[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 25143-25144]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 250

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 250, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a higher education opportunity 
credit in place of existing education tax incentives.


                                 S. 252

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 252, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical 
health-care professionals, to improve the provision of health care for 
veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation 
Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the 
United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service

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and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting 
period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare 
benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-
threatening conditions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 729, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien students who are long-term United States 
residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
LeMieux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, a bill to amend the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States diplomatic efforts with 
respect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran.


                                S. 1055

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1055, a bill to grant the 
congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion 
and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in 
recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.


                                S. 1065

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1065, a bill to 
authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and 
prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000, 000 or 
more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1076

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1076, a bill to improve the accuracy of fur 
product labeling, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1153

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1153, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided 
health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to 
coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of 
employees.


                                S. 1155

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1155, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of 
Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for Health.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1158, 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. 1340

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1340, a bill to establish a minimum funding level for 
programs under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 for fiscal years 2010 
to 2014 that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without 
jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund.


                                S. 1343

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1343, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve and expand 
direct certification procedures for the national school lunch and 
school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1360

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1360, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful 
discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay 
awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1624

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1624, a bill to 
amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for 
medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for 
individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, 
injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing 
debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical 
problems, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 312

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 312, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on empowering and strengthening the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID).


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2669

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2669 proposed to 
H.R. 2847, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 
and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2693

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2693 
intended to be proposed to S. 1776, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare 
physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the 
application of the sustainable growth rate formula, and for other 
purposes.

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