[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 5978-5980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 186, a bill to 
provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged 
communications and attorney work product.


                                 S. 267

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 267, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that 
territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for 
confronting the use of methamphetamine.


                                 S. 268

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 268, a bill to designate 
the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 358, a bill to prohibit discrimination 
on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance 
and employment.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler 
systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate 
housing and infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 678

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to ensure air passengers have access to 
necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not 
unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to repeal the 
imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by 
government entities.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 970, a bill to impose 
sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in 
developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income 
payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds 
at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such 
payments.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the training 
of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health.


                                S. 1390

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name 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. 1483

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1483, a bill 
to create a new incentive fund that will encourage States to adopt the 
21st Century Skills Framework.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to 
amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expand Federal 
eligibility for children in foster care who have attained age 18.


                                S. 1638

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to adjust the 
salaries of Federal justices and judges, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1711

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


                                S. 1926

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2021, a bill to provide 
$50,000,000,000 in new transportation infrastructure funding through 
bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant 
infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, including 
roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, and inland waterways, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2035, a bill to 
maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing 
conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by 
certain persons connected with the news media.


                                S. 2310

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2310, a bill to establish a National Catastrophic Risks Consortium 
and a National Homeowners' Insurance Stabilization Program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2368

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2368, a bill to provide 
immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and 
enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification 
program.


                                S. 2399

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2399, a bill to expand and improve housing 
counseling services by increasing financial education and counseling 
services available to homeowners and prospective homebuyers in 
financial turmoil or who seek credit or other personal financial 
assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2485

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2485, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of 
physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2498

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the 
Senator from

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Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. 
Lincoln), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Feingold) 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. 2505

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2510, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for 
quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology 
preparations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2598

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2598, a bill to increase 
the supply and lower the cost of petroleum by temporarily suspending 
the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


                                S. 2631

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2631, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her 
courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human 
rights, and democracy in Burma.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from 
listed property under section 280F.


                                S. 2674

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2674, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve and enhance procedures 
for the retirement of members of the Armed Forces for disability and to 
improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of 
service-connected disabilities in veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2681

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Bunning) were added as cosponsors of S. 2681, a bill to require the 
issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native 
American code talkers.


                                S. 2747

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2747, a bill to grant a 
Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.


                                S. 2756

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2756, a bill to amend the National Child Protection 
Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system.


                                S. 2758

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as cosponsors of S. 2758, a bill to 
authorize the exploration, leasing, development, production, and 
economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and 
from the Coastal Plain in Alaska.


                                S. 2760

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2760, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through 
empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the 
National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military 
coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2771

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2771, a bill to require the president to call 
a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010.


                                S. 2775

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2775, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and the Social Security Act to treat certain domestically 
controlled foreign persons performing services under contract with the 
United States Government as American employers for purposes of certain 
employment taxes and benefits.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2785, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Security 
Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2819, a bill to preserve access to 
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program during an 
economic downturn, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2839

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2839, a bill to provide emergency relief for 
United States businesses and industries currently employing temporary 
foreign workers and for other purposes.


                                S. 2840

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2840, a bill to 
establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization 
applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a 
deadline for processing such applications.


                                S. 2844

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2844, a bill 
to amend the

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Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify provisions relating to 
beach monitoring, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 500

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 500, a resolution 
honoring military children during ``National Month of the Military 
Child''.


                              S. RES. 506

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 506, a resolution expressing the 
sense of the Senate that funding provided by the United States to the 
Government of Iraq in the future for reconstruction and training for 
security forces be provided as a loan to the Government of Iraq.


                              S. RES. 513

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 513, a resolution congratulating the Army Reserve on its 
centennial, which will be formally celebrated on April 23, 2008, and 
commemorating the historic contributions of its veterans and continuing 
contributions of its soldiers to the vital national security interests 
and homeland defense missions of the United States.

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