BYRD, ROBERT C. (a Senator from West Virginia)

Addresses

Upholding the Tradition of Freedom of Speech: by, S4364-S4366 [27AP]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10218, S10244 [20SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3451, S3496 [12AP], S3516, S3556, S3576 [13AP], S3622, S3635, S3641, S3693, S3694, S3701 [14AP], S3758, S3759 [15AP], S3775, S3787, S3794, S3848, S3857 [18AP], S3881, S3884, S3888 [19AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S2046 [3MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12189, S12270 [2NO], S12312, S12367 [3NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2695, S2751 [15MR], S2887, S2913, S2930, S2996, S2997, S3077, S3078 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8667, S8700 [21JY], S8848, S8861, S8892 [25JY], S12492, S12505, S12536 [8NO], S12593, S12624 [9NO], S12683 [10NO], S12785, S12788, S12791, S12861, S12864, S12867 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10910 [3OC], S11080, S11131, S11132 [5OC], S11195, S11240 [6OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S7965, S8001, S8005, S8072, S8080 [11JY], S8124 [12JY], S8179, S8186, S8187, S8189, S8219, S8238 [13JY], S8280 [14JY], S8413 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7414, S7420, S7443, S7444 [27JN], S7480 [28JN], S7643 [29JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11824, S11842 [25OC], S11859, S11928 [26OC]

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

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), S7786, S7870 [30JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8532, S8574 [20JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6666 [15JN], S6937 [21JN], S6994, S7098, S7188 [22JN], S7325 [23JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4321 [26AP], S4970 [11MY], S5028, S5174, S5175 [12MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, S4094 [21AP]

———H.R. 1815, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S12811 [15NO]

———H.R. 2360, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S8290 [14JY]

———H.R. 2361, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S7644 [29JN]

———H.R. 2419, energy and water development appropriations, S7797 [30JN]

———H.R. 2744, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S10332 [22SE]

———H.R. 2862, science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, S10079 [15SE]

———H.R. 2863, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S11275 [7OC]

———H.R. 2985, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S7749 [30JN]

———H.R. 3010, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11999 [27OC], S13291 [18NO]

———H.R. 3057, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S8536 [20JY]

———H.R. 3058, Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies appropriations, S11696 [20OC]

Senate National Security Working Group, S1218 [9FE]

Articles and editorials

Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News, David Barstow and Robin Stein, New York (NY) Times, S3631-S3635 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: restore the original deadline for mandatory country of origin labeling (see S. 2038), S13160 [17NO]

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

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 58), S1623 [17FE]

Bankruptcy: prevent courts from dismissing companies' Coal Act obligations to pay workers promised benefits (see S. 594), S4258 [26AP]

Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act: disapprove request of President for extension of trade promotion authority (see S. Res. 100), S3278 [6AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see S. Con. Res. 26), S8420 [18JY]

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), S8218 [13JY]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): authorize printing with illustrations of a document entitled ``Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, 138th Anniversary. 1867-2005'' (see S. Res. 164), S6225 [8JN]

Crime: increase penalties for terrorism against mass transportation and railroads and provide law enforcement with the tools to combat and prevent such attacks (see S. 629), S8218 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding (see S. 945), S4546 [28AP]

Dept. of State: carry out activities that promote adoption of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas intensity in developing countries, while promoting economic development (see S. 386), S1625 [17FE] (see S. 883), S4108 [21AP]

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]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1082), S12526 [8NO]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see S. 103), S3482 [12AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S6226 [8JN]

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

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see S. 776), S10037 [14SE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 397), S8826 [25JY]

Flag—U.S.: protect (see S. 1370), S7909 [1JY]

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]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see S.J. Res. 23), S9932 [12SE] (see S. Res. 250), S10378 [22SE]

Health: enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (see S. 1418), S11213 [6OC]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S6156 [7JN]

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]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see S. 1915), S11823 [25OC]

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]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 358), S1260 [10FE]

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), S3897 [19AP]

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

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

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

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1010), S10972 [4OC]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 1062), S6155 [7JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 282), S11665 [20OC]

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

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

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

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

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

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see S. 1721), S11213 [6OC]

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

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see S. 695), S3147 [4AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 406), S1513 [16FE]

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. 484), S6155 [7JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see S. 193), S1624 [17FE]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (see S. 467), S5301 [17MY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 392), S6910 [21JN]

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), S13973 [18DE]

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

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1197), S6911 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see S. 576), S2383 [9MR]

Dept. of Energy: implement accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for advanced clean coal technologies and provide financial incentives to encourage early commercial deployment (see S. 1133), S6021 [26MY]

Fenton Art Glass Co.: anniversary (see S. Res. 345), S14317 [21DE]

Grafton, WV: reinstate hydroelectric license for FERC project (see S. 2028), S13160 [17NO]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see S. 515), S2004 [3MR]

Power resources: promote international clean energy development, expand clean energy markets abroad, and engage developing nations in the advancement of sustainable energy use and climate change actions (see S. 745), S3413 [11AP]

Roads and highways: complete construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (see S. 514), S2004 [3MR]

Excerpts

``Atalanta in Calydon,'' Algernon C. Swinburne, S2968 [17MR]

Declaration of Independence, S7888 [1JY]

Letters

Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants Program funding: Robert A. DiPoli, International Association of Fire Chiefs, S8125 [12JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security grant allocation improvement: by, S7964 [11JY]

Lists

Cosponsors of Byrd amendment to H.R. 2361, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, on Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial funding, S9372 [29JY]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12313 [3NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8265 [14JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11864 [26OC]

Papers

Message of the Dome—The United States Capitol in the Popular Media, 1865-1946: Lily Stevens, S13312-S13315 [18NO]

Poems

``America for Me,'' Henry Van Dyke, S7888 [1JY]

``Builders'', S8207 [13JY]

``Builders,'' Anon, S5830 [24MY]

``Count Your Garden'', S13312 [18NO]

``God, Give Us Men!'' Josiah Gilbert Holland, S13646 [15DE]

``God Give Us Men!'' Josiah Gilbert Holland, S1593 [17FE]

``Home and Love,'' Robert Service, S6004 [26MY]

``It Makes No Difference'', S11121 [5OC]

``Kindly Neighbor,'' Edgar Guest, S9241 [28JY]

``Little Chap Who Follows Me'', S6717 [16JN]

``March Wind Roars'', S2968 [17MR]

``Memorial Day,'' Edgar Guest, S6005 [26MY]

``My Neighbor's Roses,'' Abraham L. Gruber, S9240 [28JY]

``Reading Mother,'' Strickland Gillilan, S4536 [28AP]

``Things That Make a Soldier Great,'' Edgar Guest, S12704 [10NO]

``Thoughts of Thanksgiving,'' Charles F. White, S13316 [18NO]

``Who Loves a Garden,'' Louise Seymour Jones, S2969 [17MR]

Privilege of the floor

Borchard, Steve, S7644 [29JN]

Cuong Huynh, S3501 [12AP]

MacKenzie, Sean, S8088 [11JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10220 [20SE]

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S13427, S13430, S13431, S13432, S13433, S13434 [12DE]

Amtrak: funding, S2694 [15MR], S2794 [16MR]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (S. 576), S2392 [9MR]

Appropriations: continue congressional authority to make emergency designations without Presidential approval, S2900 [17MR]

———legislative process, S11997 [27OC], S13427 [12DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 68), S10705 [29SE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3395 [11AP], S3466 [12AP], S3512, S3514, S3518, S3522 [13AP], S3630, S3631, S3637, S3640 [14AP], S3765, S3766 [15AP], S3786, S3794 [18AP], S3881 [19AP], S3983, S3989 [20AP], S4094 [21AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, S4820 [10MY]

———on-budget treatment and reporting requirements relative to future requests for supplemental appropriations for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, S3786 [18AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S14227, S14228 [21DE]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, S11796, S11798 [25OC]

Army: uparmored High Mobility Multipurposed Wheeled Vehicles (Humvees) funding, S11113 [5OC]

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 58), S1593 [17FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1984, S1995 [3MR]

———increase payments of wages and benefits to employees and require payment to retirees for lost health benefits by companies filing for bankruptcy, S1995 [3MR]

———prevent courts from dismissing companies' Coal Act obligations to pay workers promised benefits (S. 594), S2967 [17MR]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish, S2946 [17MR]

Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act: disapprove request of President for extension of trade promotion authority (S. Res. 100), S7704 [30JN]

Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents, S8383 [15JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12188, S12190, S12191 [2NO], S12310, S12312 [3NO], S13647 [15DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, S14113 [20DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, S13630 [15DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13143 [17NO]

———reconciliation process, S11969-S11971 [27OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, S4493 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2694 [15MR], S2794 [16MR], S2900, S2912, S2913, S2914, S2929, S2946 [17MR]

———treatment of appropriations for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere overseas, S11078, S11081 [5OC]

Coal: clean coal programs funding, S9358 [29JY]

Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting (Senate, Special): establish, S1984 [3MR]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S46 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, S46 [6JA]

Defense Contract Audit Agency: reporting requirements of audits conducted on defense contracts awarded for security and reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, S3794 [18AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: grant the Natural Resources Conservation Service authority to transfer appropriated funds from the Lost River Watershed Project to the Upper Tygart Valley Watershed Project in West Virginia, S3881 [19AP]

———prohibit funding to inspect horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, S10220 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S11104, S11105 [5OC], S11200 [6OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S12483, S12484, S12485, S12490, S12492 [8NO], S12595 [9NO]

———construction of a permanent prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, S3514, S3522 [13AP]

———establish position of Deputy Sec. of Defense for Management, S12483, S12484, S12485, S12492 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S11078, S11081, S11104, S11105, S11113 [5OC], S11200 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14227, S14228, S14242 [21DE]

Dept. of Energy: FutureGen initiative funding, S12747 [14NO]

———implement accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for advanced clean coal technologies and provide financial incentives to encourage early commercial deployment (S. 1133), S6029 [26MY]

Dept. of HHS: AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding through reductions in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding, S11895 [26OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program funding, S8124, S8126 [12JY]

———explosive detection devices research and development funding, S8284 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S7961, S7967 [11JY], S8124, S8126 [12JY], S8185, S8186, S8187 [13JY], S8264, S8265, S8284, S8327 [14JY], S8383 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, S11276 [7OC]

———SAFER Firefighting Hiring Program funding, S7967 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7420 [27JN], S7479, S7481 [28JN], S7568, S7574, S7575 [29JN], S7800 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, S9371 [29JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), conference report, S14294 [21DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11796 [25OC], S11859, S11864, S11895 [26OC], S11997 [27OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7704, S7705, S7736 [30JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Title I funding for disadvantaged student programs, S11859 [26OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), conference report, S12747, S12749 [14NO]

EPA: continue ban on human testing of pesticides, S7800 [30JN]

———disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (S.J. Res. 20), S9959 [13SE]

———review studies on human testing of pesticides before issuing final rule, S7800 [30JN]

Father's Day: observance, S6716 [16JN]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving, S3518 [13AP]

Flag—U.S.: protect (S. 1370), S7911 [1JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, S14009 [19DE]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons, S13737 [16DE]

Giugni, Henry K.: tribute (S. Res. 300), S12373 [3NO]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S865 [2FE]

———role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S865 [2FE]

Health: provide liability protection to manufacturers of pandemic vaccines, S14242 [21DE]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S11997 [27OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), S9806 [8SE]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9949-S9951 [13SE], S11279, S11280 [7OC]

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, S3765, S3766 [15AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose fee on employers relative to certain intra-company transferee nonimmigrants, S12188, S12190, S12191 [2NO], S12310 [3NO]

Independence Day: observance, S7887 [1JY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S392 [25JA], S13310 [18NO]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S9949-S9951 [13SE], S11796, S11798 [25OC], S13309 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, S9949-S9951 [13SE], S11200 [6OC], S11796, S11798 [25OC], S13311 [18NO]

LIHEAP: funding, S11796 [25OC]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial: funding, S7420 [27JN], S7479 [28JN], S9371 [29JY]

Medicaid: funding, S2946 [17MR]

Memorial Day: observance, S6005 [26MY]

Miers, Harriet: withdrawal of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S11971 [27OC]

Mother's Day: observance, S4535 [28AP]

National Good Neighbor Day: observance, S9240 [28JY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (S. 515), S2025 [3MR]

National security: border security funding, S3983 [20AP]

News media: prohibit funding for production of prepackaged news stories by any Federal agency without including a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by a Federal agency, S3630, S3631, S3637, S3640 [14AP]

Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S5866 [25MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, S2969 [17MR]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S3366 [11AP]

———gasoline price levels, S3366 [11AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6992 [22JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9335, S9358 [29JY], S12749 [14NO]

———national energy policy, S2972 [17MR], S3366 [11AP]

———promote international clean energy development, expand clean energy markets abroad, and engage developing nations in the advancement of sustainable energy use and climate change actions (S. 745), S3416 [11AP]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S1831 [1MR], S2413 [10MR], S5033, S5034, S5035, S5036 [12MY], S5483 [19MY], S5733 [23MY], S5828, S5829 [24MY], S5866 [25MY], S13427, S13430, S13431, S13432, S13433, S13434 [12DE]

Rice, Condoleezza: nomination to be Sec. of State, S392 [25JA]

Roads and highways: complete construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (S. 514), S2023-S2025 [3MR]

Senate: suspend time limitations on debate of budget reconciliation legislation that causes or increases a deficit, S12312 [3NO]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S1831 [1MR], S2413 [10MR], S5033, S5034, S5035, S5036 [12MY], S5483 [19MY], S5733 [23MY], S5828, S5829 [24MY], S5866 [25MY], S13427, S13430, S13431, S13432, S13433, S13434 [12DE]

———bringing up of nongermane and nonrelevant amendments after invoking cloture, S3100-S3103 [20MR]

———process for consideration of conference reports, S14227, S14228 [21DE]

Social Security: privatization proposals, S4447 [28AP]

———reform, S4447 [28AP]

Supreme Court: nominee selection process, S11971 [27OC]

Tariff Act: repeal dumping and subsidy offset, S11970 [27OC], S13630 [15DE], S14113 [20DE]

Taxation: allow a credit for rural commuters, S5027, S5029 [12MY]

———income tax exclusion for certain gasoline costs of rural carpools, S6992 [22JN]

———provide energy tax incentives, S2972 [17MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits, S2914 [17MR]

Thanksgiving Day: observance, S13315 [18NO]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding, S2912, S2913, S2929 [17MR]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S5027, S5029 [12MY]

———increase rail and public transportation security, S8185 [13JY], S8264, S8265 [14JY]

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, S14009 [19DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13737 [16DE], S14009 [19DE]

Veterans: health care funding, S3466 [12AP], S7420 [27JN], S7568, S7574, S7575 [29JN], S9371 [29JY], S14294 [21DE]

Veterans Day: observance (S. Res. 305), S12703 [10NO]

Weather: beginning of spring, S2968 [17MR]

Weirton, WV: anniversary of First Christian Church, S11121 [5OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S1998 [3MR], S2078-S2080 [4MR]

Tribute, S6003, S6004 [26MY], S13325 [18NO]

Tables

Bombings with al-Qaeda links: Washington (DC) Post, S8185 [13JY]

Comparison of formula highway funds by State, S2912 [17MR]

Texts of

S. 745, International Clean Energy Deployment and Global Energy Markets Investment Act, S3417-S3420 [11AP]

S. 2028, FERC reinstatement of hydroelectric license for project in Grafton, WV, S13162 [17NO]

Tributes

Cochran, Senator, S11997 [27OC]

Corzine, Senator, S13722 [16DE]

Frist, Senator, S13427 [12DE]

Fumich, George, S4536 [28AP]

Kennedy, Senator, S13437 [12DE]

May, Gene, S8206 [13JY]

McCarthy, Eugene J., S13646 [15DE]

Sessions, Senator, S14009 [19DE]

Specter, Senator, S11863 [26OC]

Stevens, Lily, S13311, S13326 [18NO]

Stevens, Senator, S7887 [1JY], S13311 [18NO]

Turnipseed, Clarence L., Jr., S11121 [5OC]

Wineman, Timothy S., S11120 [5OC]