LINCOLN, BLANCHE (a Senator from Arkansas)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S533 [8FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3807, S3882 [2MY], S4336 [14MY], S4407 [15MY], S4630 [21MY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783, S5785 [19JN], S5838, S5876 [20JN], S6139, S6154 [26JN], S6252 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7756, S7761 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1622, S1632, S1635, S1682, S1683, S1684 [7MR], S1946 [14MR], S2015 [18MR], S2038 [19MR], S2492 [10AP], S2902, S2982 [18AP], S3032, S3076, S3081 [22AP], S3289, S3322, S3333 [24AP], S3396 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9913, S9914 [3OC]
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), S7284, S7316 [24JY], S7601 [30JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2064 [19MR]
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), S138, S139, S141, S145 [25JA], S184 [28JA], S270, S290, S292 [4FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE]
Analyses
Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act (S. 2994), S9121 [24SE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S1407 [4MR], S3481 [29AP], S4549 [20MY], S5919 [24JN], S10801 [31OC]
Articles and editorials
Behind the Green Curtain, Michelle Malkin, Washington (DC) Times, S692 [13FE]
``Pass the Biscuits, `Cause It's King Biscuit Time . . . ,'' Lex Gillespie, S8197 [4SE]
Spending Bill Delays Crimp War on Terror, Jonathan Weisman, Washington (DC) Post, S11713 [20NO]
Subsidy Cuts To Wound Rice, Cotton Farms, Kevin Freking, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, S693 [13FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2800), S7745 [31JY]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S661 [12FE]
Arkansas: specify amount of Federal funds that may be expended for intake facilities for the benefit of Lonoke and White Counties, AR, as part of the Greers Ferry Lake, AR, flood control project (see S. 2243), S4388 [15MY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S546 [8FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 2250), S8565 [12SE]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see S. 2554), S7165 [22JY]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 2935), S10443 [15OC]
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: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1258), S3435 [25AP]
Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S1599 [6MR]
Clarence B. Craft Post Office Building, Fayetteville, AR: designate (see S. 2433), S3955 [7MY]
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: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 2947), S8673 [17SE]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 35), S2675 [15AP]
———eliminate sexual exploitation of children (see S. 2520), S5697 [18JN]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S5633 [17JN]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see S. 2454), S4388 [15MY]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S8385 [9SE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S11214 [15NO]
Feed America Thursday: designate (see S. Res. 341), S10443 [15OC]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 2826), S8385 [9SE]
———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S6573 [10JY]
``God Bless America'': designate as national song of the U.S. (see S. 3125), S11575 [19NO]
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2674), S8457 [10SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S10677 [17OC]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
Iran: clarify and reaffirm cause of action and Federal court jurisdiction for former U.S. hostages, S10118 [8OC]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3561 [30AP]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S6319 [28JN]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5773 [19JN]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2221), S3506 [29AP] (see S. 2570), S4839 [23MY]
———require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State drug discount programs to participate in Medicaid drug rebate agreements and increase rebate payments to State Medicaid programs (see S. 3142), S10676 [17OC]
Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S2485 [10AP]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 1761), S9846 [2OC]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S3014 [22AP]
———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see S. 1304), S9230 [25SE]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2067), S7901 [1AU]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9984 [4OC]
———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S4282 [13MY]
———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 2233), S7309 [24JY]
———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S4704 [22MY]
———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1967), S8565 [12SE]
———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (see S. 2855), S9230 [25SE]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S1421 [4MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 3091), S10359 [10OC]
———improve access to long-term care services (see S. 2655), S10443 [15OC]
———improve availability of accurate nursing facility staffing information (see S. 2879), S9595 [30SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S7165 [22JY]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S1599 [6MR]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1783 [12MR]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see S. 1867), S7227 [23JY]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S9847 [2OC]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 225), S1732 [11MR]
National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 121), S6500 [9JY]
National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 1975), S1351 [28FE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 305), S8457 [10SE]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 94), S9595 [30SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 830), S10844 [12NO]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1600 [6MR] (see S. Res. 218), S1676 [7MR]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
National Youth Sports Program: reauthorize (see S. 1911), S2077 [19MR]
NIH: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see S. 2059), S7164 [22JY]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see S. 2194), S7104 [19JY]
Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S5206 [6JN]
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), S9426 [26SE]
Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S8565 [12SE]
Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 2819), S7579 [30JY]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 847), S7901 [1AU]
Taxation: 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), S4282 [13MY]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see S. 2200), S3561 [30AP]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see S. 2078), S6319 [28JN]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 2816), S7469 [29JY]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see S. 2726), S6707 [12JY]
———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see S. 540), S2261 [21MR]
Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 2512), S8755 [18SE]
Terrorism: condemn the involvement of women in suicide bombings (see S. Res. 229), S2183 [20MR]
Transportation: improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (see S. 2884), S10443 [15OC]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1422 [4MR]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S5697 [18JN]
Weapons: promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (see S. 2545), S6014 [25JN]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S7901 [1AU]
Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S8754 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Agriculture: sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (see S. 2063), S2261 [21MR]
Embassies: provide full and complete protection to certain U.S. citizens living and traveling abroad (see S. Con. Res. 157), S10888 [13NO]
Immigration: refuse U.S. admission to the extended family of international child abductors (see S. 3159), S11079 [14NO]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 2386), S3505 [29AP]
———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see S. 3086), S10223 [9OC]
———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S2260 [21MR]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see S. 2218), S3014 [22AP]
National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 322), S8300 [5SE]
National Missing Adult Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 40), S6867 [16JY] (see S. Res. 318), S7901 [1AU]
National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see S. Con. Res. 146), S9116 [24SE]
Public welfare programs: replace caseload reduction credit with employment credit under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2058), S2261 [21MR]
Richard S. Arnold U.S. Courthouse, Little Rock, AR: designate (see S. 2128), S2675 [15AP]
Social Security: modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (see S. 2700), S6318 [28JN]
SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 3144), S10676 [17OC]
Tariff: provide for reliquidation of certain entries of vanadium carbides and vanadium carbonitride (see S. 2437), S3625 [1MY]
Taxation: permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see S. 2994), S9116 [24SE]
———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (see S. 1942), S732 [13FE]
———treatment of natural gas distribution lines (see S. 1915), S487 [7FE]
Year of the Blues: designate (see S. Res. 316), S7901 [1AU]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4558 [20MY], S4668 [22MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7551 [30JY], S7774 [1AU]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3457 [25AP], S3495 [29AP]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5104 [5JN]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), motion to proceed, S10398 [10OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9026 [23SE], S9186 [25SE], S9401 [26SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S9019 [23SE], S9185 [25SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY]
Smith, Lavenski R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6592 [10JY], S6793 [15JY]
Letters
Encourage use of renewable energy: R. James Woolsey, Robert C. McFarlane, and Thomas H. Moorer, S1819 [13MR]
Farm program limitations on commodity payments and benefits: several agricultural organizations, S446 [7FE]
Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: William D. Novelli, Cecil Malone, and Maria Reynolds-Diaz, AARP, S7100 [19JY]
Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: by, S10058 [8OC]
Renewable motor vehicle fuels standards: Bob Holden, John Hoeven, and Mike Johanns, Governors' Ethanol Coalition, S1820 [13MR]
———Brian S. Appel, Changing World Technologies, Inc., S1819 [13MR]
———Daryl E. Harms, Masada Resource Group LLC, S1819 [13MR]
———Dennis B. Griffin, Griffin Industries, Inc., S1819 [13MR]
———John K. Hansen, Nebraska Farmers Union, S1818 [13MR]
———Mark F. Weber, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, S1817 [13MR]
———Mark Schweers, Nebraska Corn Growers Association, S1818 [13MR]
———Roger Burken, Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc., S1819 [13MR]
———Tim Hume, National Corn Growers Association, S1820 [13MR]
———Todd C. Sneller, Nebraska Ethanol Board, S1818 [13MR]
———Trevor Guthmiller, American Coalition for Ethanol, S1818 [13MR]
Lists
Organizations supporting S. 724, Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act, S10061 [8OC]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S1407 [4MR], S3481 [29AP], S4549 [20MY], S5563 [14JN], S5919 [24JN]
Poems
``God Bless the USA,'' Debbie Rogers, S1534 [5MR]
Privilege of the floor
Anzick, Michael, S7613 [30JY]
Dettelbach, Steven, S9857 [2OC]
Owens, Phillip, S511 [7FE]
Pika, Elizabeth, S7613 [30JY], S9857 [2OC], S10133 [8OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: application of means-testing of nonprofit organizations relative to conservation programs, S4019 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S4006, S4008, S4019 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S445, S446, S456 [7FE], S692 [13FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4441 [16MY], S4800 [23MY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S11712 [20NO]
———status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S11712 [20NO]
Arkansas: tribute to Army National Guard Task Force 2-153, S4964
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10333 [10OC]
Batesville, AR: tribute to Lyon College Concert Choir, S1934
Burnham, Martin and Gracia: abduction by Abu Sayaff (terrorist organization) in the Philippines, S4827 [23MY]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (H. Con. Res. 413), S7126 [19JY]
———tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (S. Con. Res. 128), S7126 [19JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S2520, S2521 [11AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S445, S446, S456 [7FE], S692 [13FE], S4006 [8MY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1817 [13MR], S2038, S2039 [19MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S11169 [15NO], S11445 [19NO]
Employment: prohibit the establishment of wage insurance for workers adversely affected by foreign trade, S4441 [16MY]
FDA: restrict importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S4800 [23MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7099 [19JY], S7290 [24JY], S7541 [30JY]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6800 [15JY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, S2177 [20MR]
KFFA-Radio (Helena, AR): tribute to King Biscuit Time program, S7886
Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals, S270 [4FE]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S7290 [24JY]
Medicare: coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (S. 3086), S10224 [9OC]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S3606, S3607 [1MY], S7099 [19JY], S7541 [30JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7099 [19JY]
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, S3011
Motor vehicles: establish Federal renewable fuels standards, S1817 [13MR]
National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 322), S8312 [5SE]
Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, S1817 [13MR]
Pharmaceuticals: pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability protection, S11169 [15NO]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1817 [13MR], S2038, S2039 [19MR]
Public welfare programs: replace caseload reduction credit with employment credit under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2058), S2283 [21MR]
Richard S. Arnold U.S. Courthouse, Little Rock, AR: designate (S. 2128), S2678 [15AP]
Senate: legislative program, S7126 [19JY]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), S4736 [22MY]
Smith, Lavenski R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6797 [15JY]
Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), S9827 [2OC]
———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), unanimous-consent request, S10060, S10061 [8OC]
———modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (S. 2700), S6320 [28JN]
SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (S. 3144), S10710 [17OC]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (S. 1278), S3605 [1MY]
———expand tax credits for biodiesel fuel and conduct study on alternative fuels and fueled vehicles, S2039 [19MR]
———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (S. 2994), S9118 [24SE]
———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (S. 1942), S845 [14FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S270 [4FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S270 [4FE]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4441 [16MY], S4800 [23MY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: release of National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, S9899
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S2520, S2521 [11AP]
———statewide interactive voter registration lists, S2520, S2521 [11AP]
Year of the Blues: designate (S. Res. 316), S7930 [1AU], S8196 [4SE]
Texts of
S. 1915, tax treatment of natural gas distribution lines, S489 [7FE]
S. 2128, Richard S. Arnold U.S. Courthouse, Little Rock, AR, S2678 [15AP]
S. 2994, Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act, S9119-S9121 [24SE]
Tributes
Finzer, Nicholas E., S25
Ford, Joe, S6706
Kennedy, Senator, S1162 [26FE]
Murphy, Stephanie K., S7429
Wellstone, Paul D., S11715 [20NO]
Williams, Cecil, Jr., S11568
Woods, Henry, S4534