ISAKSON, JOHNNY (a Senator from Georgia)
Amendments
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S2015, S2019, S2025, S2026 [12MR], S2078, S2083, S2137, S2138, S2170 [13MR], S2299 [1AP]
Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7183 [23JY], S7346 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S6287 [26JN], S8212 [9SE], S8277, S8289, S8294 [10SE], S8421, S8433 [11SE], S8544, S8546 [15SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (S. 1738), S9535 [25SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), S3297, S3310 [23AP]
Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), S9323 [23SE]
———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), S9731 [26SE]
Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S749 [6FE], S797 [7FE]
EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5247, S5249 [5JN]
FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3609 [30AP]
FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3911 [7MY]
Forest Service and Depts. of the Interior and Energy: authorize certain programs and activities (S. 2483), S850 [11FE]
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2614 [4AP], S5906, S5912 [19JN], S6044 [24JN], S6442 [8JY]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), S4115 [13MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act amendment and extension, S7591 [29JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College: anniversary (see S. Res. 453), S970 [13FE]
Africa: anniversary of bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (see S. Res. 618), S7575 [28JY]
———call on relevant governments, multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to achieve and implement a negotiated resolution to national and regional conflicts (see S. Res. 470), S2437 [3AP]
———recognize strategic importance and welcome establishment of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) (see S. Res. 480), S1999 [12MR]
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn statements regarding Israel and the Holocaust and calling for all U.N. member States to do the same (see S. Res. 449), S919 [12FE]
American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see S. 1921), S1419 [29FE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see S. 3406), S7905 [31JY]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see S.J. Res. 27), S208 [23JA]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: authorize oil and gas exploration and codify certain environmental and economic protections of the Coastal Plain (see S. 2758), S3081 [16AP]
Arlington National Cemetery: authorize placement of an American braille tactile flag honoring blind civilians, military personnel, and veterans (see S. 2690), S2976 [14AP]
Armed Forces: authorize commanders of wounded warrior battalions to accept charitable gifts on behalf of the wounded members assigned to such battalions (see S. 3407), S8037 [1AU]
———commend efforts, military leadership, and strategic success of troop surge in Iraq (see S. Res. 636), S8037 [1AU]
———ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see S. 2874), S3893 [7MY]
———improve educational assistance for members and veterans to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces (see S. 2938), S3507 [29AP]
———include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see S. 2836), S2817 [9AP]
———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see S. 2579), S1877 [11MR]
———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see S. 3356), S7629 [29JY]
———provide for presentation of a U.S. flag to the children of members who die in service (see S. 2882), S3144 [17AP]
———provide travel and transportation allowances for family members of members of the uniformed services with serious inpatient psychiatric conditions (see S. 2689), S3081 [16AP]
———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 501), S2436 [3AP]
Army Reserve: anniversary (see S. Res. 513), S2977 [14AP]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2631), S970 [13FE]
Aviation: allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan (see S. 2505), S1272 [27FE]
Berkeley, CA: rescind funds appropriated for certain local entities and transfer such funds to the Marine Corps (see S. 2596), S1056 [14FE]
Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3070), S4793 [22MY]
Budget: establish a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government (see S. 2627), S970 [13FE]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 41), S5592 [12JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]
———authorize use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor Frank W. Buckles (see S. Con. Res. 89), S5524 [11JN]
Capitol Police: tribute (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]
China, People's Republic of: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake (see S. Res. 569), S4375 [19MY]
Civil Rights Act: clarify requirements relative to nondiscrimination on the basis of national origin (see S. 2453), S6605 [11JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S5040 [4JN]
Colombia: welcome home Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves after being held hostage for over five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (see S. Res. 627), S7479 [25JY]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: implement immediate ceasefire and work with international community towards comprehensive and lasting solution to crisis in eastern region (see S. Res. 713), S10743 [20NO]
Corps of Engineers: establish and collect recreation fees relative to Corps-administered land and water (see S. 3305), S7030 [22JY]
Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see S. 1638), S3026 [15AP]
Crime: protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks (see S. 2619), S2946 [10AP]
Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 1232), S6869 [16JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (see S. 1738), S9205 [22SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories (see S. 3290), S9659 [26SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend demonstration projects on adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see S. 3299), S8132 [8SE]
———provide a temporary increase in the maximum loan guaranty amount for guaranteed housing loans (see S. 2768), S2946 [10AP]
———require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (see S. 2550), S850 [11FE]
Diseases: catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see S. 2479), S5448 [10JN]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see S. 2983), S3790 [6MY]
———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 2618), S815 [8FE]
———reduce incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish position of National Diabetes Coordinator (see S. 2742), S4794 [22MY]
Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 718), S10743 [20NO]
Economy: promote homeownership, manufacturing, and economic growth (see S. 12), S1419 [29FE]
English language: declare as national language of U.S. (see S. 2715), S2233 [31MR]
EPA: clarify circumstances under which permits for discharges from certain vessels may be required and conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels (see S. 3298), S7030 [22JY]
———provide that the Clean Air Interstate Rule shall remain in full force and effect (see S. 3469), S8383 [11SE]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 43), S6442 [8JY]
Federal agencies and departments: require development of initiatives to reduce daily consumption of gasoline and other fuels (see S. Res. 577), S4793 [22MY]
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: suspend prohibition on payments to certain farms with limited base acres and extend signup for direct and counter-cyclical payments (see S. 3538), S9494 [25SE]
Gasoline: stabilize prices (see S. 3202), S6285 [26JN]
Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3539), S10488 [2OC]
Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3257 [22AP]
Government: increase accessibility to information on Federal spending by creating an online earmark tracking system and a Federal contract and grant website, and providing taxpayer account statements (see S. 2852), S4030 [12MY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 476), S1741 [7MR]
Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (see S. 2669), S2233 [31MR]
Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see S. 1003), S1704 [6MR]
———reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see S. 2932), S6938 [17JY]
———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 1906), S659 [5FE]
Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 2672), S6159 [25JN]
Helms, Jesse: tribute (see S. Res. 608), S6362 [7JY]
Heston, Charlton: tribute (see S. Res. 512), S3893 [7MY]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 3525), S10488 [2OC]
Ho, Feng Shan: tribute (see S. Res. 588), S5366 [6JN]
Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis (see S. 2734), S1741 [7MR]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 2717), S1597 [5MR]
———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see S. 2368), S1468 [3MR]
———withhold financial aid from countries that deny or unreasonably delay acceptance of their nationals who have been ordered removed from the U.S. and prohibit issuance of visas to their nationals (see S. 2720), S7480 [25JY]
Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see S. Res. 580), S5755 [18JN]
Iraq: make technical corrections to legislation providing special immigrant status for certain Iraqis (see S. 2829), S2819 [9AP]
Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see S. Res. 522), S3145 [17AP]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: tribute (see S. Res. 571), S4487 [20MY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: reauthorize memorial (see S. 3607), S9657 [26SE]
Korea, Republic of: improve defense cooperation with the U.S. (see S. 1846), S7574 [28JY]
Lantos, Tom: tribute (see S. Res. 446), S849 [11FE]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 82), S5525 [11JN]
Medicare: delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 3144), S5697 [17JN]
———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 3505), S8947 [17SE]
———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see S. 2056), S2347 [2AP]
Members of Congress: require public disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of Congress (see S. 3542), S9280 [23SE]
Metzenbaum, Howard M.: tribute (see S. Res. 485), S2133 [13MR]
Military Kids Day: designate (see S. Res. 565), S4182 [14MY]
Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 2504), S4794 [22MY]
Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 2883), S4183 [14MY]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 625), S7782 [30JY]
National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 462), S1271 [27FE]
National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 556), S3975 [8MY]
National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 2756), S3027 [15AP]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 683), S9415 [24SE]
National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 549), S3742 [2MY]
National Drug Prevention and Education Week: designate (see S. Res. 434), S659 [5FE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 622), S7279 [24JY]
National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 430), S329 [25JA] (see S. Res. 728), S10947 [11DE]
National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 559), S4028 [12MY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 667), S9025 [18SE]
National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 524), S3257 [22AP]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 692), S10004 [27SE]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 2681), S3258 [22AP]
NATO: express strong support for invitations for membership to Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia (see S. Res. 459), S1522 [4MR]
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (see S. Res. 547), S3699 [1MY]
Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 547), S3699 [1MY]
Paone, Martin P.: tribute (see S. Res. 420), S94 [22JA]
Power resources: promote energy security (see S. 2958), S3698 [1MY] (see S. 2973), S3742 [2MY]
Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see S. 2498), S3509 [29AP]
SBA: ensure independent operation of the Office of Advocacy and complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules (see S. 2902), S6159 [25JN]
———establish a Small Business Information Security Task Force (see S. 3102), S10487 [2OC]
———make improvements to women's procurement program (see S. 2608), S6286 [26JN]
———reauthorize and improve financing and entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 2920), S5390 [9JN]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see S. 3362), S8276 [10SE]
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: provide a one-year period of protection against mortgage foreclosures for certain disabled or severely injured servicemembers (see S. 2981), S3790 [6MY]
Sudan: call for a comprehensive strategy to address the crisis in Darfur and condemn the ongoing assaults and obstruction by the Khartoum regime (see S. Res. 684), S9415 [24SE]
———call for peace in Darfur region (see S. Res. 455), S1386 [28FE]
———support, enforce, and expand U.N. embargo on arms sales to belligerents and seek political solution to conflict in Darfur (see S. Res. 660), S8528 [15SE]
———urge international community to provide the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur region with tactical and utility helicopters (see S. Res. 432), S659 [5FE]
Taxation: allow the purchase of health insurance with pre-tax dollars (see S. 2835), S2817 [9AP]
———encourage investment in affordable housing (see S. 2666), S4283 [15MY]
———exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see S. 1689), S2296 [1AP]
———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 3399), S8385 [11SE]
———modify penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers (see S. 2851), S7906 [31JY]
———provide an increased mileage rate for charitable deductions (see S. 3429), S8276 [10SE]
———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S8949 [17SE]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 777), S4622 [21MY]
———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 3331), S10176 [30SE]
Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 3249), S9659 [26SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 656), S8383 [11SE]
Veterans: enhance and improve insurance, housing, labor and education, and other benefits (see S. 2640), S1272 [27FE]
———improve and enhance procedures for the retirement of Armed Forces members for disability and improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of service-connected disabilities in veterans (see S. 2674), S2437 [3AP]
———increase rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2617), S815 [8FE]
———support veteran entrepreneurs and encourage Federal agencies to improve contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (see S. Res. 575), S4793 [22MY]
Voting: improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 3073), S4793 [22MY]
Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (see S. 2766), S2233 [31MR]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 573), S658 [5FE]
Workforce Investment Act: implement Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development plans, integrate programs and resources, and provide supplementary grant assistance and additional activities (see S. 2744), S3146 [17AP]
Zimbabwe: support people, condemn manipulation of electoral process, reject results of runoff election, tighten sanctions against human rights violators, and support political resolution of current crisis (see S. Res. 611), S6650 [14JY]
———support people, condemn recent violence, release and ratify Presidential election results, support peaceful resolution of current crisis, and impose sanctions against human rights violators (see S. Res. 533), S3402 [24AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 471), S1521 [4MR]
Taxation: allow an income tax exception to limitations on personal casualty losses for losses occurring in tornado disaster areas (see S. 2649), S1054 [14FE]
———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 2566), S445 [29JA]
Twenty-First Century Water Commission: establish (see S. 2728), S1703 [6MR]
World Friendship Day: designate (see S. Res. 461), S1201 [26FE] (see S. Res. 464), S1419 [29FE]
———observance (see S. Res. 447), S919 [12FE]
Cloture motions
FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3851 [7MY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S269 [24JA], S387 [28JA]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), S4135 [14MY]
Privilege of the floor
Hill, Duncan, S4983 [3JN]
Remarks
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S5494 [11JN]
Atlanta, GA: anniversary of Georgian Club, S2940
Aviation: improve air service in small and rural communities, S3659 [1MY]
Cobb County, GA: tribute to YWCA of Northwest Georgia for Domestic Violence Awareness Month commemoration, S9486
Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7242 [24JY]
———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S7001 [22JY]
Dept. of Defense: mine resistant ambush protected vehicles funding, S413 [29JA]
Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), motion to proceed, S3274, S3275, S3277, S3286 [23AP]
Dunwoody, GA: anniversary of Temple Emanu-El, S1996
Economy: impact of subprime mortgage lending, S8967 [18SE]
———national objectives priority assignments, S8967 [18SE]
———proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, S10891 [11DE]
———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S9446 [25SE], S9613 [26SE], S10219 [1OC]
———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S463 [30JA], S700 [6FE]
———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S8967 [18SE], S9613 [26SE]
EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), motion to proceed, S4912, S4913, S4914 [3JN]
FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3659 [1MY]
FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (S.J. Res. 28), S4267 [15MY]
Foreign countries: report on trip to Iraq, S413 [29JA]
Hall, James R.: nomination to be district judge, S2920 [10AP]
Health: link between health insurance policyholders' vital signs and their insurance premiums, S3379 [24AP]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S3378-S3380 [24AP]
———provide health care liability reform, S3378 [24AP]
Housing: provide needed housing reform, S1359, S1360 [28FE], S2274 [1AP], S2382, S2420, S2421 [3AP], S2716, S2717 [8AP], S5787, S5817 [19JN], S6494 [9JY], S7459 [25JY]
Insurance: extend aviation war risk insurance program, S3659 [1MY]
Iraq: congressional testimony of David H. Petraeus and Ryan C. Crocker relative to assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S2716 [8AP]
Medicare: execution of durable power of attorney to give doctors the authority to make appropriate end-of-life medical decisions, S3379 [24AP]
———reform, S2211 [31MR]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10219 [1OC]
Motor vehicles: promote advanced plug-in hybrid vehicles and vehicle components, S7242 [24JY]
News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (S. 2035), motion to proceed, S7813 [31JY]
Nuclear energy: increase production, S4913, S4914 [3JN], S7242 [24JY]
———provide tax credits for the production of new nuclear powerplants, accelerate depreciation or recovery of investment, and establish standby loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry, S4912 [3JN]
Peace Corps: anniversary, S1266 [27FE]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S5494 [11JN]
Power resources: national energy policy, S6678 [15JY], S7001 [22JY], S7813 [31JY]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2382, S2420, S2421 [3AP], S2716, S2717 [8AP]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S5787, S5817 [19JN], S6494 [9JY], S7459 [25JY]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed, S1359, S1360 [28FE], S2274 [1AP]
———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5494 [11JN]
Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S4913 [3JN]
Silver Star Families of America (organization): tribute, S7772
Social Security: reform, S2211 [31MR]
Somalia: support humanitarian assistance, protection of civilians, and accountability for abuses and urge progress toward the establishment of a viable government of national unity (S. Res. 541), S5437 [10JN]
Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of a principal residence by a first-time homebuyer, S2420, S2421 [3AP]
———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S2274 [1AP], S2382 [3AP], S2717 [8AP]
———provide a credit for certain home purchases (S. 2566), S463 [30JA], S700 [6FE]
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 7005), motion to proceed, S10891 [11DE]
———provide tax incentives to certain organizations to purchase conservation easements in open and green space, S4912 [3JN]
Terrorism: require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (S. 2634), motion to proceed, S1174, S1176 [26FE]
Votes: position on missed, S7566 [28JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Senior citizens: tribute to participation in the Thanks Mom & Dad Fund celebration, E1287 [19JN]
Tributes
Caray, Skip, S8945
Cone, Kelly, S5364
Henderson, Mack, S2211 [31MR]
Munson, Larry, S9464 [25SE]
Patton, Carl V., S4279
Schwartz, Lisa, S5364
Stevens, Senator, S10696 [20NO]
Zaks, Laurel, S4615