NELSON, E. BENJAMIN (a Senator from Nebraska)
Amendments
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S2012, S2015, S2016 [12MR], S2055, S2079, S2084, S2172, S2184 [13MR]
Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 2739), S2951 [10AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8181, S8197, S8198 [9SE], S8296, S8297, S8320, S8322 [10SE], S8453 [11SE], S8480, S8500 [12SE], S8537, S8538, S8547, S8786 [15SE], S8857 [16SE]
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), S3310 [23AP]
Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S2951 [10AP]
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), S745 [6FE]
EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5111 [4JN], S5257 [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), S3610 [30AP], S3723 [1MY]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S111 [22JA]
Northern Mariana Islands: further implement Act approving covenant (S. 2739), S2951 [10AP]
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2644 [7AP], S6029 [24JN], S6287 [26JN]
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3084 [16AP]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S6677 [15JY], S7709 [30JY], S10607 [19NO], S10841 [10DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
AARP: anniversary (see S. Res. 666), S9025 [18SE]
Agriculture: prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (see S. 3238), S6559 [10JY]
Armed Forces: 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), S6505 [9JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see S. 3356), S8857 [16SE]
———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 501), S2436 [3AP]
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]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S5754 [18JN]
Congress: allow Members of Congress or authorized employees to lead tours of publicly accessible areas of the Capitol complex (see S. Con. Res. 107), S10946 [11DE]
Congressional Club: anniversary (see S. Res. 555), S3975 [8MY] (see S. Res. 578), S4793 [22MY]
Courts: appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges (see S. 2774), S2612 [4AP]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 2543), S94 [22JA]
Dept. of HHS: enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death (see S. 3142), S7480 [25JY]
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), S9281 [23SE]
Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 576), S4793 [22MY]
Disasters: support efforts by local television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of natural disasters (see S. 1223), S6972 [21JY]
Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see S. 911), S445 [29JA]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see S. 1382), S4182 [14MY]
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), S8856 [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]
Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3257 [22AP]
Health: 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), S4970 [3JN]
Helms, Jesse: tribute (see S. Res. 608), S6362 [7JY]
Heston, Charlton: tribute (see S. Res. 512), S2945 [10AP]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 1200), S284 [24JA]
Insurance: provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating (see S. 2818), S2435 [3AP]
Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1430), S4487 [20MY]
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]
Lantos, Tom: tribute (see S. Res. 446), S849 [11FE]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 82), S4029 [12MY]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 932), S3443 [28AP]
Metzenbaum, Howard M.: tribute (see S. Res. 485), S2133 [13MR]
NASA: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 2159), S2134 [13MR]
National Advocacy Center: funding (see S. 2942), S6938 [17JY]
National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day: designate (see S. Res. 665), S9025 [18SE]
National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 719), S10743 [20NO]
National Governors Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 568), S4282 [15MY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 579), S3508 [29AP]
National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 703), S10486 [2OC]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 2681), S7280 [24JY]
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD): anniversary (see S. Res. 561), S4106 [13MY]
Paone, Martin P.: tribute (see S. Res. 420), S94 [22JA]
Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see S. 2498), S3027 [15AP]
SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 989), S5593 [12JN]
Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see S. 1963), S3207 [21AP]
———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see S. 2337), S3443 [28AP]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see S. 1010), S3026 [15AP]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see S. 2314), S7906 [31JY]
———provide that certain tax planning inventions are not patentable (see S. 2369), S3791 [6MY]
———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S5524 [11JN]
———repeal dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts (see S. 1743), S5593 [12JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 656), S8383 [11SE]
University of Nebraska at Omaha: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 101), S9281 [23SE]
Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see S. 2407), S3443 [28AP]
Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 903), S3257 [22AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: authorize travel and transportation allowances for mobilized members of the Reserve components on leave for suspension of training or to meet minimal staffing requirements (see S. 2623), S919 [12FE]
Boy Scouts: express condolences to victims and those affected by tornado at Boy Scout camp in Iowa and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting rescue operations (see S. Res. 599), S6019 [24JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: allow waiver of tax penalties for failure to disclose reportable transactions (see S. 3121), S5592 [12JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery in the eastern Nebraska region to serve veterans in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa (see S. 2701), S1521 [4MR]
Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. Res. 658), S8479 [12SE]
Iraq: require future funding for reconstruction and security force training be provided as a loan (see S. Res. 506), S2743 [8AP]
J. James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Omaha, NE: designate (see S. 3009), S4028 [12MY]
National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 657), S8479 [12SE]
National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 613), S6651 [14JY]
National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 602), S6158 [25JN]
Cloture motions
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]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), S9622 [26SE], S9883 [27SE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), House amendment, S9850 [26SE]
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), S6470 [9JY]
———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), motion to proceed, S6224 [26JN]
———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S302 [24JA], S388 [28JA], S890 [12FE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), conference report, S845 [11FE], S937 [13FE]
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]
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 7005), motion to proceed, S10859 [10DE], S10931 [11DE]
Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), motion to proceed, S10627 [19NO]
Letters
Proposed Government bailout of financial institutions: by, S10276 [1OC]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S6677 [15JY], S7709 [30JY], S10607 [19NO], S10841 [10DE]
Privilege of the floor
Packler, Marc, S8454 [11SE]
Remarks
Armed Forces: 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 (S. 2579), S10420 [2OC]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1954, S1955 [12MR], S2054 [13MR]
Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 2739), S2879 [10AP]
Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S2879 [10AP]
Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S10275, S10276 [1OC]
———provide stimulus through investment in ``ready to go'' infrastructure projects, S1954, S1955 [12MR], S2054 [13MR]
Honor Flight, Inc.: tribute to Heartland Honor Flight, S4616
Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway, Los Angeles County, CA: designate (H.R. 4131), S10421 [2OC]
Lincoln, NE: tribute to International Quilt Study Center & Museum, S2879 [10AP]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10275, S10276 [1OC]
Northern Mariana Islands: further implement Act approving covenant (S. 2739), S2879 [10AP]
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (H.R. 6469), S10421 [2OC]
Paducah, KY: designate the Museum of the American Quilter's Society as the ``National Quilt Museum of the U.S.'', S2879 [10AP]
Springer, Heather: Bronze Star recipient, S3070 [16AP]
———Dedicated Unhesitating Service to Our Fighting Forces (DUSTOFF) Association Medic of the Year award recipient, S3070 [16AP]
Votes: position on missed, S780
Tributes
Hagel, Senator, S10859 [10DE]
Moseley, T. Michael, S6279
Pelini, Bo, S443
Pfeifer, Christopher F., S726 [6FE]
Pierce, Seth C., S727
Roberts, John D., S1053
Robles, Adrian, S10715 [20NO]
Veath, Logan, S3023 [15AP]
Woodhead, Danny, S3974
Wynne, Michael W., S6279
Yllescas, Robert, S10861 [10DE]