[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 179 (Friday, December 4, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12413-S12414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 624, a bill to provide 100,000,000 people with first-
time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable 
basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government 
to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 
2005.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) 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. 843

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to 
establish background check procedures for gun shows.


                                S. 1102

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. 1102, a bill to provide 
benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.


                                S. 1152

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1152, a bill to allow 
Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own 
health needs and the health needs of their families.


                                S. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1304, a bill to restore the 
economic rights of automobile dealers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1421, a bill to amend section 42 
of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and 
shipment of certain species of carp.


                                S. 1545

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1545, a bill to 
expand the research and awareness activities of the National Institute 
of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1553

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1553, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
National Future Farmers of America Organization and the 85th 
anniversary of the founding of the National Future Farmers of America 
Organization.


                                S. 1554

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1554, a bill 
to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
prevent later delinquency and improve the health and well-being of 
maltreated infants and toddlers through the development of local Court 
Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers and the creation of a 
National Court Teams Resource Center to assist such Court Teams, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1628

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1628, a bill to 
amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to increase the number 
of physicians who practice in underserved rural communities.

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                                S. 1629

  At the request of Mr. Burris, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1629, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
the archeological site and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia 
town site in the state of Illinois, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1668

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1668, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
certain active duty service in the reserve components as qualifying 
service for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1965

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1965, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance 
to the State of Louisiana for a pilot program to develop measures to 
eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands 
damaged by feral swine.


                                S. 2097

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2097, a bill to authorize the rededication of 
the District of Columbia War Memorial as a National and District of 
Columbia World War I Memorial to honor the sacrifices made by American 
veterans of World War I.


                                S. 2730

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) and the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2730, a 
bill to extend and enhance the COBRA subsidy program under the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.


                                S. 2781

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 2781, a bill to change 
references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an 
intellectual disability, and to change references to a mentally 
retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual 
disability.


                                S. 2782

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2782, a bill to 
provide personal jurisdiction in causes of action against contractors 
of the United States performing contracts abroad with respect to 
members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the United States, 
and United States citizen employees of companies performing work for 
the United States in connection with contractor activities, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2796

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2796, a bill to extend the 
authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student 
loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2831

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2831, a bill to provide 
for additional emergency unemployment compensation and to keep 
Americans working, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2835

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2835, a bill to reduce global warming 
pollution through international climate finance, investment, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2789

  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2789 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time 
homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and 
certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Dodd, his name and the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2789 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Franken, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2789 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2790

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2790 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2793

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2793 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2793 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2795

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2795 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of 
members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2798

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2798 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of 
members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2862

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2862 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of 
members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2869

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2869 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2871

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2871 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of 
members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and 
for other purposes.

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