[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12445-12446]
[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 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 186, a bill to 
provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged 
communications and attorney work product.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to 
prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt 
collection companies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to amend 
the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.


                                 S. 989

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 989, a bill to amend title 
XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the values of certain 
funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available 
resources under the supplemental security income program.


                                S. 1468

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1468, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to increase burial benefits for 
veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1588

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 1743

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1743, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on 
contributions to funeral trusts.


                                S. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1954, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to pharmacies 
under part D.


                                S. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to 
amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide 
equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian 
children in tribal areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct 
activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, 
neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2209

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2209, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve 
America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) 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. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to 
amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the 
tariffs on certain footwear.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, 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. 2506

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2506, a bill 
to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify a provision 
relating to the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account.


                                S. 2619

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2619, a bill to protect 
innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.


                                S. 2652

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2652, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Defense to make a grant to the National World War II 
Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's National 
World War II Museum.


                                S. 2666

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2666, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to encourage investment in affordable housing, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2715

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2715, a bill to amend title 
4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of 
the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2766, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a 
recreational vessel.
  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2766, supra.


                                S. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2883, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2932, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free

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number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide 
assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison 
centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States.


                                S. 2942

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


                                S. 3008

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3008, a bill to improve and 
enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the 
Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits 
available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3070

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3070, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3084

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3084, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who 
have earned a master's or higher degree from a United States 
institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, 
engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3098

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3098, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3118

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and 
the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3118, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act 
to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the 
Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by 
advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and 
electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in 
rural areas, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 82

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 82, a concurrent resolution 
supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                            S. CON. RES. 84

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 84, a concurrent 
resolution honoring the memory of Robert Mondavi.


                              S. RES. 580

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 580, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on preventing Iran from acquiring a 
nuclear weapons capability.

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