WARNER, MARK R. (a Senator from Virginia)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1583 [4FE], S1714, S1738 [5FE]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3804, S3805 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7484, S7495 [14JY], S7710, S7719 [20JY], S7781, S7798 [21JY], S7928, S7932 [22JY], S8014, S8027, S8051 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10074 [1OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9594 [21SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11256 [6NO], S11352 [10NO], S11378 [16NO], S11406 [17NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9388 [15SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8282 [29JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6054 [3JN], S6219 [4JN], S6257 [8JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12624 [7DE], S12717, S12723 [8DE], S12806, S12822 [9DE], S12917 [10DE], S13265, S13266 [15DE], S13384, S13385 [17DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12624 [7DE], S12717, S12723 [8DE], S12806, S12822 [9DE], S12917 [10DE], S13265, S13266 [15DE], S13384, S13385 [17DE]

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), S6735 [17JN]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S1103 [30JA], S2257 [13FE], S2855 [6MR], S4405 [20AP], S4469 [21AP], S4765 [28AP], S4999 [1MY], S5045 [4MY], S5303 [11MY], S5543 [18MY], S5891 [1JN], S6231 [8JN], S6573 [15JN], S6861 [22JN], S7115 [6JY], S8067 [24JY], S8103 [27JY], S8619 [31JY], S8641 [3AU], S9281 [11SE], S9301 [14SE], S9575 [21SE], S10079 [5OC], S10331 [9OC], S10499 [19OC], S10711 [26OC], S10963 [2NO], S11259 [9NO], S11359 [16NO], S11979 [30NO], S12355 [4DE], S13143 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see S. Con. Res. 26), S6806 [18JN]

Appalachian Development Highway System: complete construction (see S. 1534), S8271 [29JY]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto (see S. 524), S10061 [1OC]

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. 831), S10487 [15OC]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 572), S11206 [5NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S10520 [19OC]

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]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see S. Res. 112), S4670 [23AP]

Budget: provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (see S. 907), S4806 [28AP]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see S. 1600), S8992 [6AU]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see S. 693), S5502 [14MY]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (see S. 479), S2473 [25FE]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see S. 435), S6805 [18JN]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (see S. 1927), S10961 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S6186 [4JN]

Dept. of Energy: create the right business environment for doubling production of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and create mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and development (see S. 2776), S13033 [11DE]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 456), S12008 [30NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (see S. 1280), S6720 [17JN] (see S. 1723), S9930 [29SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving (see S. 1938), S12709 [8DE]

———require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see S. 1266), S6581 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S4807 [28AP]

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 (see S. 181), S211 [8JA]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S9327 [14SE]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S5329 [11MY]

Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: recognize as a unique and precious ecosystem (see S. Res. 297), S10112 [5OC]

FCC: conduct a pilot program to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program to include broadband service (see S. 2879), S13033 [11DE]

———provide greater technical resources to Commissioners (see S. 2881), S13190 [14DE]

FDIC: provide enhanced authority to act as receiver for certain affiliates of depository institutions (see S. 1540), S8557 [30JY]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S9132 [8SE]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see S. 1738), S10060 [1OC]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S10434 [14OC]

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

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

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions (see S. 1150), S6651 [16JN]

Health care professionals: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see S. 1022), S5371 [12MY]

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]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S2623 [2MR]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S6721 [17JN]

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), S6582 [15JN]

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

Medicare: cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care (see S. 1295), S8683 [3AU]

National Adopt a Library Day: designate (see S. Res. 113), S4670 [23AP]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S3114 [16MR]

National Archives and Records Administration: anniversary (see S. Res. 197), S6845 [19JN]

———authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (see S. 2872), S13032 [11DE]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 200), S7413 [13JY]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S3897 [26MR]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see S. Res. 245), S9188 [9SE]

National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S8994 [6AU]

National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Month: designate (see S. Res. 161), S6940 [23JN]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 229), S8272 [29JY]

National Park Service: authorize a grant program to acquire land in the National Capital region for conservation, environmental, and recreational purposes (see S. 1525), S8196 [28JY]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S8683 [3AU]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 125), S5014 [1MY]

Native Americans: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (see S. 1178), S6030 [3JN]

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

Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program: extend (see S. 1694), S10319 [8OC]

Roads and highways: reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (see S. 1536), S11594 [19NO]

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

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S9134 [8SE]

Taxation: 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), S2558 [26FE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S10110 [5OC]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S13458 [18DE]

Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 649), S5129 [5MY]

Tiller, George: express condolences to family and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs (see S. Res. 187), S6720 [17JN]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (see S. 1147), S6257 [8JN]

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. (see S. 1023), S8682 [3AU]

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]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 546), S9653 [22SE]

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), S7558 [15JY]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: grant congressional consent and approval to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia (see S.J. Res. 19), S8196 [28JY] (see S.J. Res. 25), S14138 [24DE]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S5282 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Blue Star Families (organization): commend for supporting military families and increasing awareness of the unique challenges of military life (see S. Res. 237), S8765 [4AU]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a Veterans Corps program (see S. 606), S3163 [17MR]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1207), S6255 [8JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 910), S4806 [28AP]

Financial institutions: encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (see S. Res. 352), S11344 [10NO]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (see S. 2756), S11290 [9NO]

Medicare: provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (see S. 1251), S6542 [11JN] (see S. 1263), S6580 [15JN]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S6650 [16JN]

National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see S. 1275), S6650 [16JN]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S6650 [16JN]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see S. 1224), S6452 [10JN]

Certificates of election

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2860 [6MR], S2953 [10MR]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), motion to proceed, S3577 [19MR], S3600 [23MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5426 [13MY], S5570 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7253 [8JY]

Hamilton, David F.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11335 [10NO], S11421 [17NO]

Letters

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office reauthorization: David O'Neill, Friends of the John Smith Chesapeake Trail (organization), S6456 [10JN]

———John A. Cosgrove, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S6455 [10JN]

Senior Navigation and Planning Act: Eric J. Hall, Alzheimer's Foundation of America, S6574 [15JN]

———J. Donald Schumacher, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, S6574 [15JN]

———Lonny Reisman and Randall Krakauer, Aetna Inc., S6575 [15JN]

———Reed V. Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group, S6575 [15JN]

———Richard Payne, Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, S6574 [15JN]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S1103 [30JA], S2257 [13FE], S2855 [6MR], S4405 [20AP], S4469 [21AP], S4765 [28AP], S4999 [1MY], S5045 [4MY], S5303 [11MY], S5543 [18MY], S5891 [1JN], S6231 [8JN], S6573 [15JN], S6861 [22JN], S7115 [6JY], S8067 [24JY], S8103 [27JY], S8619 [31JY], S8641 [3AU], S9281 [11SE], S9301 [14SE], S9575 [21SE], S10079 [5OC], S10499 [19OC], S10711 [26OC], S10963 [2NO], S11259 [9NO], S11359 [16NO], S11979 [30NO], S12355 [4DE], S13143 [14DE]

Remarks

Alton, IL: extend deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project (H.R. 2938), S8889 [5AU]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), S2778 [4MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: implementation, S3625 [24MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2299 [13FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3625 [24MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Weekend of Remembrance event to honor military personnel who have died in service and acknowledge the sacrifice of their families (H. Con. Res. 171), S8889 [5AU]

———moment of silence for John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut, S8067 [24JY]

Dept. of Energy: unconventional fossil energy technologies program modeling and simulation capabilities, S8548 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: grant standby authority to regulate tobacco warehouses, S6499 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA, as a unit of the National Park System (S. 1207), S6267 [8JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (S. 1280), S6867 [22JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project funding, S9353 [15SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9353 [15SE], S9416 [16SE]

Economy: systemic risk regulation, S6635-S6637 [16JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8548 [30JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6499 [11JN]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8531 [30JY]

FEMA: quickly and fairly address the abundance of surplus manufactured housing units stored around the country at taxpayer expense (S. 713), S8888 [5AU]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (S. 2756), S11249, S11250 [6NO]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (S. Res. 226), S8889 [5AU]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9694, S9696, S9698 [23SE], S9997 [1OC], S10453 [15OC], S10596 [21OC], S11137 [5NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12650, S12655 [8DE], S13459 [18DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11446 [18NO]

Koh, Harold H.: nomination to be Dept. of State Legal Adviser, S7050 [25JN]

Medicare: establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes, S11137 [5NO]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (S. 1251), S6558 [11JN]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (S. 1263), S6573 [15JN]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (S. 542), S2870 [6MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 185), S6655 [16JN]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 185), S6655 [16JN]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (S. 1224), S6454 [10JN]

Sebelius, Kathleen: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S4767 [28AP]

Senate: legislative program, S2778 [4MR], S2871 [6MR], S8890 [5AU], S13144 [14DE]

Small business: health insurance premium rates, S11446 [18NO]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S7677 [20JY]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13459 [18DE]

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties (H.R. 1275), S8889 [5AU]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 1547), S8890 [5AU]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (S. Res. 244), S8889 [5AU]

Wilmington, DE: Delaware Children's Museum funding, S9353 [15SE]

Tributes

Byrd, Senator, S11445 [18NO]

Nance, Elisha (Ray), S4567 [22AP]

Taylor, Zachary, S11590 [19NO]