[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 192 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13383-S13385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the 
Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such 
audits are reported, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the 
effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment 
of human and animal diseases.


                                 S. 841

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 841, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle 
safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other 
pedestrians of motor vehicle operation.


                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the Government of 
Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore 
within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in 
Haiti in 1990, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1197, a bill to establish 
a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and 
secondary schools.


                                S. 1255

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1255, a bill to amend 
the Magnuson--Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend 
the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished 
fisheries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1345

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1345, a bill to aid and 
support pediatric involvement in reading and education.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) 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. 1589

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1589, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the incentives for the 
production of biodiesel.


                                S. 1739

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1739, a bill to promote freedom 
of the press around the world.


                                S. 1938

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 1938, a bill to establish a program to reduce injuries 
and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving.


                                S. 2831

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 2833

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2833, a bill to provide 
adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a 
transitional assistance period.


                                S. 2853

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2853, a bill to establish a 
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the 
long-term fiscal stability and economic security of the Federal 
Government of the United States, and to expand future prosperity growth 
for all Americans.


                                S. 2854

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2854, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend and modify the credit for new qualified hybrid 
motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2874

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2874, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service

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located at 2000 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the 
``Ray Rondeno, Sr. Post Office Building''.


                                S. 2886

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2886, a bill to prohibit certain affiliations 
(between commercial banking and investment banking companies), and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 316

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 316, a resolution 
calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the 
United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity 
concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and 
genocide documented in the United States record relating to the 
Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2790

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 2845

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2845 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. 2846

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2846 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. 2847

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2847 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. 2848

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2848 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. 2849

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2849 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 name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2883

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2883 
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. 2909

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2909 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. 2978

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2978 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. 2995

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2995 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. 3037

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3037 
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. 3076

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3076 
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. 3088

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3088 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. 3112

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3112 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. 3114

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 3114 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. 3117

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 3117 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. 3136

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the names of the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3136 intended to be proposed 
to H.R. 3590, a

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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. 3170

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3170 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. 3173

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3173 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. 3185

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3185 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. 3203

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3203 
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. 3228

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3228 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. 3240

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3240 
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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