LINCOLN, BLANCHE (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3483, S3496 [12AP], S3556, S3557 [13AP], S3693 [14AP], S3775, S3799, S3849 [18AP], S3986 [20AP], S4110 [21AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1932 [2MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12137 [1NO], S12185, S12270 [2NO], S12295 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13034 [16NO], S13127, S13230 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2847, S2861, S2865, S2866, S2871 [16MR], S2887, S2939, S2996, S2997, S2998, S3075, S3077 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S6023 [26MY], S8686 [21JY], S8816, S8828, S8887, S8893 [25JY], S9160 [27JY], S12448 [7NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10832 [3OC], S10987 [4OC], S11099 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8219 [13JY]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3336 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7615, S7643 [29JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11770 [24OC], S11794, S11798 [25OC], S11857 [26OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11489 [18OC], S11521 [19OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6863 [20JN], S6976 [21JN], S6994, S7081, S7098 [22JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9853 [8SE], S9974 [13SE]

Articles and editorials

Bad Day at Binh Gia, Douglas E. Moore, S7423 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see S. 548), S4258 [26AP]

———establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see S. 1333), S7614 [29JN]

Armed Forces: provide a traumatic injury protection rider to certain insured servicemembers (see S. 806), S4109 [21AP]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 639), S2846 [16MR]

———repeal requirement for reduction of certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation and modify effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see S. 185), S3279 [6AP]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see S. 337), S2996 [17MR]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 338), S13787 [16DE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see S. 338), S1199 [9FE]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see S. 1496), S8948 [26JY]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 44), S1415 [15FE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see S. 642), S3415 [11AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see S. 1405), S10595 [28SE]

Children and youth: make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see S. 994), S4936 [11MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 840), S3897 [19AP]

Coins: authorize the minting and issuance of a Presidential $1 coin series, improve circulation of the $1 coin, and create a new bullion coin (see S. 1047), S6482 [14JN]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 603), S2517 [11MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 1214), S6827 [20JN]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 5), S435 [25JA]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 1145), S6021 [26MY]

Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see S. 328), S1198 [9FE]

———lift travel restrictions (see S. 894), S10295 [21SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1749), S10797 [30SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1308), S9470 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see S. 285), S3654 [14AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure adequate veterans' health care funding and conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see S. 963), S8665 [21JY]

———improve outreach programs (see S. 1342), S7820 [30JN]

Disasters: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see S. Res. 4), S28 [4JA]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 37), S6481 [14JN]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 602), S2482 [10MR]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see S. Res. 182), S7520 [28JN]

District of Columbia: provide a site for the National Women's History Museum (see S. 501), S2003 [3MR]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 326), S13362 [18NO]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see S. 103), S575 [26JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S5851 [24MY]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see S. 1309), S9470 [29JY]

Endangered species: enhance the role of States in recovery, implement a species conservation recovery system, and provide assistance and incentives to promote recovery (see S. 2110), S13659 [15DE]

European Union: reject Airbus Industries request for launch aid and comply with agreement prohibiting governmental support of the civil aircraft industry (see S. Con. Res. 25), S3415 [11AP]

Exon, J. James: tribute (see S. Res. 170), S6405 [13JN]

Extension Living Well Week: designate (see S. Res. 67), S1794 [28FE]

FAA: preserve Essential Air Service Program (see S. 217), S1199 [9FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, child, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see S. 798), S5779 [23MY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 666), S9985 [13SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that the application of certain pesticides does not require a permit (see S. 1269), S6825 [20JN]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 88), S2995 [17MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 397), S1513 [16FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 12), S3653 [14AP]

Foreign aid: support international hunger relief efforts and use resources and diplomatic leverage to secure food aid for countries in need (see S. Res. 227), S9468 [29JY]

Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see S. Con. Res. 55), S10724 [29SE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see S. 593), S2482 [10MR]

Giugni, Henry K.: tribute (see S. Res. 300), S12353 [3NO]

Health: allow Congress, State legislatures, and regulatory agencies to determine appropriate laws, rules, and regulations to address problems of weight gain, obesity, and associated health conditions (see S. 908), S13502 [13DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. Con. Res. 30), S4547 [28AP]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 471), S5072 [12MY]

———provide programs for stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation (see S. 1064), S6226 [8JN]

Health care professionals: establish a scholarship and loan repayment program for public health preparedness workforce development to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages (see S. 506), S2384 [9MR]

———provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see S. 473), S3654 [14AP]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S1625 [17FE]

Hunger: encourage effective use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training (see S. 1885), S11476 [18OC]

———reduce (see S. 1120), S5921 [25MY]

Hurricanes: express condolences to victims of Hurricane Katrina, commend resiliency of the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and commit to relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts (see S. Res. 233), S9645 [6SE]

———permit the solicitation of donations in Senate buildings for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina (see S. Res. 235), S9727 [7SE]

———provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1716), S10188 [19SE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 359), S2996 [17MR]

International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 74), S2245 [8MR]

Iraq: commend for conducting free elections and encourage further steps toward establishment of a free, democratic, secure, and prosperous Iraq (see S. Res. 38), S1049 [7FE]

———encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (see S. Res. 231), S9468 [29JY]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see S. 1922), S11917 [26OC]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 842), S10037 [14SE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see S. 582), S2383 [9MR]

McCarthy, Eugene J.: tribute (see S. Res. 330), S13451 [12DE]

Medicaid: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 49), S9469 [29JY]

———extend enhanced Federal matching rate under State children's health insurance program and improve enrollment, retention, quality and performance of children's health insurance (see S. 1563), S9467 [29JY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 311), S1115 [8FE]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see S. 1592), S9468 [29JY]

———prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State (see S. 1007), S9470 [29JY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 183), S1261 [10FE]

Medicare: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 50), S9469 [29JY]

———continue Medicaid prescription drug coverage to dual-eligible beneficiaries for a certain period while allowing part D benefits to be implemented as scheduled (see S. 566), S9469 [29JY]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 784), S3652 [14AP]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 604), S4022 [20AP]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see S. 635), S7521 [28JN]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1010), S8218 [13JY]

———make improvements in payments to hospitals (see S. 1002), S6102 [6JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 1217), S7429 [27JN]

———provide a minimum update for physicians' services (see S. 1574), S9467 [29JY]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see S. 1440), S8664 [21JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 438), S1623 [17FE]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see S. 300), S1049 [7FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations and raise awareness about and assist in preparation of advance directives on end-of-life decisionmaking (see S. 347), S3735 [15AP]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 1272), S10234 [20SE]

Migratory Bird Commission: commemorate anniversary and express support for Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp program (see S. Res. 183), S7520 [28JN]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 1062), S5436 [18MY]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 299), S12401 [4NO]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see S. 1405), S10595 [28SE]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 278), S11477 [18OC]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 31), S6742 [16JN]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 156), S5922 [25MY]

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see S. 579), S3654 [14AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 757), S11665 [20OC]

National Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 147), S5437 [18MY]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 154), S6300 [9JN]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 71), S2004 [3MR]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 155), S6227 [8JN]

Nelson, Gaylord: tribute (see S. Res. 194), S7987 [11JY]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 432), S4022 [20AP]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see S. Res. 191), S7909 [1JY]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 637), S2846 [16MR] (see S. 874), S4108 [21AP]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see S. Res. 287), S11918 [26OC]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 334), S1931 [2MR]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see S. Res. 95), S3201 [5AP]

Proxmire, William: tribute (see S. Res. 334), S13659 [15DE]

Public lands: release a reversionary interest in Camp Joseph T. Robinson to Arkansas (see S. 454), S1718 [18FE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 513), S2004 [3MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 1236), S11213 [6OC]

Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (see S. Res. 234), S9727 [7SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 863), S12839 [15NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1520), S9471 [29JY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 2010), S12839 [15NO]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see S. 695), S4937 [11MY]

Social Security: allow States to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 740), S3358 [7AP]

———improve provision of care under Medicare, Medicaid, and certain public welfare programs (see S. 2164), S14316 [21DE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 619), S2644 [14MR]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see S. 495), S3415 [11AP]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see S. 132), S145 [24JA]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see S. 1244), S6481 [14JN]

———allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see S. 1240), S6481 [14JN]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 1791), S10723 [29SE]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see S. 646), S2994 [17MR]

———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. 484), S3654 [14AP]

———clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances (see S. 688), S3147 [4AP]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 327), S1198 [9FE]

———include wireless telecommunications equipment in definition of qualified technological equipment for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1441), S8664 [21JY]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see S. 187), S574 [26JA]

———modify small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction (see S. 785), S3652 [14AP]

———modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 1775), S10513 [27SE]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see S. 627), S10595 [28SE]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see S. 1159), S6022 [26MY]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see S. 1293), S7293 [23JN]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 1022), S5071 [12MY]

———provide a credit for the transportation of food for charitable purposes (see S. 283), S978 [3FE]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see S. 1584), S9467 (see S. 1598), S9468 [29JY]

———provide a small agri-biodiesel producer credit and improve the small ethanol producer credit (see S. 610), S2517 [11MR]

———provide for a deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 94), S144 [24JA]

———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see S. 965), S4547 [28AP]

———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1864), S11313 [7OC]

———treat natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property for depreciation purposes (see S. 669), S2995 [17MR]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 1160), S6022 [26MY]

———treatment of horses (see S. 1528), S9284 [28JY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see S. 193), S574 [26JA]

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. 268), S2483 [10MR]

Terrorism: provide for medal to be awarded by the President to representatives of individuals killed in terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 passengers (see S. 1423), S8666 [21JY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 392), S8949 [26JY]

U.S. Tax Court: modernize (see S. 661), S2994 [17MR]

United Kingdom: condemn terrorist bombings in London and express condolences to the families of the victims (see S. Res. 193), S7986 [11JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (see S. 2082), S14065 [19DE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 241), S2483 [10MR]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 58), S3817 [18AP]

———expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits (see S. 13), S2483 [10MR]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 558), S2244 [8MR]

———expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see S. 909), S10295 [21SE]

———health care funding (see S. 331), S6482 [14JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 633), S3149 [4AP]

Veterans Day: observance (see S. Res. 305), S12682 [10NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1197), S10595 [28SE]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 707), S12839 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters (see S. 1804), S10796 [30SE]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 126), S145 [24JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: ensure the provision of services under the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to frail elders living in rural areas (see S. 1067), S5437 [18MY]

Children and youth: protect from Internet pornography and support law enforcement and other efforts to combat Internet and pornography-related crimes against children (see S. 1507), S9158 [27JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a decommissioning pilot program to decommission and decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor in northwest Arkansas (see S. 64), S143 [24JA]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating Wolf House in Norfolk, AR, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 434), S1623 [17FE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 647), S2994 [17MR]

———coverage of kidney disease education services (see S. 717), S3278 [6AP]

———eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 1345), S7820 [30JN]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see S. 40), S143 [24JA]

Social Security: allow States to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 710), S3201 [5AP]

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1298), S7293 [23JN]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 1588), S9468 [29JY]

Tariff: chemicals (see S. 1944, 1945), S12127 [1NO]

———1,5-naphthalenedisulfonic acid, 2-[[8-[[4 -[[3-[[[2-(ethenylsulfonyl) ethyl]amino]carbonyl]phenyl]amino]-6-fluoro-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]-1-hydroxy-3, 6-disulfo-2-naphthalenyl]azo]-, tetrasodium salt (see S. 1943), S12127 [1NO]

———1-methoxy-2-propanol in solvent (see S. 1942), S12127 [1NO]

———7,7'-[1,3-propanediylbis[imino(6-fluoro-1,3,5-triazine-4, 2-diyl)imino[2-[(aminocarbonyl)amino]-4,1-phenylene]azo]]bis-, sodium salt (see S. 1946), S12127 [1NO]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see S. 1050), S5300 [17MY]

Taxation: expand and extend the renewable resource credit and nonconventional source credit for landfill gas facilities (see S. 1078), S5531 [19MY]

———expand and extend the renewable resource credit for trash combustion facilities (see S. 1079), S5531 [19MY]

———extend the excise and income tax credits for the production of biodiesel (see S. 1076), S5531 [19MY]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1319), S7520 [28JN]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see S. 928), S4398 [27AP]

———provide renewable liquid fuels tax credit (see S. 1077), S5531 [19MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: recognize achievements and contributions of Waterfowl Population Survey Program (see S. Res. 255), S10594 [28SE]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [4JA]

Citations

Staff Sergeant Harold G. (George) Bennett's induction into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame, S7424 [27JN]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12301 [3NO]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [4JA]

Remarks

Agriculture: ensure legislation allowing cuts in agriculture programs receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, S2905 [17MR]

———farm program payment limitation changes, S12180 [2NO]

———Federal farm policies, S1153 [9FE]

———price supports, S1153 [9FE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3460 [12AP], S3799 [18AP], S3986 [20AP], S4091 [21AP]

Armed Forces: require report on implementing Army National Guard Post Deployment Stand-Down Program, S3986 [20AP]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, S134 [24JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1153 [9FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12106 [1NO], S12180 [2NO], S12301, S12327 [3NO], S12443 [7NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13127 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2905, S2938, S2939, S2961 [17MR]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S48 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, S48 [6JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding, S1153 [9FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10968 [4OC]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program methamphetamine enforcement and clean up program funding through closing of certain tax loopholes, S2938, S2939 [17MR]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), S6385 [13JN]

Hunger: encourage effective use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training (S. 1885), S11481 [18OC]

———reduce (S. 1120), S5931 [25MY], S6130 [7JN]

Hurricanes: provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, S12106 [1NO], S12301 [3NO]

———provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1716), S10417 [26SE], S10787 [30SE]

———tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S14027 [19DE]

Little Rock, AR: anniversary of First Missionary Baptist Church, S4104 [21AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (S. 582), S2513 [11MR]

Medicaid: extend enhanced Federal matching rate under State children's health insurance program and improve enrollment, retention, quality and performance of children's health insurance (S. 1563), S9480 [29JY]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina, S9776-S9778 [8SE]

Medicare: amend bad debt collection policy, S12327 [3NO], S12443 [7NO]

National Guard: modify the accumulation of leave for those returning to the U.S. from active duty service in Iraq and Afghanistan, S3799 [18AP]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, S6130 [7JN]

National security: establish a first responder interoperable communications grant program, S9964 [13SE]

NRC: maintain current export controls on highly-enriched uranium relative to medical isotope production, S7239 [23JN]

Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S5568 [20MY]

Portman, Representative: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S4529 [28AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S7239 [23JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9363 [29JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S5567 [20MY]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10568 [28SE]

Roulier, Scott M.: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Arkansas Professor of the Year recipient, S12836 [15NO]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9776 [8SE], S9964 [13SE]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S5567 [20MY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 2010), S12848 [15NO]

Social Security: impact of privatization on women, S914 [3FE]

Supreme Court: unpredictability of Justices' political tendencies in decisionmaking, S10571 [28SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (S. 1244), S6491 [14JN]

———modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S13127 [17NO]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (S. 928), S4423 [27AP]

Veterans: health care funding, S3460 [12AP]

Votes: position on missed, S7975 [11JY]

Texts of

S. 928, Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act, S4423-S4425 [27AP]

Tributes

Bennett, Harold G. (George), S7423 [27JN]

Caraway, Hattie Wyatt, S2731 [15MR]

Clairday, Jason S., S59 [6JA]

Corzine, Senator, S13733 [16DE]

Creamean, Tyler L., S6906 [21JN]

Fisher, Dustin C., S6906 [21JN]

Giles, Landon S., S2842 [16MR]

Hopper, Brian, S1715 [18FE]

Johnson, John H., S8133 [12JY]

McCormick, Carmen, S13652 [15DE]

McGill, Arthur R., S10110 [15SE]

Newman, Alan, S14054 [19DE]

Robbins, William T., S1999 [3MR]

Ruzicka, Marla, S3799 [18AP]

Rymer, Lyle W., II, S1714 [18FE]

Sayles, Phillip N., S6906 [21JN]

Smith, Michael A., S59 [6JA]

Stephens, Jackson T., S9116 [27JY]

Taylor, Jermain, S9116 [27JY]

Valdez, Steven A., S11765 [24OC]

Vines, Harry, S3141 [4AP]

Walton, John, S9154 [27JY]