[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9555-9556]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 170, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and 
other communications services.


                                 S. 573

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act 
to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, 
stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 594

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


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program.


                                 S. 946

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to amend the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the 
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1159, a bill to amend 
part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide 
full Federal funding of such part.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) 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. 1445

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York

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(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1445, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, 
research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus 
infection.


                                S. 1556

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1556, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income 
for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries 
of employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1571

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1571, a bill to reform the 
essential air service program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1588

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1588, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that 
group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or 
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or 
disease.


                                S. 1755

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1755, a bill to amend the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make permanent the summer food 
service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply the 
program to rural areas of every State.


                                S. 1995

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) 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. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2314, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump 
systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy 
efficient property credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2366

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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 Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) 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. 2504

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), 
the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) were added as cosponsors of S. 2504, a bill to amend title 36, 
United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers 
Association of America, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2682

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2682, a bill to direct United States funding to the United 
Nations Population Fund for certain purposes.


                                S. 2760

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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 name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2771, a bill to require the 
president to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 
2010.


                                S. 2790

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2790, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of 
comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare program and to 
improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by 
establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants 
programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, 
provider education, and related research.


                                S. 2799

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2799, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care 
services available to women veterans, especially those serving in 
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2844

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2844, a bill to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to modify provisions relating to beach 
monitoring, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2910

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as cosponsors of S. 2910, a 
bill to require brokers to disclose and pay independent truckers for 
any fuel surcharges received from shippers that relate to fuel costs 
paid for by the truckers.


                                S. 2942

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2942, a bill to 
authorize funding for the National Advocacy Center.

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