KERRY, JOHN F. (a Senator from Massachusetts)

Addresses

Kenyon College Commencement: by, S5219 [25MY]

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), S3560, S3590, S3613, S3614, S3620, S3621 [26AP], S3691, S3706, S3754 [27AP], S3814, S3815, S3819, S3832, S3847 [1MY], S3895 [2MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), S454 [1FE], S493, S516, S517, S665, S680, S681 [2FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2046 [13MR], S2056, S2085, S2096, S2109, S2129, S2131, S2133, S2135, S2137, S2138 [14MR], S2168, S2203, S2209, S2210, S2211, S2212, S2217 [15MR], S2229, S2244, S2250, S2251, S2260, S2267, S2314, S2316, S2378, S2379, S2382 [16MR]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S1847, S1848 [7MR], S1894, S1905, S1908 [8MR]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S982 [9FE], S1183, S1315, S1316 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5726 [12JN], S5781 [13JN], S5881, S5882 [14JN], S5917, S5969, S5977 [15JN], S6119, S6156 [20JN], S6239, S6309, S6310, S6312, S6316, S6317 [21JN], S6381, S6389, S6421, S6422 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7339, S7355 [11JY], S7387, S7392, S7430, S7431 [12JY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4226, S4238 [9MY], S4365 [10MY]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2808 [4AP], S2940, S2941 [5AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4603, S4628 [16MY], S4712 [17MY], S4924, S4968 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: call on government to uphold freedom of religion and urge the U.S. to promote religious freedom in Afghanistan (see S. Res. 421), S2800 [4AP]

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see S. 2438), S2731 [3AP]

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see S. 914), S1129 [13FE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see S. 2381), S1834 [7MR]

Armed Forces: limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services for military retirees (see S. 2617), S3378 [7AP]

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): establish position of U.S. Ambassador (see S. 2697), S3893 [2MY]

Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see S. 2556), S3421 [24AP]

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see S. Res. 489), S4967 [23MY]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see S. 2321), S2417 [27MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 38), S5343 [26MY]

Bush, President: censure relative to authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see S. Res. 398), S4470 [11MY]

Business and industry: strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see S. 2134), S728 [6FE]

Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see S. Res. 224), S5492 [6JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a temporary memorial honoring members of the Armed Forces killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Con. Res. 86), S2902 [5AP]

Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see S. 985), S979 [9FE]

Civil liberties: limit delays on notice of search warrants, enhance review and basis of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and create national security letter sunsets (see S. 2369), S1790 [6MR]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see S. 2493), S3508 [25AP]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see S. 2475), S3705 [27AP]

Congress: establish Office of Public Integrity (see S. 2259), S1540 [28FE]

———require openness in conference committee deliberations and full disclosure of the contents of conference reports and all other legislation (see S. 2179), S370 [31JA]

Congressional Ethics Enforcement Commission: establish (see S. 2259), S1540 [28FE]

Contracts: improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse, improving competition, and enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel (see S. 2361), S1644 [2MR]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see S. 2276), S1072 [10FE]

———provide for ethics reform of the Federal judiciary and instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts (see S. 2202), S211 [26JA]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2178), S126 [25JA]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2784), S4468 [11MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see S. 2679), S4470 [11MY]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see S. 2231), S728 [6FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (see S. 2669), S3703 [27AP]

———suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts (see S. 2314), S1414 [16FE]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see S. 1948), S3985 [3MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance counseling and readjustment services (see S. 2500), S2799 [4AP]

Economy: improve American innovation and competitiveness in the global economy (see S. 2802), S4892 [22MY]

Education: expand Parents as Teachers programs and other programs of early childhood home visitation (see S. 503), S1505 [27FE]

———improve global competitiveness through mathematics and science scholarships, fellowships, and research grants, visa programs for mathematics and science doctoral students, and Dept. of Defense research grants (see S. 2198), S211 [26JA]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see S. 1218), S1790 [6MR]

———increase access to postsecondary education (see S. 2337), S1539 [28FE]

———modernize education system to arm individuals with 21st century knowledge and skills in order to preserve the economic and national security of the U.S. (see S. 3502), S5779 [13JN]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see S. 2828), S4695 [17MY]

———provide student borrowers with basic rights, including the right to timely information about their loans and the right to make fair and reasonable loan payments (see S. 3255), S5492 [6JN]

Education Flexibility Partnership Act: extend the educational flexibility program (see S. 2363), S1644 [2MR]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see S. 932, 1085), S6634 [28JN]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see S. 2201), S769 [7FE]

FCC: require issuance of a final order relative to usage of white spaces of the broadband spectrum (see S. 2327), S1461 [17FE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial fishermen (see S. 1723), S511 [2FE]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see S. 559), S5343 [26MY]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 2364), S1644 [2MR]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see S. 2180), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2180), S123 [25JA]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 399), S2027 [13MR]

Health: require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities (see S. 2506), S2799 [4AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see S. 330), S6787 [29JN]

Hurricanes: authorize bridge loan programs funding, increase small business access to export assistance in certain areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, and authorize additional disaster loans (see S. 2482), S2603 [30MR]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 2284), S1175 [14FE]

———improve border security (see S. 1033), S2416 [27MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2185), S123 [25JA]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see S. 1915), S125 [25JA]

Iran: condemn violations of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, suspend uranium enrichment activities, refer to U.N. Security Council, and call on others to end cooperation on nuclear program (see S. Con. Res. 78), S249 [27JA]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see S. Res. 362), S370 [31JA]

Libya: condition Dept. of State recognition of government representatives on fulfillment of financial obligations to Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other cases involving victims of terrorism (see S. Res. 504), S5598 [7JN]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 2273), S1130 [13FE]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see S. 811), S4052 [4MY]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Con. Res. 99), S5717 [12JN]

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 3590), S6634 [28JN]

———expand access to contraceptive services for low-income women and men (see S. 2916), S4836 [19MY]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 2305), S1413 [16FE]

Medicare: eliminate months from calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the prescription drug program and provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs and area agencies on aging (see S. 2810), S5431 [5JN]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see S. 1841), S865 [8FE]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 2354), S1644 [2MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 2183), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2183), S123 [25JA]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see S. 2181), S3507 [25AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S1790 [6MR]

Minimum wage: increase and ensure that increases keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress (see S. 2725), S4212 [9MY]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2235), S446 [1FE]

National and Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 422), S2800 [4AP]

National Association of State Veterans Homes: tribute (see S. Res. 417), S2689 [31MR]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 479), S4554 [15MY]

National Clean Beaches Week: designate (see S. Res. 510), S6155 [20JN]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see S. 1774), S1894 [8MR]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 513), S5950 [15JN]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 357), S249 [27JA]

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see S. 2704), S3984 [3MY]

National security: take actions to detect, prevent, and minimize consequences of terrorist or criminal attacks on chemical facilities (see S. 2486), S2603 [30MR]

National Sibling Connection Day: designate (see S. Res. 381), S1414 [16FE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 435), S3212 [6AP]

National Time-Out Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 482), S6420 [22JN]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 1035), S3379 [7AP]

Nepal: support reconvening of Parliament and an immediate, peaceful transition to democracy (see S. Res. 451), S3704 [27AP]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 770), S1680 [3MR]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 2440), S2313 [16MR]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 2382), S1834 [7MR] (see S. 2510), S2901 [5AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 334), S1790 [6MR]

Power resources: enhance energy efficiency and conserve oil and natural gas (see S. 2747), S4051 [4MY]

———improve global competitiveness in science and energy technology, strengthen basic research programs, and support mathematics and science education (see S. 2197), S211 [26JA]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see S. 2025), S3801 [1MY]

———reduce U.S. addiction to oil, ensure near-term energy affordability, accelerate clean fuels and electricity, provide government leadership for a reliable energy future (see S. 2829), S4695 [17MY]

———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see S. 2670), S3703 [27AP]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see S. Con. Res. 97), S5599 [7JN]

Puerto Rico: provide for a plebiscite on the status of the territory (see S. 2661), S3588 [26AP]

Social Security: permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1104), S4617 [16MY]

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see S. Res. 383), S1645 [2MR]

Tariff: gemifloxacin, gemifloxacin mesylate, and gemifloxacin mesylate sesquihydrate (see S. 3358), S5430 [5JN]

Taxation: eliminate income threshold for the child tax credit in the case of taxpayers who had a primary residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area (see S. 2257), S864 [8FE]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 2503), S3421 [24AP]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see S. 2677), S3704 [27AP]

———extend the new market tax credit (see S. 1800), S3212 [6AP]

———improve and extend certain energy-related tax incentives (see S. 3628), S6787 [29JN]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see S. 2585), S3212 [6AP]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (see S. 2720), S4157 [8MY]

———provide incentives to promote energy production and conservation (see S. 2748), S4051 [4MY]

———provide incentives to promote research and development, innovation, and continuing education (see S. 2199), S211 [26JA]

———provide that oil and gas companies will not be eligible for effective rate reductions enacted for domestic manufacturers (see S. 2672), S3704 [27AP]

———require broker reporting of customer's basis in securities transactions (see S. 2414), S2122 [14MR]

Technology: establish a national innovation initiative (see S. 2390), S1893 [8MR]

Transportation: improve maritime, rail, and public transportation security (see S. 2791), S4469 [11MY]

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), S2122 [14MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see S. 3069), S5600 [7JN]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (see S. 3495), S5779 [13JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: provide deadline for final approval of visitor center (see S. 2419), S2202 [15MR]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see S. 2703), S3984 [3MY]

Week of the Young Child: designate (see S. Res. 418), S2689 [31MR]

Women: strengthen family planning services (see S. Res. 485), S4891 [22MY]

YouthBuild USA (organization): transfer from the Dept. of HUD to the Dept. of Labor and enhance the program (see S. 3534), S6013 [16JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 2449), S2313 [16MR]

Budget: provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed cancellations of appropriations, new direct spending, and limited tax benefits (see S. 2372), S1790 [6MR]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see S. 2553), S2901 [5AP]

Children and youth: create a pilot program that makes small, nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 2646), S3506 [25AP]

Congressional Ethics Office: establish (see S. Con. Res. 82), S1540 [28FE]

Dept. of the Interior: suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts (see S. Res. 372), S1175 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see S. 2970), S4966 [23MY]

Iraq: promote a comprehensive political agreement (see S. Res. 470), S4156 [8MY]

———provide a strategy for stabilizing Iraq and withdrawing U.S. troops (see S.J. Res. 36), S4156 [8MY]

———provide for a strategy for successful empowerment of a new unity government and the redeployment of U.S. forces (see S.J. Res. 33), S3212 [6AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see S. 2499), S2799 [4AP]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of certain white collar offenses (see S. 2268), S979 [9FE]

Minorities: develop a curriculum at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic serving institutions to foster entrepreneurship and business development in underserved minority communities (see S. 2586), S3212 [6AP]

SBA: reauthorize 7(a) loan guaranty program (see S. 2594), S3212 [6AP]

———reauthorize and improve the disaster loans program (see S. 3487), S5659 [8JN]

Small business: modernize the treatment of development companies (see S. 2595), S3212 [6AP]

Tariff: audio headphones (see S. 2324), S1461 [17FE]

———audio headphones achieving full-spectrum noise reduction (see S. 2325), S1461 [17FE]

———basketballs (see S. 2582), S3212 [6AP]

———filament yarns (see S. 2329), S1461 [17FE]

———golf club driver heads (see S. 2574), S3211 [6AP]

———golf club driver heads of titanium (see S. 2576), S3211 [6AP]

———golf club driver heads with plasma welded face plate (see S. 2577), S3211 [6AP]

———golf club driver heads with rhombus shaped center face (see S. 2578), S3211 [6AP]

———golf club fairway heads (see S. 2575), S3211 [6AP]

———high-performance loudspeakers (see S. 2323), S1461 [17FE]

———leather basketballs (see S. 2579), S3211 [6AP]

———R-core transformers (see S. 2330), S1461 [17FE]

———rubber basketballs (see S. 2580), S3211 [6AP]

———synthetic basketballs (see S. 2583), S3212 [6AP]

———synthetic filament yarns (see S. 2328), S1461 [17FE]

———volleyballs (see S. 2581), S3211 [6AP]

Taxation: extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends (see S. 2826), S4695 [17MY]

Cloture motions

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2793 [4AP], S3177 [6AP]

Letters

Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to be Supreme Court Justice: Congressional Women's Caucus, S75 [25JA]

———Representative Watt and Delegate Norton, Congressional Black Caucus, S76 [25JA]

———Representatives Napolitano and Gonzalez, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, S75 [25JA]

SBA disaster loans program funding: by, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S1477 [17FE]

———several democratic members of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S1477 [17FE]

Questions

Congressional Hispanic Caucus questions to Supreme Court Justice nominee Samuel A. Alito, Jr., S76 [25JA]

Remarks

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S73 [25JA], S245 [27JA], S271, S295 [30JA]

American Society of International Law: anniversary, S3375 [7AP]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), S3561 [26AP], S4518 [12MY]

Armed Forces: across-the-board pay raise for all military personnel funding, S6401 [22JN]

———eliminate increased fees and copayments for retired military health care, S2252 [16MR]

———prevent imposition of excessive TRICARE fees and co-pays on military retirees, S2261 [16MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (S. 2449), S2338 [16MR]

Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents, S5179 [25MY]

———improve capacity to rapidly respond to threats to border security, S4604 [16MY]

Budget: provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed cancellations of appropriations, new direct spending, and limited tax benefits (S. 2372), S1796 [6MR]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), S419 [1FE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, S4436, S4437, S4438 [11MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2250, S2252, S2261, S2283 [16MR]

Children and youth: create a pilot program that makes small, nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (S. 2646), S3511 [25AP]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), S1610 [2MR]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S2501 [29MR]

Congressional Ethics Office: establish (S. Con. Res. 82), S1552 [28FE]

Cunningham, Randy ``Duke'': conviction for taking bribes from defense contractors, S2501 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5929 [15JN], S6138 [20JN], S6200, S6236, S6239, S6241, S6255, S6258, S6259, S6260, S6261, S6262 [21JN], S6328, S6401 [22JN]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, S2461 [28MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (S. 2970), S4968 [23MY]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, S4515-S4518 [12MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5620 [8JN]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, S4436 [11MY]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (S. 1085), S6628 [28JN]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (S. 932), S6628 [28JN]

English language: declare as national language of U.S., S5180 [25MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5521 [7JN]

FEMA: provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains, S4517 [12MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 12), S6522 [27JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, S6760 [29JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, S2501 [29MR]

Hayden, Michael V.: nomination to be CIA Director, S5312 [26MY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4303 [10MY]

Hurricanes: authorize bridge loan programs funding, increase small business access to export assistance in certain areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, and authorize additional disaster loans (S. 2482), S2605 [30MR], S4518 [12MY]

Immigration: ensure that international artists have their visa petitions processed in a timely manner, S5179 [25MY]

———reform (S. 2454), S2777 [4AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4604 [16MY], S5179 [25MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations, S2461 [28MR]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, S5929 [15JN]

———provide for a strategy for successful empowerment of a new unity government and the redeployment of U.S. forces (S.J. Res. 33), S3183, S3245-S3249 [6AP]

———spur political solution and encourage the people to provide for their own security through the redeployment of U.S. forces, S6236, S6241, S6255, S6258, S6259, S6260, S6261, S6262 [21JN], S6328 [22JN]

iRobot Corp.: tribute, S4047 [4MY]

Katrina on the Ground (organization): tribute, S1409 [16FE]

Kenyon College: tribute to graduates, S5219 [25MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (S. 2499), S2802 [4AP]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of certain white collar offenses (S. 2268), S981 [9FE], S2501 [29MR]

Minimum wage: level, S6200 [21JN]

Minorities: develop a curriculum at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic serving institutions to foster entrepreneurship and business development in underserved minority communities (S. 2586), S3236 [6AP]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, S4306 [10MY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S245 [27JA]

Preston, Steven C.: nomination to be SBA Adminstrator, S7175 [29JN]

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 47), S2190 [15MR]

SBA: disaster loan programs response to Hurricane Katrina, S4515-S4518 [12MY]

———funding, S2250 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for the disaster loans program (H.R. 4745), S1476 [17FE]

———reauthorize 7(a) loan guaranty program (S. 2594), S3243 [6AP]

———reauthorize and improve the disaster loans program (S. 3487), S5671 [8JN]

Senate: establish an Office of Public Integrity, S2501 [29MR]

———legislative priorities, S5620 [8JN]

Small business: designate areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as HUBZones and waive Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program Act for such areas, S4518 [12MY]

———modernize the treatment of development companies (S. 2595), S3245 [6AP]

Taxation: extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends (S. 2826), S4700 [17MY]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (S. 2585), S3236 [6AP]

———provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, S419 [1FE], S1114 [13FE], S2283 [16MR], S4437 [11MY]

———repeal oil industry subsidies, S4438 [11MY]

U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement: implementation (S. 3569), S6760 [29JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S1610 [2MR]

Veterans: health care funding, S3561 [26AP]

YouthBuild USA (organization): transfer from the Dept. of HUD to the Dept. of Labor and enhance the program (S. 3534), S6014 [16JN]

Texts of

S. 2449, reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service, S2338 [16MR]

S. 2646, Child Care Lending Pilot Act, S3512 [25AP]

S. 2826, extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends, S4701 [17MY]

Tributes

Barrett, Kathleen M. Foley, S2796 [4AP]

Dooley, Ray, S5656 [8JN]

Reeve, Dana, S1818 [7MR]

Scapicchio, Paul, S3981 [3MY]

Tecce, Joe, S2688 [31MR]

Twomey, Raymond, S326 [30JA]

Williams, Preston W., II, S6491 [26JN]