[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3801-3803]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 22, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed 
Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to limit the 
use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide diabetes 
screening tests under the Medicaid program for adult enrollees with 
diabetes risk factors, to ensure that States offer a comprehensive 
package of benefits under that program for individuals with diabetes, 
and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 988

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 988, a bill to extend the termination date 
for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations 
for temporary workers.


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services 
for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments 
safer, more accurate, and less costly.


                                S. 1506

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1506, a bill 
to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify provisions 
relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1711

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1711, a bill to target 
cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and 
powder cocaine.


                                S. 1848

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1848, a bill to amend the 
Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to 
reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment 
assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1924, a bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to 
create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee 
in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the 
result of the performance of such employee's duty.


                                S. 1995

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1995, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 
level.


                                S. 2004

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2123, a bill to provide collective 
bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or 
their political subdivisions.


                                S. 2162

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2162, a bill 
to improve the treatment and services provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and 
substance use disorders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2275

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2275, a bill 
to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of 
certain children's products and child care articles that contain 
phthalates, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2291

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2291, a bill to enhance citizen 
access to Government information and services by establishing plain 
language as the standard style of Government documents issued to the 
public, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2335

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 2337

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 2523

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2523, a bill to establish 
the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the 
United States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and 
preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income 
families.


                                S. 2550

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 2575

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2575, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to remove certain limitations on 
the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under 
Montgomery GI Bill, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2579, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 
establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American 
soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to 
commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States 
Army and its role in American society, from the colonial period to 
today.


                                S. 2586

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2586, a bill to 
provide States with fiscal relief through a temporary increase in the 
Federal medical assistance percentage and direct payments to States.


                                S. 2606

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2606, a bill to reauthorize the United States Fire 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2618

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2618, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with 
respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, 
congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss Facioscapulohumeral, limb-
girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies.


                                S. 2639

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2639, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for an assured adequate level 
of funding for veterans health care.


                                S. 2657

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms.

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Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2657, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence 
of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the 
speed of vessels, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2668, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F.


                                S. 2701

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2701, a bill 
to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national 
cemetery in the eastern Nebraska region to serve veterans in the 
eastern Nebraska and western Iowa regions.


                                S. 2703

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2703, a bill to reduce 
the reporting and certification burdens for certain financial 
institutions of sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


                                S. 2713

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 2713, a bill to prohibit 
appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996.


                                S. 2714

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2714, a bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/
11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that 
financed their terrorists activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants 
cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2731

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2731, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance 
to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and 
for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 28

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 
were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 28, a joint resolution 
disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications 
Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership.


                              S. RES. 118

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 118, a resolution urging the 
Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt.


                              S. RES. 138

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 138, a resolution 
honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Cesar Estrada Chavez.


                              S. RES. 390

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 390, a resolution 
designating March 11, 2008, as National Funeral Director and Mortician 
Recognition Day.


                              S. RES. 476

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. Res. 476, a resolution designating March 25, 2008, as 
``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and 
American Democracy''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4148

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4148 intended to be proposed to S. Con. 
Res. 70, an original concurrent resolution setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2008 and 2010 through 2013.

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