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran.


                                 S. 938

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 938, a bill to require the 
President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 
2010.


                                 S. 943

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 943, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to waive the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission 
reduction requirements for renewable fuel production, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 950

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 950, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize physical 
therapists to evaluate and treat Medicare beneficiaries without a 
requirement for a physician referral, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 957

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 957, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public 
health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically 
necessary health care services.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 979, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool 
for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of 
private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, 
predictable, and accessible.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1012, 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. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1023, a bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate 
United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, 
and scholarly travel to the United States.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1026, a bill to amend the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the 
collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas 
uniformed service voters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1027

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1027, a bill to amend title VII of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 to clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by 
any foreign nation is actionable under United States countervailing and 
antidumping duty laws, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were added as 
cosponsors of S.J. Res. 15, a joint resolution proposing an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to 
prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1058

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1058 proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1059

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1059 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1060 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1079

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1079 proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of 
credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1091

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1091 intended to be proposed to H.R. 
627, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and 
transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open 
end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1095

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1095 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1096

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Missouri

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(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1096 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1099

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1099 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair 
and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an 
open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1106

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1106 intended to be proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1107

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1107 proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend 
the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices 
relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit 
plan, and for other purposes.

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