[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1186-1187]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to 
health insurance and employment.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 400, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a 
medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance 
coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 414

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 414, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act to require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be 
labeled accordingly, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, 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. 714

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research 
facilities are obtained legally.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 960, a bill to establish the United States Public Service Academy.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1070, a bill to amend the

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Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by 
ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to 
prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1328

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, 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. 1390

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1390, a bill to provide 
for the issuance of a ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of the 
brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the 
Purple Heart.


                                S. 1747

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1747, a bill to regulate 
the judicial use of presidential signing statements in the 
interpretation of Act of Congress.


                                S. 1750

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1750, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to community 
cancer care by Medicare beneficiaries.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to 
require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast 
of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or 
image may be considered indecent.


                                S. 1991

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark National 
Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with the 
preparation and return phases of the expedition, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces 
of the United States.


                                S. 2146

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2146, a bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, 
diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2219

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2219, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit 
and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare Program.


                                S. 2335

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2335, a bill to 
amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to provide adequate case management services.


                                S. 2439

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2439, a bill to 
require the National Incident Based Reporting System, the Uniform Crime 
Reporting Program, and the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange 
Program to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.


                                S. 2521

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2521, a bill to 
provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.


                                S. 2550

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2550, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the 
United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a 
result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat 
zone, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2566

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2566, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home 
purchases.


                                S. 2569

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2569, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of 
biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection 
and screening of, ovarian cancer.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3930

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 3930 intended to be proposed to S. 2248, an 
original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3967

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Coleman), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3967 intended to be proposed to S. 
2483, a bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest 
Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, 
and for other purposes.

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