[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 739-740]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 55

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 55, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual 
alternative minimum tax.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a 
discount to certain veterans.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical 
services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency 
departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing 
a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective 
delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for 
certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and 
by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working 
Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1172, a bill to reduce hunger 
in the United States.


                                S. 1200

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to 
amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official 
language of the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1361

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1361, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
15-year recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold 
improvements and to modify the depreciation rules relating to such 
leasehold improvements for purposes of computing earnings and profits.


                                S. 1668

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1668, a bill to assist in 
providing affordable housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes.


                                S. 1733

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to 
authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of 
nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1921, a bill to amend the 
American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization 
for that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2136

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2136, a bill to address the 
treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2170

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of 
qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the 
depreciation deduction.


                                S. 2181

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2181, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare 
beneficiaries' access to home health services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 2215

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2215, a bill to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Protective 
Security Advisor Program Office.


                                S. 2252

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2252, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for host 
families of foreign exchange and other students from $50 per month to 
$200 per month, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2292

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2292, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, to address 
terrorist explosive threats, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2337

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2337, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term care insurance to be 
offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to 
provide additional

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consumer protections for long-term care insurance.


                                S. 2367

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2367, a bill to provide for 
the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the construction of 
schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2426

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2426, a bill to provide for congressional oversight of United States 
agreements with the Government of Iraq.
  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2426, supra.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2433, a bill to require the President to develop and implement a 
comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy 
objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination 
of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium 
Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people 
worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.


                                S. 2469

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2469, a bill 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of 
regulatory forbearance by default.


                                S. 2498

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2498, a bill to authorize the minting of a 
coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Santa Fe, 
New Mexico, to occur in 2010.


                                S. 2534

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2534, a bill to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin 
Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Julia M. Carson 
Post Office Building''.


                                S. 2544

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2544, a bill to provide for a program of temporary 
extended unemployment compensation.


                              S.J. RES. 27

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 27, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relative to the line item veto.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3857

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) and the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 3857 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. 3858

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3858 
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. 3862

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3862 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. 3863

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3863 
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.

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