LINCOLN, BLANCHE L. (a Senator from Arkansas)
Amendments
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1950, S2000, S2013, S2014, S2019, S2023 [12MR], S2069, S2078, S2079, S2136, S2137, S2138, S2176, S2184 [13MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S5834 [19JN], S8212 [9SE], S8277, S8299 [10SE], S8386 [11SE], S8858 [16SE]
Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), S9323 [23SE]
Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S797 [7FE]
FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3821 [6MY], S3866, S3879, S3928 [7MY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S453, S454 [29JA]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S446 [29JA]
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2301 [1AP], S2519 [3AP], S2602, S2603, S2615 [4AP], S2642, S2644, S2645, S2662 [7AP], S2808 [9AP], S5904 [19JN], S6029, S6033, S6078 [24JN]
Protect America Act: extend (S. 2556), S454 [29JA]
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3033 [15AP], S3166 [17AP]
Women: reduce maternal mortality (S. Res. 616), S10423, S10491 [2OC]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S1661 [6MR], S6879 [17JY]
Conferee: H.R. 2419, Food and Energy Security Act, S609 [4FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
AARP: anniversary (see S. Res. 666), S9025 [18SE]
Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Con. Res. 104), S9658 [26SE]
Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (see S. 3644), S10004 [27SE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see S. 3406), S8037 [1AU]
AmeriCorps: improve educational awards provided for national service (see S. 3037), S4487 [20MY]
Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 772), S1999 [12MR]
Armed Forces: clarify effective date of active duty of Reserves members receiving an alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty for purposes of entitlement to medical and dental care (see S. 2854), S4794 [22MY]
———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 22), S445 [29JA]
———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), S8180 [9SE]
———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see S. 3356), S9205 [22SE]
———provide for enhanced reimbursement of servicemembers and veterans for certain travel expenses (see S. 2654), S1054 [14FE]
———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]
Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3070), S4793 [22MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]
Capitol Police: tribute (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see S. 1117), S3080 [16AP]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S3257 [22AP]
Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (Senate, Select): anniversary (see S. Res. 634), S7780 [30JY]
Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S) (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 562), S4106 [13MY]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 3068), S4793 [22MY]
Corps of Engineers: establish and collect recreation fees relative to Corps-administered land and water (see S. 3305), S10579 [17NO]
CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (see S. 2663), S1386 [28FE]
Crime: clarify scope of child pornography laws (see S. 2869), S3080 [16AP]
Dept. of Education: provide grants to States to establish Kindergarten Plus programs (see S. 2759), S4488 [20MY]
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), S10487 [2OC]
Dept. of Justice: award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (see S. 702), S5754 [18JN]
Dept. of State: establish the Global Service Fellowship Program (see S. 2609), S6363 [7JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 3694), S10659 [19NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see S. 994), S543 [31JA]
———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2799), S2346 [2AP]
———modernize disability benefits claims processing system to ensure accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors (see S. 3419), S9493 [25SE]
———remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 2575), S492 [30JA]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 1183), S7479 [25JY]
———enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see S. 1069), S2817 [9AP]
Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 718), S10743 [20NO]
Economy: limit compensation for executives at companies that receive Federal bailout funds (see S. 3693), S10659 [19NO]
Education: increase maximum amount of Pell Grant (see S. 899), S5040 [4JN]
El Dorado, AR: tribute to El Dorado High School recipients of the Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado Promise scholarship (see S. Res. 545), S3699 [1MY]
Families and domestic relations: extend adoption incentives program, authorize States to establish a relative guardianship program, and promote adoption of children with special needs (see S. 3038), S5754 [18JN]
FCC: require enforcement of regulations on the broadcast of indecent programming and maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent (see S. 1780), S493 [30JA]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 495), S2295 [1AP]
Firefighters: assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices (see S. 3237), S8857 [16SE]
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), S9417 [24SE]
Forests: establish a program to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land (see S. 2593), S9658 [26SE]
Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3539), S9280 [23SE]
Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3257 [22AP]
GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia (see S. 3528), S9204 [22SE]
Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible (see S. 2795), S2345 [2AP]
———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see S. 1003), S8384 [11SE]
———provide programs for stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation (see S. 999), S7279 [24JY]
Helms, Jesse: tribute (see S. Res. 608), S6362 [7JY]
Housing: protect property and security of homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings (see S. 2888), S3144 [17AP]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 988), S10579 [17NO]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1159), S4375 [19MY]
Iraq: require future funding for reconstruction and security force training be provided as a loan (see S. Res. 506), S3146 [17AP]
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]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 584), S5699 [17JN]
Lantos, Tom: tribute (see S. Res. 446), S849 [11FE]
LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S7280 [24JY]
Medicaid: restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see S. 2347), S5205 [5JN]
Medicare: delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 3144), S5697 [17JN]
———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 3484), S10488 [2OC]
———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 2102), S9658 [26SE]
Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see S. 382), S9204 [22SE]
———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (see S. 2182), S6604 [11JY]
Metzenbaum, Howard M.: tribute (see S. Res. 485), S2133 [13MR]
NASA: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 2159), S2134 [13MR]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 675), S9204 [22SE]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 675), S9204 [22SE]
National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day: designate (see S. Res. 665), S9282 [23SE]
National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 3487), S10487 [2OC]
National Day of Encouragement: designate (see S. Res. 672), S9204 [22SE]
National Guard: empower the National Guard, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response (see S. 2760), S2297 [1AP]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 622), S7279 [24JY]
National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 558), S4028 [12MY]
National Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 567), S4282 [15MY]
National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 430), S329 [25JA] (see S. Res. 728), S10881 [10DE]
National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 703), S10486 [2OC]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 667), S9025 [18SE]
National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 646), S8036 [1AU]
National School Lunch Act: make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State (see S. 1755), S8131 [8SE]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 692), S10004 [27SE]
No Child Left Behind Act: reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1699), S4794 [22MY]
Paone, Martin P.: tribute (see S. Res. 420), S94 [22JA]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S10486 [2OC]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see S. 1457), S3892 [7MY]
Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see S. 2498), S3027 [15AP]
Senior citizens: protect from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices by senior financial advisors who have misleading designations (see S. 2794), S7906 [31JY]
Ships and vessels: extend exemption for vessels operating within the Boundary Line from fire-retardent materials construction requirement (see S. 3498), S9206 [22SE]
Social Security: disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S.J. Res. 44), S6937 [17JY]
———preserve access to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn (see S. 2819), S3305 [23AP]
Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see S. 1287), S10812 [8DE]
———allow banks to be taxed as limited liability companies (see S. 3254), S6604 [11JY]
———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (see S. 2885), S7907 [31JY]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see S. 2314), S3699 [1MY]
———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see S. 940), S4182 [14MY]
———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile and exclude charitable mileage reimbursements from gross income (see S. 3532), S9204 [22SE]
———provide an increased mileage rate for charitable deductions (see S. 3429), S9205 [22SE]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see S. 1125), S2231 [31MR]
———provide income tax relief for families (see S. 3079), S5039 [4JN]
———provide tax incentives for clean coal technology (see S. 3208), S8036 [1AU]
———provide that certain tax planning inventions are not patentable (see S. 2369), S7279 [24JY]
———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S4622 [21MY]
———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 3331), S7781 [30JY]
Telecommunications: require accurate transmission of voice communications network traffic identification information to allow for accurate billing (see S. 2919), S8949 [17SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 656), S8383 [11SE]
Tourist trade: initiate a nationally coordinated travel campaign to increase international travel to the U.S. (see S. 1661), S95 [22JA]
Veterans: health care funding (see S. 2639), S10579 [17NO]
Week of the Young Child: designate (see S. Res. 517), S3080 [16AP]
X Prize Foundation: commend leadership in inspiring a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles (see S. Res. 486), S2133 [13MR]
Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 903), S3790 [6MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: provide safe and affordable child care for low income children and working families (see S. 3620), S9657 [26SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve basic educational assistance program (see S. 2871), S3080 [16AP]
Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 595), S5657 [16JN]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 82), S4029 [12MY]
Medicare: provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 2704), S1596 [5MR]
———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 3505), S8947 [17SE]
Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 3364), S7780 [30JY]
Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (see S. 3492), S8855 [16SE]
Rural areas: establish a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs (see S. 3545), S9280 [23SE]
Tariff: digital-to-analog converter boxes (see S. 3242), S6560 [10JY]
Taxation: make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 3399), S7904 [31JY]
———S corporation reform (see S. 3063), S4793 [22MY]
Women: reduce maternal mortality (see S. Res. 616), S6972 [21JY]
Cloture motions
Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 2739), S2607 [4AP]
CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1593 [5MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), motion to proceed, S7759 [30JY], S7879 [31JY], S8109 [8SE]
Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S2607 [4AP]
Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), motion to proceed, S530 [31JA], S581 [4FE]
FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3689 [1MY], S3777 [6MY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), motion to proceed, S5950 [23JN], S6141 [25JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), motion to proceed, S5431 [10JN], S5564 [12JN]
Northern Mariana Islands: further implement Act approving covenant (S. 2739), S2607 [4AP]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), S4150 [14MY]
Taxation: provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to proceed, S5376 [6JN], S5410 [10JN], S5564 [12JN], S5681 [17JN], S7595 [29JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S1661 [6MR], S6879 [17JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4166 [14MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), S5437 [10JN]
———hunger and nutrition programs funding, S5437 [10JN]
———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (S. 3644), S9903 [27SE]
alt.Consulting (nonprofit organization): anniversary, S1701
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), House amendment, S4718 [22MY]
Arkansas: anniversary of Arkansas 4-H, S9647
Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, S4718 [22MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1947 [12MR], S2050 [13MR]
Democratic Party: national agenda, S5729 [18JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: modify Federal direct payment rates, S4168 [14MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Benefits Administration funding, S1948 [12MR], S2050 [13MR]
Dutch Mills, AR: anniversary of Liberty Baptist Church, S9647
Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S10434 [2OC]
———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S511 [31JA], S718 [6FE], S771, S772 [7FE]
Education: expand deficit-neutral reserve funds for higher education to enable an increase in the maximum amount for federally guaranteed student loans, S1947 [12MR]
EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5354 [6JN]
Fletcher, Tina L.: University of Arkansas Henry Woods Student Leadership Award recipient, S3887
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5729 [18JN]
Housing: modify volume cap for housing bonds, S2603 [4AP]
———provide needed housing reform, S2602, S2603 [4AP], S2725, S2726 [8AP]
Johnson, Doris J.: Experience Works, Inc., Outstanding Senior Community Service Employment Program Changing Lives Award recipient, S9648
Johnson, Edward R.: Experience Works, Inc., Arkansas Outstanding Older Worker Award recipient, S9648
Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), motion to proceed, S5576 [12JN]
———prevent reduction in physician fee schedule, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and maintain and improve access to care in rural areas (S. 3118), S5577 [12JN]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10434 [2OC]
Miller, Brian S.: nomination to be district judge, S2921 [10AP]
National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 558), S5437 [10JN]
Older Americans Month: observance, S4431 [20MY]
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests: anniversary, S1382
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2602, S2603 [4AP], S2725, S2726 [8AP]
———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, S5418 [10JN]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 1070), S4431 [20MY]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), motion to proceed, S7744 [30JY]
———include senior citizens and disabled veterans in the provision of recovery rebates to individuals, S511 [31JA], S718 [6FE], S771, S772 [7FE]
———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gain, S10434 [2OC]
———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (S. 3399), S7954 [31JY]
———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to proceed, S5418 [10JN], S5576 [12JN]
———provide tax incentives for employers to offer group legal plans that provide a benefit for real estate and foreclosure review, S2602 [4AP], S2725, S2726 [8AP]
———S corporation reform (S. 3063), S4803 [22MY]
Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), S10702
Remarks in Senate relative to
Reid, Senator: apology to Senator Lincoln for referring to her as ``Mr.'' instead of ``Madam'', S6880 [17JY]
Tributes
Howard, George, Jr., S2921 [10AP]
Reed, Stanley E., S10733
Sheid, Vada Webb, S1053
Wilson, Michael E., S1053