[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11493-S11494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 46

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 46, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation 
therapy caps.


                                 S. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 332

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 332, a bill to 
establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer 
mortality in a timely manner.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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 name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor 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. 510

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 510, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to the safety of the food supply.


                                 S. 583

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 583, a bill to 
provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction 
of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high 
technology activities.


                                 S. 599

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 727

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct 
relating to the use of horses for human consumption.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified 
conservation contributions.


                                 S. 825

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 825, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make 
permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under 
qualified group legal services plans.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 850, a bill to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.


                                 S. 857

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 857, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a $1,000 refundable 
credit for individuals who are bona fide volunteer members of volunteer 
firefighting and emergency medical service organizations.


                                 S. 994

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 994, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to increase awareness of the risks of breast 
cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed 
with breast cancer.


                                S. 1055

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1055, a bill to grant the 
congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion 
and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in 
recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.


                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and 
the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added as cosponsors of S. 1067, 
a bill to support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda 
and areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of 
a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully 
protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's 
Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and 
reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1233

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1233, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1313, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the 
charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.


                                S. 1325

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1325, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and modify the 
section 45 credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's 
disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing 
public education about prevention.


                                S. 1524

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1524, a bill to strengthen 
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capacity, transparency, and accountability of United States foreign 
assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges 
of the 21st century, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1606

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1606, a bill 
to require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the United 
States to establish registered agents in the United States who are 
authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1681

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1681, a bill to ensure that 
health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers 
cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to 
the detriment of competition and consumers.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a bill to 
amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to establish a grant program to promote efforts to 
develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1789

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1789, a bill to restore fairness 
to Federal cocaine sentencing.


                                S. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1963, 
a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide assistance to 
caregivers of veterans, to improve the provision of health care to 
veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2607

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2607, a bill to amend the 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010 to repeal a provision of that Act relating to 
geothermal energy receipts.


                                S. 2730

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2730, a bill 
to extend and enhance the COBRA subsidy program under the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.


                                S. 2747

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2747, a bill to amend the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable 
authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation 
fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2752

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2752, a bill 
to ensure the sale and consumption of raw oysters and to direct the 
Food and Drug Administration to conduct an education campaign regarding 
the risks associated with consuming raw oysters, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2787

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 2787, a bill to repeal 
the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the Troubled 
Asset Relief Program.

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