COBURN, TOM (a Senator from Oklahoma)

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), S3522 [25AP], S3557, S3619 [26AP], S3676, S3731, S3732 [27AP], S3836 [1MY], S3879, S3896, S3909 [2MY], S3938 [3MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2203 [15MR]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S1848 [7MR], S1906, S1912, S1919 [8MR], S1966, S1975, S1977, S1979, S1980 [9MR], S2424 [27MR], S2476, S2478, S2479 [28MR], S2490, S2492 [29MR]

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), S1022 [9FE], S1184, S1185, S1186 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5859, S5892 [14JN], S5969 [15JN], S5996 [16JN], S6177 [20JN], S6315, S6317 [21JN], S6356, S6370, S6374, S6427, S6430 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S6177 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7295, S7301, S7333, S7346 [11JY], S7368, S7369, S7370, S7373, S7374, S7382, S7429, S7438 [12JY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4494 [11MY]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2945 [5AP], S3264, S3266 [6AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4559 [15MY], S4619, S4627 [16MY], S4665, S4685, S4697, S4723 [17MY], S5003 [23MY], S5119 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 380), S1414 [16FE]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2903 [5AP]

Commission To Strengthen Confidence in Congress: establish (see S. 2186), S123 [25JA]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process (see S. 2265), S979 [9FE]

Crime: enhance protection of children from sexual exploitation by requiring producers of sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records regarding the age of performers (see S. 2140), S2902 [5AP]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2178), S1644 [2MR]

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

Dept. of the Interior: offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing (see S. 2253), S1894 [8MR]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see S. 2599), S3378 [7AP]

Ernest Childers Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Tulsa, OK: designate (see S. 2800), S4553 [15MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 2783), S4554 [15MY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see S. 1568), S1354 [15FE]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 3275), S5492 [6JN]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 22), S3984 [3MY]

Immigration: provide for true enforcement and border security (see S. 2368), S1680 [3MR] (see S. 2377), S1833 [7MR]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see S. 1015), S4052 [4MY]

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

Medicare: make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient procedures, and physicians' services (see S. 2606), S3378 [7AP]

———require prompt payment to pharmacies, restrict pharmacy co-branding on prescription drug cards, and provide guidelines for Medication Therapy Management Services programs under prescription drug program (see S. 2563), S5951 [15JN]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see S. 2990), S4967 [23MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S2534 [29MR]

National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 423), S2800 [4AP]

National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see S. 2333), S1504 [27FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 472), S4555 [15MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see S. Res. 412), S2533 [29MR]

Russia: protect freedoms of all religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards (see S. Con. Res. 46), S3213 [6AP] (see S. Res. 500), S7417 [12JY]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 1791), S3212 [6AP]

———expand use of health savings accounts for the payment of health insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the individual market (see S. 2554), S3213 [6AP]

———increase contribution limits for health savings accounts (see S. 2424), S5118 [24MY]

———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 1728), S2689 [31MR]

U.N.: recognize need to replace the Human Rights Commission with a new Human Rights Council (see S. Res. 387), S1644 [2MR]

———withhold U.S. contributions pending certification that the U.N. is not engaged in global taxation schemes (see S. 3633), S7331 [11JY]

U.N. Disarmament Commission: condemn election of Iranian Ambassador to position of Vice-chair and withhold U.N. funding unless credible reforms are made (see S. Res. 442), S3802 [1MY]

Uganda: encourage prosecution of terrorists of the Lord's Resistance Army, provide humanitarian assistance, and designate a National Week of Prayer and Reflection for the people of Uganda (see S. Res. 366), S510 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see S. 2339), S1540 [28FE]

OMB: establish an Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (see S. 2590), S3212 [6AP]

Taxation: expand use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments and increase limits for contributions to, and allow rollover of certain unused funds into, health savings accounts (see S. 3488), S5683 [9JN]

Cloture motions

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5509 [6JN], S5628 [8JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5424 [5JN], S5534 [7JN]

Kavanaugh, Brett M.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4880 [22MY], S5191 [25MY]

Kempthorne, Dirk: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S5128 [24MY]

Letters

Prevent shipbuilders under Federal contract from receiving both disaster recovery funding and insurance benefits for hurricane damages: Donald P. Springer, Defense Contract Management Agency, S3865 [2MY]

Remarks

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S159 [26JA]

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), S3558, S3566 [26AP], S3668, S3669, S3675 [27AP], S3780 [1MY], S3861, S3864, S3865, S3868, S3869, S3873, S3874, S3877, S3878, S3880, S3882, S3884, S3885 [2MY], S3938, S3968 [3MY], S4019 [4MY]

———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), conference report, S5751 [13JN]

Budget: deficit, S6621 [28JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2195 [15MR]

Coast Guard: prohibit funding for Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN) stations operation, S7370, S7372, S7375, S7376, S7377 [12JY]

———prohibit funding for Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN) stations operation except in Alaska, far Northwest and far Northeast Continental U.S., S7382 [12JY]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S1937 [9MR]

———provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, S7368, S7369 [12JY]

Contracts: improve Federal contracting transparency and accountability relative to hurricane relief and recovery, S3780 [1MY]

Corporation for National and Community Service: AmeriCorps funding, S3873 [2MY]

Corps of Engineers: Sacramento River Bank Protection Project funding, S3880, S3882, S3884, S3885 [2MY]

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), S896 [9FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S6370, S6372, S6374, S6376, S6393 [22JN]

———prevent shipbuilders under Federal contract from receiving both disaster recovery funding and insurance benefits for hurricane damages, S3864, S3865, S3868 [2MY]

———prohibit use of award or incentive fees for contractors whose performance is unsatisfactory or incomplete, S6393 [22JN]

———require notice to Congress and the public on earmark of funds, S6374, S6376, S6393 [22JN]

———transform Defense Travel System into a fee-for-use-of-service system, S6370, S6372, S6376, S6393 [22JN]

———V-22 Osprey aircraft funding, S3874 [2MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Chief Financial Officer funding to ensure compliance with the Improper Payments Information Act, S7373 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7368, S7369, S7370, S7372, S7373, S7374, S7375, S7376, S7377, S7382 [12JY]

———require Committee on Appropriations (Senate) reports to be posted on Dept. website, S7369, S7370 [12JY]

Dept. of Labor: Job Corps program funding, S3939 [3MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5613 [8JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 12), S6516 [27JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, S1937 [9MR]

Gulfport, MS: Armed Forces Retirement Home reconstruction funding, S3874, S3877, S3878 [2MY]

Hawaii: sugarcane growers assistance funding, S3861 [2MY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4317 [10MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (S. 22), S4521 [12MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (S. 22), motion to proceed, S4100 [5MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S7366 [12JY]

Immigration: eliminate clear and convincing evidence standard for courts to stay the removal of an alien in certain circumstances, S5150 [25MY]

———reform (S. 2454), S2801 [4AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S5084, S5085 [24MY], S5150 [25MY]

Jack C. Montgomery Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Muskogee, OK: designate (H.R. 3829), S5219 [25MY]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1634, S1636 [2MR], S1813, S1814 [7MR]

Medicare: reform the prescription drug program, S1341 [15FE]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 402), S2222 [15MR]

National security: prohibit any company owned or controlled by a foreign government that recognized the Taliban from owning, leasing, operating, or managing property or facilities at a U.S. port, S1937 [9MR]

NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service seafood promotion strategies funding, S3669 [27AP], S3873 [2MY]

OMB: establish an Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (S. 2590), S3239 [6AP]

Paulson, Henry M., Jr.: nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S6621 [28JN]

Point of order, S1632 [2MR]

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 47), S2187, S2195 [15MR], S2238 [16MR]

Railroads: Rail Line Relocation Capital Grant program funding, S3558, S3566 [26AP]

Senate: legislative program, S2223 [15MR]

Veterans: health care funding through reductions in National Civilian Community Corps funding, S3874 [2MY]

Votes: position on missed, S4521 [12MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (S. 2703), S7366 [12JY]

Year of the Museum: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 437), S3345 [6AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: Golden Gavel Award recipient, S1575 [1MR]

Tribute, S896 [9FE]

Statements

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, S7370-S7372 [12JY]

Summaries

Defense Travel System, S6371 [22JN]

Tables

Earmarks for States of cosponsors of LIHEAP funding legislation, S1814 [7MR]