[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3643-S3646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage 
for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the 
Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose 
entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to ensure that 
all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, 
bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals 
with disabilities, are able to travel safely and conveniently on and 
across federally funded streets and highways.


                                 S. 616

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 616, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill 
to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of 
child marriage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1019

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1019, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1157, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of 
Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1233

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


                                S. 1334

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1334, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections 
and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack 
in New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1551, a bill 
to amend section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow for 
a private civil action against a person that provides substantial 
assistance in violation of such Act.


                                S. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill to 
reduce the rape kit backlog and for other purposes.


                                S. 2847

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2847, a bill 
to regulate the volume of audio on commercials.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2920, a bill to 
amend chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, to condition the 
receipt of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and 
enforcement by States of certain laws to prevent repeat intoxicated 
driving.


                                S. 2989

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2989, a bill to improve the 
Small Business Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3036

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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3036, a bill to establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's 
Project.


                                S. 3058

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3058, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs 
for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.


                                S. 3073

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3073, a bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect and restore 
the Great Lakes.


                                S. 3086

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3086, a bill to support 
high-achieving, educationally disadvantaged elementary school students 
in high-need local educational agencies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3102

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3102, a bill to amend the miscellaneous rural 
development provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to certain 
entities that will use the funds to make loans to consumers to 
implement energy efficiency measures involving structural improvements 
and investments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf 
technologies to reduce home energy use.


                                S. 3109

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3109, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Army to conduct levee system evaluations and 
certifications on receipt of requests from non-Federal interests.


                                S. 3165

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3165, a bill to authorize 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to waive the 
non-Federal share requirement under certain programs.


                                S. 3231

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3231, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain tax incentives for 
alcohol used as fuel and to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States to extend additional duties on ethanol.


                                S. 3305

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3305, a bill 
to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay 
the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3306

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3306, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require polluters to pay 
the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3335

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) were added as cosponsors of S. 3335, a bill to 
require Congress to establish a unified and searchable database on a 
public website for congressional earmarks as called for by the 
President in his 2010 State of the Union Address to Congress.


                                S. 3344

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3344, a bill to 
establish an independent, nonpartisan commission to investigate the 
causes and impact of, and evaluate and improve the response to, the 
explosion, fire, and loss of life on and sinking of the Mobile Drilling 
Unit Deepwater Horizon and the resulting uncontrolled release of crude 
oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and to ensure that a similar disaster is 
not repeated.


                                S. 3345

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3345, a bill to 
amend title 46, United States Code, to remove the cap on punitive 
damages established by the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Company v. 
Baker.


                                S. 3346

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3346, a bill to 
increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act.


                              S.J. RES. 30

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) 
were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 30, a joint resolution providing 
for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to 
representation election procedures.


                              S. RES. 411

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 411, a resolution recognizing the 
importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry 
and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from 
United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program to 
promote construction of environmentally preferable commercial, public, 
or private buildings.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3748

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the 
Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 3748 intended to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill 
to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving 
accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end ``too 
big to fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to 
protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3804

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3804 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3837

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3837 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3838

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3838 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3841

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3841 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers

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from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3845

  At the request of Mr. Kaufman, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3845 intended to be 
proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3870

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3870 intended to be 
proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3877

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3877 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3896

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3896 
intended to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the 
financial stability of the United States by improving accountability 
and transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', 
to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect 
consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3897

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3897 intended 
to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3918

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3918 proposed to S. 3217, an 
original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States 
by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, 
to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by ending 
bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services 
practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3920

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3920 intended 
to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3931

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3931 intended to be 
proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3939

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3939 intended 
to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3949

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), 
the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3949 intended to be 
proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3956

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator 
from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3956 proposed to S. 3217, an 
original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States 
by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, 
to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by ending 
bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services 
practices, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3956 proposed to S. 3217, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Levin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3956 proposed to S. 3217, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3956 proposed to S. 
3217, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3958

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3958 intended to 
be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the financial 
stability of the United States by improving accountability and 
transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to 
protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers 
from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3970

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 3970 intended to be proposed to S. 3217, 
an original bill to promote the financial stability of the United 
States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial 
system, to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by 
ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services 
practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3971

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3971 
intended to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the 
financial stability of the United States by improving accountability 
and transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', 
to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect 
consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3973

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3973 
intended to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the 
financial stability of the

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United States by improving accountability and transparency in the 
financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American 
taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive 
financial services practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3974

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3974 
intended to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the 
financial stability of the United States by improving accountability 
and transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', 
to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect 
consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3975

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3975 
intended to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill to promote the 
financial stability of the United States by improving accountability 
and transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', 
to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect 
consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3977

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 3977 intended to be proposed to S. 3217, 
an original bill to promote the financial stability of the United 
States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial 
system, to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by 
ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services 
practices, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3978

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 3978 intended to be proposed to S. 3217, an original bill 
to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving 
accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end ``too 
big to fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to 
protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for 
other purposes.

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