[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2725-2726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 644

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 644, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to recodify as part of that title certain 
educational assistance programs for members of the reserve components 
of the Armed Forces, to improve such programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1223

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1223, a bill to amend the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to support 
efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters to 
provide essential public information programming in the event of a 
major disaster, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1395

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1395, a bill to prevent 
unfair practices in credit card accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1854

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1854, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve 
elderly suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2004

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2004, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to establish epilepsy centers of 
excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2170

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 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. 2337

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) 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 consumer protections for long-term care insurance.


                                S. 2366

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2366, a bill to provide 
immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and 
enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical verification program.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to amend title 35, 
United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning inventions are 
not patentable, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2401

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2401, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refund of motor fuel excise 
taxes for the actual off-highway use of certain mobile machinery 
vehicles.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, 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. 2505

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2505, a bill to allow 
employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive 
payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an 
individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2580

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2580, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
to improve the participation in higher education of, and to increase 
opportunities in employment for, residents of rural areas.


                                S. 2623

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2623, a bill 
to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize travel and 
transportation allowances for mobilized members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces on leave for suspension of training or 
to meet minimal staffing requirements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2625

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2625, a bill to ensure that 
deferred Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are 
received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts, be 
excluded from consideration as annual income when determining 
eligibility for low-income housing programs.


                                S. 2636

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2636, a bill to provide needed 
housing reform.


                                S. 2640

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2640, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to enhance and improve insurance, housing, labor 
and education, and other benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.

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                              S.J. RES. 26

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 26, a joint 
resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum 
matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 252, a resolution 
recognizing the increasingly mutually beneficial relationship between 
the United States of America and the Republic of Indonesia.


                              S. RES. 439

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 439, a resolution 
expressing the strong support of the Senate for the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization to enter into a Membership Action Plan with Georgia 
and Ukraine.


                              S. RES. 455

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 455, a resolution 
calling for peace in Darfur.

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