DAYTON, MARK (a Senator from Minnesota)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S533 [8FE], S591 [11FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3574 [30AP], S3844 [2MY], S4080 [8MY], S4180 [9MY], S4299, S4335 [14MY], S4530, S4540 [17MY], S4629 [21MY], S4704 [22MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10229 [9OC], S10361 [10OC]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S836, S871 [14FE], S1147 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5926, S5964 [24JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7687, S7751, S7752 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1865 [13MR], S1882 [14MR], S2038, S2077 [19MR], S2184 [20MR], S2463, S2496 [10AP], S3059, S3060, S3063, S3064 [22AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9174 [24SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8145, S8222 [4SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7228 [23JY], S7284, S7316 [24JY], S7593 [30JY]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), S4730 [22MY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S141 [25JA], S270, S290, S292 [4FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S836, S871 [14FE], S1147 [26FE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S3979 [8MY], S5643 [18JN], S7445 [29JY], S9933 [4OC]
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6225 [27JN], S7398 [26JY]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S4289 [13MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2800), S7431 [26JY]
Armed Forces: exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see S. 1973), S1351 [28FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 2250), S4891 [3JN]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Business and industry: provide for industry-wide certification for trade adjustment assistance (see S. 2088), S2485 [10AP]
———require disclosure of insider sales of stock of publicly held companies be filed electronically (see S. 1897), S100 [24JA]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see S.J. Res. 37), S4330 [14MY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8457 [10SE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 2924), S8506 [11SE]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2438), S3625 [1MY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see S. 1990), S8300 [5SE]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see S. Con. Res. 138), S8920 [19SE]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S11080 [14NO]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see S. 603), S4492 [16MY]
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (see S. 145), S11574 [19NO]
Education: establish a mental health community education program (see S. 859), S8300 [5SE]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S2951 [18AP]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: permit certain States and local educational agencies to obtain waivers of student testing requirements (see S. 2954), S8753 [18SE]
Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see S. 1193), S853 [14FE]
EPA: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (see S. 2544), S7165 [22JY]
ERISA: increase the maximum levels of guaranteed single-employer plan benefits (see S. 2875), S7900 [1AU]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S10677 [17OC]
———fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see S. 500), S1732 [11MR]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see S. 1818), S5697 [18JN]
Financial institutions: merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 1945), S3166 [23AP]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 1839), S33 [23JA]
Foreign policy: recognize diplomatic importance of U.S. foreign assistance programs in fighting global terrorism and promoting national security (see S. Res. 204), S348 [5FE]
Health: reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (see S. 2641), S5696 [18JN]
———support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S6809 [15JY]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S4623 [21MY]
Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to Federal employees available to Federal annuitants and Armed Forces members and retirees (see S. 561), S8384 [9SE]
Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 592), S1536 [5MR]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see S. 2189), S2829 [17AP]
Law enforcement: promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see S. 1787), S2829 [17AP]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 2770), S7164 [22JY]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S4331 [14MY]
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Society, Inc.: tribute (see S. 145), S11574 [19NO]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S2951 [18AP]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 1298), S8201 [4SE]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S3014 [22AP]
Medicare: area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 1955), S853 [14FE]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S10844 [12NO]
———eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule (see S. 1953), S853 [14FE]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S11315 [18NO]
———freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2447), S3843 [2MY]
———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries (see S. 2557), S8755 [18SE]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S7226 [23JY]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1931), S7373 [25JY]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 839), S2485 [10AP]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 1686), S3166 [23AP]
———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (see S. 1954), S853 [14FE]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see S. 2614), S7034 [18JY]
———reward and expand the number of health care providers delivering high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (see S. 1948), S852 [14FE]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S2413 [9AP]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 2538), S4702 [22MY]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see S. 2617), S5535 [13JN]
———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S2007 [18MR]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S5366 [11JN]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S9427 [26SE]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry: establish to work in conjunction with State registries and to create a partnership to launch an outreach and education campaign on organ and tissue donation (see S. 788), S7901 [1AU]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S9427 [26SE]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 218), S1676 [7MR]
National security: provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 1737), S586 [11FE] (see S. 2038), S5042 [5JN]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Petroleum: reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see S. 650), S11079 [14NO]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see S. 2244), S3303 [24AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: oppose reductions in guaranteed Social Security benefits (see S. Res. 230), S3015 [22AP]
Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see S. 1103), S5042 [5JN]
———establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S4890 [3JN]
Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 211), S1252 [27FE]
Roads and highways: establish program to make allocations to States for projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane highways (see S. 2906), S8919 [19SE]
Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 1860), S1783 [12MR]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 2076), S2830 [17AP]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 264), S5773 [19JN]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S8384 [9SE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1523), S8673 [17SE]
Taxation: allow corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses only to the extent that such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements (see S. 1940), S732 [13FE]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S2485 [10AP]
———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (see S. 1942), S732 [13FE]
———treat nominally foreign corporations created through inversion transactions as domestic corporations (see S. 2050), S2260 [21MR]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see S. 2714), S10844 [12NO]
Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building, Bloomington, MN: designate (see S. 2900), S8092 [3SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S733 [13FE]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see S.J. Res. 32), S1004 [25FE]
Unemployment: extend and improve unemployment benefits program and expand to include part-time and low-wage workers (see S. 2892), S9714 [1OC]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9902 [3OC]
University of Minnesota: tribute to wrestling team (see S. Res. 238), S2578 [11AP]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 145), S11574 (see S. 1506), S11575 [19NO]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2260 [21MR]
———provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 2602), S8385 [9SE]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S4065 [8MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2728), S6808 [15JY]
Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2874), S7900 [1AU]
Lapic, Trudy: Senate payment of benefits relative to death of Thomas Lapic (see S. Res. 356), S11079 [14NO]
Medicare: reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 2232), S3165 [23AP]
Taxation: freeze the highest Federal income tax rate (see S. 1927), S545 [8FE]
———treatment of certain overseas pay of members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2213), S2951 [18AP] (see S. 3007), S9426 [26SE]
Unemployment: provide unemployed workers with health coverage assistance (see S. 1916), S487 [7FE]
University of Minnesota: tribute to men's hockey team (see S. Res. 237), S2578 [11AP]
University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (see S. Res. 236), S2578 [11AP]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Cloture motions
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2714 [16AP], S2890 [18AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8652 [17SE], S8889 [19SE], S9026 [23SE], S9186, S9207 [25SE], S9401, S9408 [26SE], S10856 [13NO]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8589 [13SE], S8662 [17SE], S9019, S9025 [23SE], S9185 [25SE]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S272 [4FE], S392 [6FE]
Notices
Congressional Record: final issue publication, S10850 [13NO], S10973, S11033 [14NO], S11161 [15NO], S11231 [18NO], S11358, S11405 [19NO], S11661, S11685 [20NO], H8544 [12NO], H8548 [13NO], H8735, H8785 [14NO], H9027 [19NO], H9037 [22NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S3979 [8MY], S5643 [18JN], S7445 [29JY], S9933 [4OC]
Privilege of the floor
Havrish, Jennifer, S1953 [14MR]
Klema, Krystle J., S7319 [24JY]
McGuire, Erin, S2503 [10AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3995, S3996 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S647, S652, S653 [12FE], S684 [13FE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S82 [24JA]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S11375 [19NO]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4132, S4133 [9MY], S4299, S4304, S4313, S4316 [14MY], S4690 [22MY]
Appropriations: legislative process, S9091, S9092, S9093 [24SE]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10243, S10245 [10OC]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, S9180, S9181 [25SE]
Army: allow reallocation of funding from Crusader artillery system program to other indirect fire or future combat systems and clarify decisionmaking process, S5743 [19JN]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, S4275
Black History Month: observance, S655 [12FE]
Budget: comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, S9091 [24SE]
Bush, President: scheduling of political campaign events, S9181 [25SE]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S836 [14FE]
Congressional Oversight Group: Congressional Oversight Group: expand membership and ensure coordination with congressional trade policy advisers, S4690 [22MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Biodiesel Fuel Education Program funding, S684 [13FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5743 [19JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1883 [14MR], S2463 [10AP], S2904 [18AP], S3129 [23AP], S3244 [24AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8598, S8602 [13SE], S11405 [19NO]
Economy: impact of tax cuts, S9180 [25SE]
———national objectives priority assignments, S9179, S9181 [25SE], S10555, S10556 [16OC]
———role of Government in causing and remedying economic recession, S10555, S10556 [16OC]
Education: funding, S4342 [15MY]
———require use of variable interest rates to consolidate student loans to fund shortfall in Pell Grant Program, S4105 [9MY]
Elections: tribute to election judges, S10039 [7OC]
Electric power: provide consumer protections and reliability in the provision of electric power, S3244 [24AP]
FERC: require additional findings for approval of an electric utility merger, S2463 [10AP]
Floods: disaster assistance to Minnesota, S7244 [24JY]
GLBT Pride/Twin Cities (organization): tribute to Pride Celebration, S4833
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6453 [9JY]
Lancaster, Joan E.: nomination to be district judge, S3419 [25AP]
Liapis, Stacey: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S541
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S10637 [17OC]
Minnesota: tribute to State Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans award recipients, S4275
Moorhead, MN: tribute to ``Capture the Wind'' program, S657
Motor vehicles: renewable fuel content requirements, S2904-S2906 [18AP], S3129 [23AP]
———require Federal agencies to use ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel where available, S1883 [14MR]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: clarify appointment process for Director, S8598, S8602 [13SE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (S. 3156), S11001 [14NO]
Peterson, Amy: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S543
Power resources: national energy policy, S1883 [14MR], S2463 [10AP], S2904 [18AP], S3129 [23AP], S3244 [24AP]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S3419 [25AP]
Senate: legislative priorities, S10637 [17OC]
———legislative program, S11000 [14NO]
Social Security: impact of privatization on women, S4297 [14MY]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (S. 847), S652, S653 [12FE]
Taxation: make repeal of estate and gift taxes permanent, S647 [12FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S82 [24JA], S194 [29JA]
———provide tax credits for biodiesel blends in fuel (S. 1058), S684 [13FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S82 [24JA], S194 [29JA]
Terrorism: provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, S11405 [19NO]
Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building, Bloomington, MN: designate (H.R. 5207), S8328 [5SE]
Treaties and agreements: allow Senate point of order against provisions in trade agreement implementing legislation that weaken existing trade remedy laws, S4132, S4133 [9MY]
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4132, S4133 [9MY], S4299, S4304, S4313, S4316 [14MY], S4690 [22MY]
———limit application of trade authority procedures, S4299, S4304, S4313, S4316 [14MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S194 [29JA]
University of Minnesota: tribute to men's hockey team (S. Res. 237), S2480 [10AP]
———tribute to wrestling team (S. Res. 238), S2480 [10AP]
University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (S. Res. 236), S2480 [10AP]
Veterans: enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), House amendment, S11562 [19NO]
Voting: establish a pilot program for postage-free absentee ballots, S836 [14FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S836 [14FE]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (S. Res. 354), S10791, S10792 [28OC]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S4737 [22MY]
Texts of
S. Res. 354, tribute to Paul D. Wellstone, S10791 [28OC]
Tributes
Dodd, Senator, S10637 [17OC]
Elj, Pam, S6245
Killeen, Bob, S3296 [24AP]
Neff, Erv, S11567 [19NO]
Omundson, Jan, S6245