[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 4263-4267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor 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. 334

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 334, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private 
health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be 
taken away.


                                 S. 593

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 593, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide supportive 
services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless 
individuals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 739

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 739, a bill to 
provide disadvantaged children with access to dental services.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 789, a bill to prevent 
abuse of Government credit cards.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill to 
establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development 
Accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                 S. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 961, a bill 
to amend title 46, United States Code, to provide benefits to certain 
individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including 
the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during 
World War II, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) 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. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to amend the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Public Health Service Act to set 
standards for medical diagnostic equipment and to establish a program 
for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the 
prevention of secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1161

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1161, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to authorize the expansion of medicare coverage of 
medical nutrition therapy services.


                                S. 1177

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1177, a bill to amend 
the Clean Air Act to establish a national uniform multiple air 
pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the drug 
discount program under section 340B of such Act to improve the 
provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net 
provides.


                                S. 1675

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to implement 
the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to 
the Congress regarding low-power FM service.


                                S. 1725

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1725, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code, to improve the 
protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to establish a 
Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction 
within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the 
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for 
regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to 
increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and 
prosecute predators.


                                S. 1926

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1926, a bill to establish the National Infrastructure Bank to 
provide funding for qualified infrastructure projects, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 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. 2159

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Inhofe), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr.

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Sununu), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Bunning), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), 
the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2159, a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of 
the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


                                S. 2188

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2188, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective 
payment system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement 
method for Medicare-covered services provided by Federally qualified 
health centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to 
account for expansions in the scope of services provided by Federally 
qualified health centers since the inclusion of such services for 
coverage under the Medicare Program.


                                S. 2279

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill to combat 
international violence against women and girls.


                                S. 2291

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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. 2418

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2418, a bill to ensure 
the safety of imported food products for the citizens of the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2431

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2431, a bill to address 
emergency shortages in food banks.


                                S. 2460

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2460, a bill to extend by one year the moratorium on 
implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial 
partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance 
Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical 
education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the 
finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes.


                                S. 2523

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 2549

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2549, a bill to 
require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish an Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice to 
provide guidance to Federal agencies on the development of criteria for 
identifying disproportionately high and adverse human health or 
environmental effects on minority populations and low-income 
populations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2578

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2578, a bill to 
temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment 
rules for case management and targeted case management services.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2580

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2645

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2645, a bill to require the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans 
and Atmosphere, to conduct an evaluation and review of certain vessel 
discharges.


                                S. 2690

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2690, a bill to authorize the placement in 
Arlington National Cemetery of an American Braille tactile flag in 
Arlington National Cemetery honoring blind members of the Armed Forces, 
veterans, and other Americans.


                                S. 2709

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Inhofe), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of S. 2709, a 
bill to increase the criminal penalties for illegally reentering the 
United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 2710

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 2710, a bill to authorize 
the Department of Homeland Security to use an employer's failure to 
timely resolve discrepancies with the Social Security Administration 
after receiving a ``no match'' notice as evidence that the employer 
violated section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act.


                                S. 2711

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 
were

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added as cosponsors of S. 2711, a bill to improve the enforcement of 
laws prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2731

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, his name 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. 2734

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2734, a bill to aid families and 
neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage 
crisis.


                                S. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill to amend section 202 
of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under such section 
for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 28

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 28, a joint 
resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal 
Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership.


                            S. CON. RES. 60

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 60, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress relating to negotiating a 
free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan.


                              S. RES. 470

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 470, a resolution calling on the relevant governments, 
multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African 
Republic, and Sudan to devote ample political commitment and material 
resources towards the achievement and implementation of a negotiated 
resolution to the national and regional conflicts in Chad, the Central 
African Republic, and Darfur, Sudan.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4154

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
4154 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4155

  At the request of Mr. Levin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4155 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4162

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4162 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4164

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), 
the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4164 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.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4164 proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4165

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4165 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.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4165 intended to be proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4166

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 4166 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.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4166 proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4168

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Obama), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4168 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4171

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4171 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4172

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4172 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4173

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4173 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4181

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
4181 proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, an original concurrent resolution 
setting forth the

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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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4192

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4192 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4194

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4194 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4195

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4195 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4197

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4197 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4198

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4198 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4199

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4199 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4200

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4200 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4203

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
4203 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4207

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4207 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4210

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4210 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4212

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), and the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4212 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4215

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4215 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4218

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4218 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4222

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4222 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4225

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4225 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4230

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4230 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.
  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4230 proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4231

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4231 proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, an 
original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget 
for the United

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States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4233

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4233 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4243

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4243 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4245

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4245 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.
  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 4245 proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), 
the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), 
the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4245 proposed to S. Con. Res. 70, 
supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4248

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4248 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4251

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4251 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4252

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4252 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4254

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), and the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
4254 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4260

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 4260 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4263

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4263 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4266

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4266 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4267

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4267 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4269

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4269 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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