ROBERTS, PAT (a Senator from Kansas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8633 [31JY], S8659 [3AU], S8725, S8767 [4AU]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2692 [3MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1536, S1564, S1576, S1593, S1595 [4FE], S1865, S1881 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5641, S5642 [19MY], S5702, S5741 [20MY], S5822 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4102 [31MR], S4173, S4174, S4202, S4206, S4210, S4211 [1AP], S4254, S4263, S4275 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7484 [14JY], S7566, S7571 [15JY], S7702, S7710 [20JY], S7870, S7932 [22JY], S8095 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10073 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7263, S7275 [8JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4701 [23AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9556, S9568 [17SE], S9687, S9689 [22SE], S9752 [23SE], S9772, S9773, S9784, S9854 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), S8948, S8997 [6AU]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11296 [9NO], S11334, S11351 [10NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9327, S9328 [14SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8273 [29JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6051, S6055 [3JN], S6218, S6219 [4JN], S6298 [8JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12516 [5DE], S12709, S12727, S12734 [8DE], S12819 [9DE], S13043 [11DE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2490 [25FE], S2559 [26FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10208 [7OC], S10637 [21OC]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S854, S933 [27JA], S962, S999, S1000 [28JA], S1069 [29JA]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12516 [5DE], S12709, S12727, S12734 [8DE], S12819 [9DE], S13043 [11DE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6661 [16JN], S6734 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: express condolences for soldiers killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX (see S. Res. 344), S11253 [6NO]

———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. 644), S3550 [19MR] (see S. 831), S4445 [20AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S6186 [4JN]

Baker, Richard A.: designate as Historian Emeritus of the Senate (see S. Res. 230), S8272 [29JY]

Bellmon, Henry: tribute (see S. Res. 293), S9930 [29SE]

Borlaug, Norman E.: tribute (see S. Res. 272), S9436 [16SE] (see S. Res. 273), S9555 [17SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 20), S10061 [1OC]

Byrd, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S11492 [18NO]

Children and youth: expand early childhood home visitation programs that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays (see S. 244), S1124 [30JA]

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see S. 1148), S7700 [20JY]

———prohibit issuance of regulatory permits for certain emissions from agricultural production (see S. 527), S2910 [9MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 738), S3986 [30MR]

Courts: create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see S. 193), S256 [9JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 1179), S6185 [4JN]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see S. 1089), S5700 [20MY]

———provide for certain requirements relative to the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility (see S. 291), S719 [21JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see S. 1709), S9869 [25SE]

Dept. of Defense: limit immigration rights of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 1071), S5614 [19MY]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S. (see S. 370), S1431 [3FE]

———provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program (see S. 559), S2964 [10MR]

Dept. of Education: extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see S. 2796), S11492 [18NO]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (see S.J. Res. 24), S13458 [18DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow discretion to not impose a penalty for failure to disclose reportable transactions when there is reasonable cause for such failure and to modify such penalty (see S. 765), S4171 [1AP]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S.J. Res. 5), S389 [14JA]

———establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed U.S. savings bonds (see S. 827), S4311 [2AP]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (see S. 1198), S6255 [8JN]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2787), S11430 [17NO]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 64), S309 [12JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 669), S3609 [23MR]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S3550 [19MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see S. 1052), S6651 [16JN]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see S. 34), S40 [6JA]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 371), S2028 [9FE] (see S. 845), S4513 [21AP]

———preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas (see S. 816), S4892 [29AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 15), S5232 [6MY]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S7071 [25JN]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see S. 1687), S9555 [17SE]

———require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities (see S. 1223), S6452 [10JN]

———require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see S. 1167), S6030 [3JN]

Hansen, Clifford P.: tribute (see S. Res. 315), S10635 [21OC]

Hawkins, Paula: tribute (see S. Res. 370), S12413 [4DE]

Health: prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 1259), S6580 [15JN]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see S. 646), S3550 [19MR]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S7139 [6JY]

Hudson River: recognize quadricentennial celebration of discovery to honor, commemorate, and celebrate the historic ties of the U.S. and the Netherlands (see S. Res. 254), S9188 [9SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1652), S9132 [8SE]

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. 1065), S6806 [18JN]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S5129 [5MY]

Jews: condemn all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirm support for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (see S. Con. Res. 11), S3551 [19MR]

Kansas City Animal Health Corridor: recognize region (see S. Res. 174), S6364 [9JN]

Kapaun, Emil: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see S. 1794), S10487 [15OC]

Kennedy, Edward M.: tribute (see S. Res. 255), S9132 [8SE]

Law enforcement: improve efforts to reduce gang activity and violent crime (see S. 132), S170 [7JA]

———increase the number of Federal law enforcement officials investigating and prosecuting financial fraud (see S. 331), S894 [27JA]

Levinson, Robert: urge Iran to intensify cooperation relative to investigation of his disappearance, commend Switzerland for ongoing assistance, and express sympathy to family (see S. Con. Res. 4), S2910 [9MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 14), S6032 [3JN]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S4173 [1AP]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 421), S2323 [13FE]

———ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see S. 1221), S6364 [9JN]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see S. 511), S3370 [18MR]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 956), S5014 [1MY]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see S. 935), S4963 [30AP]

———improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (see S. 701), S4964 [30AP]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S5555 [18MY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S5820 [21MY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S2424 [24FE]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 1171), S10111 [5OC]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 947), S4963 [30AP]

Meyer, Russ: National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee (see S. Res. 233), S8683 [3AU]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7072 [25JN]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 235), S8681 [3AU]

National Auctioneers Day: designate (see S. Res. 86), S3898 [26MR]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 142), S6032 [3JN]

National Day on Writing: designate (see S. Res. 310), S10318 [8OC]

National FFA Organization: anniversary of membership of women (see S. Res. 319), S10635 [21OC]

———mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1553), S9556 [17SE]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 478), S2473 [25FE]

———permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees (see S. 1184), S6185 [4JN]

National World War I Museum: designate Liberty Memorial as National World War I Memorial (see S. 760), S12618 [7DE]

Pell, Claiborne: tribute (see S. Res. 8), S43 [6JA]

Russell Senate Office Building: designate the Kennedy Caucus Room (see S. Res. 264), S9326 [14SE]

Self, Bill: tribute (see S. Res. 116), S4807 [28AP]

Senate Rules: require all legislative matters be available and scored by CBO for a certain period before consideration by any subcommittee, committee, or on the floor (see S. 1772), S10637 [21OC] (see S. Res. 307), S10217 [7OC]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see S. 473), S2473 [25FE]

Social Security: require Congress to approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect (see S. 42), S169 [7JA]

Tariff: footwear (see S. 730), S3897 [26MR]

———recreational performance outerwear (see S. 1439), S7781 [21JY]

———returned property (see S. 1842), S11345 [10NO]

———U.S. Government property returned to the U.S. (see S. 1839), S11345 [10NO]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S5944 [2JN]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 491), S3610 [23MR]

———encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds by excluding from income a portion of such payments (see S. 1297), S6804 [18JN]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and modify credit period for producing electricity from open-loop biomass (see S. 870), S4574 [22AP]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S3658 [24MR]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 1400), S7192 [7JY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S10636 [21OC]

———modify the penalties for failure to disclose certain reportable transactions and for submitting a bad check to the IRS, and modify certain rules relative to Federal vendors (see S. 2917), S13458 [18DE]

———permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 1313), S6887 [22JN]

———provide a special depreciation allowance and recovery period for noncommercial aircraft property (see S. 2723), S11048 [3NO]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S1058 [29JA]

———repeal sunset of adoption credit expansion and adoption assistance programs and allow credit to be claimed in the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the adoption becomes final (see S. 2816), S11972 [21NO]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 567), S3025 [11MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 292), S719 [21JA]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3368 [18MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S308 [12JA]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: express condolences to family of Stephen T. Johns, commend staff for response to shooting, and condemn acts of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred (see S. Res. 184), S6543 [11JN]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (see S. Res. 206), S7071 [25JN]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S7869 [22JY]

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. 348), S7359 [10JY]

Voting: ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted (see S. 1415), S7641 [16JY]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S5556 [18MY]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S12413 [4DE]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see S. Res. 89), S3986 [30MR]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S4756 [27AP]

World War I: establish a centennial commission to ensure a suitable observance (see S. 761), S12618 [7DE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S5436 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see S. 1375), S7070 [25JN]

Armed Forces: award Atomic Veterans Service Medal to members exposed to ionizing radiation from the testing of nuclear weapons or under other circumstances (see S. 1128), S5819 [21MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S2365 [23FE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S2592 [27FE]

FEMA: provide for special rules relative to assistance for the Greensburg, KS, tornado (see S. 681), S3657 [24MR]

Speicher, Michael S. (Scott): tribute (see S. Res. 249), S8994 [6AU]

Tariff: barium carbonate, strontium carbonate, calcium carbonate, and 1-methoxy-2-propanol acetate mixture for use as emitter suspension cathode coating (see S. 1923), S10735 [26OC]

———barium magnesium aluminate phosphor compound (see S. 1924), S10735 [26OC]

———calcium chloride phosphate (see S. 1912), S10735 [26OC]

———calcium chloride phosphor activated by manganese and antimony (see S. 1910), S10735 [26OC]

———ceramic arc tube mixtures (see S. 1911), S10735 [26OC]

———children's footwear (see S. 1906), S10735 [26OC]

———children's footwear covering the ankle (see S. 1905), S10735 [26OC]

———Corvus herbicide (see S. 1902), S10735 [26OC]

———Evergol (see S. 1901), S10735 [26OC]

———footwear (see S. 1915), S10735 [26OC]

———lanthanum phosphate phosphor (see S. 1922), S10735 [26OC]

———leather upper sports footwear (see S. 1907, 1917), S10735 [26OC]

———Liberty, Rely, and Ignite herbicides (see S. 1900), S10735 [26OC]

———men's non-work footwear covering the ankle (see S. 1918), S10735 [26OC]

———1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-ol and 1,3-dimethylpyrazol-5-one (see S. 1903), S10735 [26OC]

———phosphor zinc silicate (see S. 1897), S10735 [26OC]

———refracting and reflecting telescopes (see S. 1904), S10735 [26OC]

———resin cement based on calcium carbonate and silicone resins (see S. 1913), S10735 [26OC]

———small particle calcium chloride phosphor (see S. 1921), S10735 [26OC]

———sports footwear (see S. 1920), S10735 [26OC]

———sports footwear for women (see S. 1908), S10735 [26OC]

———strontium chloroapatite-europium compound (see S. 1926), S10735 [26OC]

———strontium halophosphate doped with europium (see S. 1914), S10735 [26OC]

———strontium magnesium phosphate-tin doped inorganic products (see S. 1909), S10735 [26OC]

———women's footwear (see S. 1919), S10735 [26OC]

———women's textile upper footwear (see S. 1916), S10735 [26OC]

———yttrium oxide phosphor (see S. 1898, 1899), S10735 [26OC]

———yttrium vanadate phosphor (see S. 1925), S10735 [26OC]

Taxation: provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 781), S4309 [2AP]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [6JA]

Cloture motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]

Letters

Disclosure of congressionally directed spending items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations: by, S9771 [24SE]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Privilege of the floor

King, Brett, S11887 [20NO]

Remarks

Appropriations: eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, S1667, S1668 [5FE]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2879 [9MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1667, S1668 [5FE], S1796 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2283 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5600 [19MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4126 [1AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: establish a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, S11888 [20NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13432 [18DE]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., S5600 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: impact of closing detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5253 [7MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9590 [21SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11189, S11191 [5NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6426 [10JN], S6632 [16JN], S6837 [19JN], S7453, S7455 [14JY], S7608 [16JY], S10875 [29OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12872, S12873 [10DE], S13003 [11DE], S13223 [15DE], S13432, S13434, S13435, S13436, S13437 [18DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12044 [1DE], S12400, S12401 [4DE], S12790 [9DE], S13005, S13006, S13007 [11DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11888 [20NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11482 [18NO]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options, S4126 [1AP]

———prohibit use of comparative effectiveness research data for payment, coverage, or treatment decisions, S6837-S6839 [19JN]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish, S1796 [6FE]

Independent Medicare Advisory Board: establish, S11888 [20NO], S13432, S13435, S13436 [18DE]

IRS: role in implementation, administration, and enforcement of health care reform, S11482 [18NO]

Lakewood, WA: express condolences to families of slain police officers, S12044 [1DE]

Marine Corps: anniversary, S11147 [5NO]

Medicare: eliminate cuts to home health services, S12400, S12401 [4DE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S12044 [1DE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers, S7608 [16JY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 1157), S5994 [3JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S13432, S13435 [18DE]

National security: proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5253 [7MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S12790 [9DE], S13005, S13006, S13007 [11DE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S13223 [15DE]

Social Security: conduct comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options by establishing a private Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, S11888 [20NO]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S962, S967, S969, S970 [28JA]

———prohibit State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for higher income children and payment to States in which income eligibility level for Medicaid exceeds State Children's Health Insurance Program, S962, S969 [28JA]

———reinstate the crowd-out policy that prevents the substitution of State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for private insurance coverage, S967, S970 [28JA]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8810 [5AU]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13432 [18DE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11888 [20NO]

———rates, S7453 [14JY], S10875 [29OC]

Treece, KS: authorize use of economic stimulus funds for voluntary purchase of certain properties endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, S6486-S6488 [11JN]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: provide recommendations relative to health insurance benefit requirements, S11888 [20NO]

Tributes

Wells, Kent, S5368 [12MY]