DODD, CHRISTOPHER J. (a Senator from Connecticut)

Addresses

What a Golden Friend I Had: by, S9197 [10SE]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8607 [30JY], S8632 [31JY], S8693, S8697, S8698 [3AU], S8722 [4AU]

AID: encourage nomination of an Administrator and empower and strengthen the Agency (S. Res. 312), S11298, S11301 [9NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1374, S1443, S1452, S1458 [3FE], S1498, S1530, S1536, S1557, S1598, S1609 [4FE], S1712, S1736, S1739, S1755 [5FE], S1850, S1878 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5666, S5736 [20MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4064 [31MR], S4118, S4135, S4173, S4206, S4211, S4212, S4223 [1AP], S4250, S4262, S4271, S4277, S4282, S4393 [2AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4980, S4984 [30AP], S5029 [1MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5333 [11MY], S5625 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491 [14JY], S7707 [20JY], S7799 [21JY], S7937 [22JY], S7949, S8025, S8057 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9939 [29SE], S10074 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7270, S7275 [8JY], S7302, S7330 [9JY]

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), S4591 [22AP], S4615, S4701 [23AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11257 [6NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9387, S9388 [15SE], S9442 [16SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6101 [3JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11607 [19NO], S12071 [1DE], S12167 [2DE], S12278 [3DE], S12414 [4DE], S12620, S12637 [7DE], S12710, S12723 [8DE], S12805 [9DE], S13490 [19DE], S13786 [22DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10322 [8OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S11607 [19NO], S12071 [1DE], S12167 [2DE], S12278 [3DE], S12414 [4DE], S12620, S12637 [7DE], S12710, S12723 [8DE], S12805 [9DE], S13490 [19DE], S13786 [22DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10324 [8OC], S10706 [22OC], S10962 [30OC]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S1472 [3FE]

Committee to escort British Prime Minister Gordon Brown into the House Chamber, H2928 [4MR]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S947 [27JA]

Articles and editorials

Dodd's Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company, H3820 [24MR]

Family and Friends Say Goodbye to Fallen Marine, Amanda Raus and Doug Greene, S14137 [24DE]

Governor Rell—Flags at Half Staff To Honor Fallen Marine, S14137 [24DE]

Moment Ted Kennedy Would Not Want To Lose, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Washington (DC) Post, S13608 [20DE]

Waterbury Marine Dies in Afghanistan, S14137 [24DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see S. 229), S8197 [28JY]

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

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (see S. 1756), S10162 [6OC]

AID: enhance capacity to undertake global development activities (see S. 355), S1058 [29JA]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 353), S11344 [10NO]

Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act: add Paraguay as a beneficiary country (see S. 780), S4172 [1AP]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S9133 [8SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 231), S388 [14JA]

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

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see S. 731), S3897 [26MR]

ATF: authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see S. 205), S2365 [23FE]

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]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S8040 [23JY]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see S. 259), S598 [15JA]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see S. 693), S7193 [7JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see S. 1465), S7639 [16JY]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (see S. Res. 170), S6255 [8JN]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see S. Res. 67), S2828 [5MR]

Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see S. 395), S2424 [24FE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S212 [8JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 904), S4965 [30AP]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S14138 [24DE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 729), S3987 [30MR]

Concerns of Police Survivors (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 138), S5282 [7MY]

Cordova, France A.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 9), S2080 [10FE]

Courts: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see S. 417), S5232 [6MY]

CPSC: promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (see S. 723), S3897 [26MR]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate (see S. 500), S6365 [9JN]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 909), S4806 [28AP]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 428), S2229 [12FE]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 1655), S10163 [6OC]

———establish Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (see S. 1137), S5819 [21MY]

———provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers regardless of disbursement date (see S. 1775), S10362 [13OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S7262 [8JY]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see S. 660), S3550 [19MR]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 167), S211 [8JA]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S4755 [27AP]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases (see S. 1623), S8993 [6AU]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 383), S1542 [4FE]

———provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 376), S1542 [4FE]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 1156), S9187 [9SE]

———study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see S. 841), S11119 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), S5615 [19MY]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see S. 1556), S8681 [3AU]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (see S. 1963), S11494 [18NO]

———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), S4514 [21AP]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S5556 [18MY]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see S. 697), S3784 [25MR]

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: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see S. 1545), S10961 [30OC]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S9135 [8SE]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. 571), S3025 [11MR]

———improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 1760), S11049 [3NO]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S7139 [6JY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S5616 [19MY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S8135 [27JY]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 981), S9295 [11SE]

Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see S. 1789), S10486 [15OC]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S4062 [31MR]

———increase access to early childhood education and after school programs, advance elementary and secondary education reform, strengthen math and science instruction, and make higher education more affordable (see S. 7), S40 [6JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (see S. 866), S4573 [22AP]

———provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (see S. 1121), S6651 [16JN]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 1152), S5820 [21MY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 1584), S8864 [5AU]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: modify conditions for release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account (see S. 283), S719 [21JA]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 1422), S7317 [9JY]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (see S. 510), S2691 [3MR]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 982), S5128 [5MY]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S5822 [21MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 599), S3898 [26MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 540), S2828 [5MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over waters (see S. 787), S4310 [2AP]

Fifth Summit of the Americas: support (see S. Res. 90), S3986 [30MR]

Financial institutions: modify requirements on the location of bank branches on Indian reservations (see S. 1316), S6887 [22JN]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 94), S4063 [31MR]

Fire Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 300), S10061 [1OC]

Foreign aid: strengthen capacity, transparency, and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges (see S. 1524), S10991 [2NO]

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

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 105), S4445 [20AP]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 82), S3609 [23MR]

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

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

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see S. 486), S3987 [30MR]

———ensure health care reform includes an option to establish a federally-backed insurance pool to create options for consumers (see S. Res. 156), S5820 [21MY]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see S. 21), S11344 [10NO]

———guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans (see S. 4), S39 [6JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2910 [9MR]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 611), S11291 [9NO]

Health care professionals: establish and carry out a pediatric specialty loan repayment program (see S. 1206), S6255 [8JN]

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

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see S. 160), S43 [6JA]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see S. Res. 278), S11292 [9NO]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 424), S2229 [12FE]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see S. 1038), S5501 [14MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 1790), S13033 [11DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1652), S10363 [13OC]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S12071 [1DE]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 688), S5701 [20MY]

Iran: condemn restrictions on freedoms of speech, the press, expression, and assembly, human rights abuses, and censorship, and support access to the Internet and personal communication services (see S. Res. 386), S13785 [22DE]

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

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 560), S2964 [10MR]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (see S. 718), S5129 [5MY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S4965 [30AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S3657 [24MR]

Medicare: phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 700), S8094 [24JY]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see S. 565), S9187 [9SE]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S7139 [6JY]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S7139 [6JY]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban and rural State hospital wage index floor (see S. 1108), S5700 [20MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 542), S2910 [9MR] (see S. 620), S3163 [17MR]

———require public disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of Congress (see S. 1632), S9983 [30SE]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S11430 [17NO]

Mexico: support efforts to combat drug trafficking (see S. Res. 72), S2965 [10MR]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S4445 [20AP]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S8996 [6AU]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see S. 951), S7640 [16JY]

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 and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S652 [16JA]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 306), S10162 [6OC]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see S. Res. 245), S8994 [6AU]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 228), S8272 [29JY]

National Early Educator Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 21), S4891 [29AP]

National Foreign Language Coordination Council: establish (see S. 1010), S5282 [7MY]

National Learn and Serve Challenge: support goals (see S. Con. Res. 46), S10217 [7OC]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 295), S10062 [1OC]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 277), S9589 [21SE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S11050 [3NO]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 125), S5067 [4MY]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 144), S5372 [12MY]

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 296), S10062 [1OC]

NATO: anniversary of accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland as members (see S. Res. 60), S3026 [11MR]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (see S. Con. Res. 10), S2910 [9MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 1580), S8864 [5AU]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (see S. 962), S6805 [18JN]

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

Political campaigns: establish a revenue source for fair elections financing of Senate campaigns by providing an excise tax on amounts paid pursuant to contracts with the Government (see S. 751), S5502 [14MY]

———reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 752), S5502 [14MY]

Power resources: improve economy and security of the U.S. by reducing dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming (see S. 5), S39 [6JA]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S8993 [6AU]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see S.J. Res. 12), S2623 [2MR]

Rubenstein, David M.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 8), S2080 [10FE]

Schools: improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see S. 1698), S9733 [23SE]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S2474 [25FE]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see S. 473), S2623 [2MR]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1685), S9554 [17SE]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (see S. 588), S9079 [7AU]

Smithsonian Institution: provide a vehicle maintenance building to house the Vehicle Maintenance Branch at the Suitland Collections Center (see S. 1372), S7070 [25JN]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see S. 1593), S8992 [6AU]

Social Security: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 1674), S9371 [15SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S2623 [2MR]

Sweeney, John: tribute (see S. Res. 266), S9371 [15SE]

Tariff: camel hair not processed beyond the degreased or carbonized condition (see S. 2228), S10919 [29OC]

———camel hair processed beyond the degreased or carbonized condition (see S. 2227), S10919 [29OC]

———camel hair waste (see S. 2219), S10918 [29OC]

———carded camel hair yarn (see S. 2222), S10918 [29OC]

———carded cashmere yarn (see S. 2223, 2229), S10919 [29OC]

———carded or combed camel hair (see S. 2221), S10918 [29OC]

———cashmere goat hair processed beyond the degreased or carbonized condition (see S. 2224), S10919 [29OC]

———combed cashmere yarn or camel hair yarn (see S. 2230), S10919 [29OC]

———ipconazole (see S. 2218), S10918 [29OC]

———noils of camel hair (see S. 2220), S10918 [29OC]

———2-cyclopropylaminonicotinic acid (see S. 2225), S10919 [29OC]

———woven fabric containing vicuna hair (see S. 2226), S10919 [29OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see S. 857), S4573 [22AP]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1019), S10362 [13OC]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 405), S2079 [10FE]

———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]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S2558 [26FE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S12008 [30NO]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1153), S5820 [21MY]

———extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (see S. 1678), S10319 [8OC]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 322), S826 [26JA]

———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. 243), S388 [14JA]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 1230), S6452 [10JN]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S8994 [6AU]

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]

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), S6582 [15JN]

Trinity College: tribute to men's squash team (see S. Res. 120), S4891 [29AP]

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]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 2831), S12322 [3DE]

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), S4514 [21AP]

Voting: prevent voter caging (see S. 528), S2827 [5MR]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S8135 [27JY]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see S. 938), S4963 [30AP]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 244), S8865 [5AU]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S3114 [16MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 1740), S10061 [1OC]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4965 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Res. 318), S10635 [21OC]

AID: encourage nomination of an Administrator and empower and strengthen the Agency (see S. Res. 312), S10362 [13OC]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S3784 [25MR]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (see S. 2860), S12804 [9DE]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 43), S2229 [12FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a Semester of Service grant program (see S. 465), S2423 [24FE]

———establish Encore Service programs, Encore Fellowship programs, and Silver Scholarship programs (see S. 467), S2423 [24FE]

———establish Summer of Service grant programs (see S. 466), S2423 [24FE]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (see S. 464), S2423 [24FE]

Courts: repeal retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance (see S. 1725), S9930 [29SE]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 414), S2144 [11FE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (see S. 895, 896), S4721 [24AP]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (see S. 1927), S10735 [26OC]

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (see S. 1677), S9436 [16SE]

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), S2365 [23FE]

———establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 1352), S7070 [25JN]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see S. 1966), S10850 [28OC]

Education: create and implement rigorous and voluntary content standards in math and science for elementary and secondary students and assess student proficiency against such standards (see S. 1231), S6452 [10JN]

Employment: provide family and medical leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (see S. 1543), S8557 [30JY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see S. 2790), S11430 [17NO]

FDA: finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (see S. 1112), S5700 [20MY]

FDIC: increase borrowing authority (see S. 541), S2828 [5MR]

FEMA: waive certain provisions of the pre-September 11, 2001, Fire Grant Program (see S. 1049), S5501 [14MY]

Freedom of the press: highlight and promote worldwide (see S. 1739), S10061 [1OC]

Gomez, Alejandro: relief (see S. 517), S2691 [3MR]

Gomez, Juan S.: relief (see S. 517), S2691 [3MR]

Iran: impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (see S. 2799), S11593 [19NO]

Jean, Majan: relief (see S. 516), S2691 [3MR]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free African Americans and slaves who fought during the American Revolution (see S. 2738), S11205 [5NO]

NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 3), S994 [28JA]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 314), S10520 [19OC]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 104), S4445 [20AP]

Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S7070 [25JN]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see S. 1625), S8993 [6AU]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see S. 196), S256 [9JA]

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

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: extend authorization of public transportation programs (see S. 1533), S8271 [29JY]

Singh, Manmohan: recognize service to India and U.S. visit of Indian Prime Minister (see S. Res. 360), S11972 [21NO]

Sustainable development: establish Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, and comprehensive planning and sustainability challenge grant programs (see S. 1619), S8993 [6AU]

Tariff: electric coffee makers with built in bean storage hoppers (see S. 2215), S10918 [29OC]

———food choppers (see S. 2213), S10918 [29OC]

———food processors (see S. 2216), S10918 [29OC]

———ice cream makers (see S. 2212), S10918 [29OC]

———liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to top-of-the-stove stainless steel cooking ware from the Republic of Korea (see S. 2217), S10918 [29OC]

———programmable dual function coffee makers (see S. 2214), S10918 [29OC]

———steam hair straighteners (see S. 2211), S10918 [29OC]

Truth in Lending Act: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see S. 1799), S10520 [19OC]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see S. 483), S2474 [25FE]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (see S. Res. 107), S4514 [21AP]

Cloture motions

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 146), S5887 [21MY]

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

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1906 [7FE], S2024 [9FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5607 [19MY], S5771 [21MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6710 [17JN]

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 Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7510 [15JY], S7635 [16JY]

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 (S. 181), motion to proceed, S349 [13JA], S559 [15JA]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5887 [21MY], S6171 [4JN], S6244 [8JN], S6412 [10JN]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), motion to proceed, S5918 [2JN]

Goolsbee, Austan D.: nomination to the Council of Economic Advisors, S2903 [9MR]

Groves, Robert M.: nomination to be Census Director, S7336 [10JY], S7402 [13JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11967 [21NO], S13376 [17DE]

Hill, Christopher R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4301 [2AP], S4434 [20AP]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2461 [25FE]

———provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), motion to proceed, S2347 [13FE], S2397 [24FE]

Koh, Harold H.: nomination to be Dept. of State Legal Adviser, S6881 [22JN], S6964 [24JN]

Rouse, Cecilia E.: nomination to the Council of Economic Advisors, S2904 [9MR]

Solis, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S2347 [13FE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11578 [19NO], S11967 [21NO], S13376 [17DE]

Eulogies

Buonanno, Martha Dodd, E2135 [31JY]

Letters

Defense Production Act reauthorization: by, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S9481 [16SE]

———several Senators, S9482 [16SE]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Charles D. Connor, American Lung Association, S6409 [10JN]

———Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, S6408 [10JN]

———David T. Tayloe, Jr., American Academy of Pediatrics, S6409 [10JN]

———Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, S6409 [10JN]

———Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), S6409 [10JN]

———Michael D. Maves, AMA, S6409 [10JN]

———several former Federal health officials, S6408 [10JN]

FDIC borrowing authority: Ben S. Bernanke, FRS, S1791 [6FE], S2849 [5MR]

———Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S1791 [6FE], S2849 [5MR]

———Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S1791 [6FE], S2849 [5MR]

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act: Hugh A. Sampson, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, S2370 [23FE]

———Julia E. Bradsher, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, S2370 [23FE]

F-22 aircraft program funding: Harry M. Wyatt III, Air National Guard, S7729 [21JY]

———John D.W. Corley, Dept. of the Air Force, S7729 [21JY]

Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: Dan Mica, Credit Union National Association, S5005 [1MY]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, S5007 [1MY]

———Fred R. Becker, Jr., National Association of Federal Credit Unions, S5006 [1MY]

———John H. Dalton and Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable (organization), S5006 [1MY]

———several consumer organizations, S5006 [1MY]

Medicare funding cuts: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12050 [1DE]

Nomination of Francis S. Collins to be NIH Director: Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Foundation, S9093 [7AU]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: Cynthia Schrock Seeley, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, S8808 [5AU]

———Patricia M. Hynes, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, S8810 [5AU]

———Rene A. Ortega, Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association, S8810 [5AU]

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Lawrence H. Summers, S570 [15JA]

Lists

Organizations supporting Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12381 [4DE]

Senate and Obama administration staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13781 [22DE]

State-by-State impact of Durbin amendment to S. 896, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, on bankruptcy law modification for certain mortgages, S4923 [30AP]

Press releases

Association of the Bar of the City of New York Finds Judge Sonia Sotomayor Highly Qualified for U.S. Supreme Court: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, S8810 [5AU]

Privilege of the floor

Bair, James, S4995 [30AP]

Caldwell, Joe, S12016 [30NO]

Feit, Monica, S5537 [14MY]

Garrett, Andrew, S8609 [30JY]

Green, Matthew, S4995 [30AP]

Harris, Andrea, S8609 [30JY]

Holt, Rachael, S8286 [29JY]

Humphry, Ella, S4995 [30AP]

Katz, Deborah, S630 [15JA], S4995 [30AP], S5338 [11MY]

Leidy, Melinda, S12016 [30NO]

Lopez, Lia, S13201 [14DE]

Shoemate, Rachel, S5537 [14MY]

Valenti, Joe, S5338 [11MY]

Widestrom, Amy, S4995 [30AP]

Remarks

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (S. Res. 318), S10651 [21OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8677 [3AU]

AID: encourage nomination of an Administrator and empower and strengthen the Agency (S. Res. 312), S10373 [13OC]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend (H.R. 4284), S13792 [22DE]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems, S5468 [14MY]

Appropriations: eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, S1903 [7FE]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2752 [4MR], S2814, S2816 [5MR], S3020 [11MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1523, S1525, S1531, S1534, S1535 [4FE], S1651, S1660 [5FE], S1790, S1791, S1808, S1812, S1813, S1814, S1815, S1816, S1831, S1852 [6FE], S1903 [7FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2274 [13FE]

Armed Forces: commend soldiers and civilian personnel stationed at Fort Gordon, GA (H. Con. Res. 206), S13792 [22DE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, S4922, S4924, S4937 [30AP]

Begich, Senator: Golden Gavel Award recipient, S7944 [22JY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (S. 694), S3788 [25MR]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (S. Res. 129), S5167 [5MY]

Breuer, Lanny A.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, S4430 [20AP]

Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S13844 [23DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4249, S4263 [2AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha (H. Con. Res. 80), S5455, S5456 [13MY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (S. 1465), S8533 [30JY]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (S. 2860), S12809 [9DE]

China: human rights violations, S4659 [23AP]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (S. Res. 128), S5167 [5MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), S767 [22JA]

Clinton, Senator: nomination to be Sec. of State, S686 [21JA]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (S. 564), unanimous-consent request, S5317 [11MY]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (S. 564), unanimous-consent request, S5317 [11MY]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish, S4547, S4548 [22AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3638, S3641 [24MR], S3759 [25MR]

Congressional Oversight Panel: submit report on farm loan restructuring, S5108 [5MY]

Consumers: protect from certain practices in connection with the origination of consumer credit transactions secured by the consumer's principal dwelling (S. 863), S5182 [6MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a Semester of Service grant program (S. 465), S2429 [24FE]

———establish Encore Service programs, Encore Fellowship programs, and Silver Scholarship programs (S. 467), S2429 [24FE]

———establish Summer of Service grant programs (S. 466), S2429 [24FE]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (S. 464), S2429 [24FE]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (S. 414), S2149 [11FE]

———increase borrowing authority of the FDIC and the National Credit Union Administration, S5094 [5MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4922, S4924, S4937, S4938, S4944, S4947, S4949, S4950, S4951 [30AP], S5002 [1MY], S5052, S5056, S5057, S5058, S5059 [4MY], S5088, S5089, S5090, S5091, S5093, S5094, S5095, S5097, S5099, S5105, S5107, S5108, S5110, S5114, S5115, S5116, S5117, S5119, S5120 [5MY], S5173, S5174, S5175, S5178, S5179, S5181, S5182, S5183, S5205 [6MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), unanimous-consent agreement, S5581 [19MY]

———prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts, S4950, S4951 [30AP]

———protect consumers from usury, S5424 [13MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5313 [11MY], S5349, S5350, S5359, S5360 [12MY], S5411, S5421, S5422, S5424, S5428 [13MY], S5466, S5468, S5487, S5496 [14MY], S5570, S5573, S5600-S5602 [19MY]

———require mortgage service companies to issue warnings to homeowner about mortgage foreclosure scams, S5182 [6MY]

———require mortgage servicers to consider options that better serve the interest of homeowners and investors prior to modifying certain mortgage loans, S5089, S5090, S5091 [5MY]

———restore State power to enforce maximum interest rates against out-of-State lenders, S5487 [14MY]

———specify acceptable forms of identification for opening of credit card accounts, S5421, S5422 [13MY]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (S. 1927), S10737 [26OC], S11471, S11472 [18NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S10683 [22OC]

Cuba: express solidarity with writers, journalists, and librarians of Cuba on World Press Freedom Day and call for release of Cubans imprisoned for exercising rights associated with freedom of the press (S. Res. 149), S5538 [14MY]

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (S. 1677), S9480, S9481 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7402, S7405 [13JY], S7626 [16JY], S7727, S7729, S7740 [21JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10683 [22OC]

———C-17 aircraft procurement funding, S10153 [6OC]

———F-22 aircraft program funding, S7402, S7405 [13JY], S7626 [16JY], S7727, S7729, S7740 [21JY]

———Joint STARS weapons system funding, S10157 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9913 [29SE], S9970 [30SE], S10153, S10157 [6OC]

———operation and maintenance funding for overseas contingency operations through reductions in C-17 aircraft procurement funding, S9913 [29SE], S9970 [30SE]

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 (S. 456), S2368 [23FE]

———establish an online database of enrollee satisfaction information relative to health plans offered through the health insurance exchange, S12596 [7DE]

———establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (S. 1352), S7076 [25JN]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (S. 660), S3571 [19MR]

———prohibit adjustment of the formula for the allocation of HIV/AIDS funding, S3020 [11MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7357 [10JY]

Dept. of HUD: modify certain provisions of the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, S1651 [5FE]

———prohibit funding for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, S9534 [17SE]

———prohibit housing assistance funds in New Orleans, LA, from benefitting those convicted of selling drugs, domestic violence offenses and members of violent gangs, S9532 [17SE]

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), S4547, S4548, S4560, S4561 [22AP], S4618 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize and remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S5053, S5057 [4MY]

———collaborate with Dept. of HUD to develop program to address rising defaults and foreclosures in multifamily properties, S5179 [6MY]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, S1534, S1535 [4FE], S1812, S1813, S1814, S1815, S1816, S1852 [6FE]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S563, S569 [15JA]

———increase and strengthen FRS Board of Governors oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4249 [2AP]

———investigation of mortgage loan modification fraud and foreclosure rescue scams by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, S4560 [22AP]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, S1531 [4FE], S1652, S1660 [5FE]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, S4949 [30AP], S5105, S5110 [5MY]

———proposal to use amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance for additional economic stimulus, S12649 [8DE]

———remove requirement to liquidate warrants if Troubled Asset Relief Program funds are returned by financial institutions, S5115 [5MY], S5173 [6MY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used to reduce the reauthorization level of the program, S5095, S5097 [5MY]

———terminate the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S8958, S8959, S8963 [6AU]

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), S8701 [3AU], S8958, S8959, S8963 [6AU]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S590 [15JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9532, S9534, S9540 [17SE]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (S. 1966), S10958 [30OC]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (S. 697), S12136 [2DE]

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 (S. 181), S766 [22JA]

Diseases: promote research, awareness, and education about cerebral cavernous malformations (S. Res. 148), S5456 [13MY]

Donovan, Shaun: confirmation as Sec. of HUD, S792 [22JA]

Economy: Government bailout of financial institutions, S10837 [28OC]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S5587 [19MY]

Education: create and implement rigorous and voluntary content standards in math and science for elementary and secondary students and assess student proficiency against such standards (S. 1231), S6471 [10JN]

Employment: provide family and medical leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (S. 1543), S8561 [30JY]

EPA: clarify authority to regulate pesticides, S6500 [11JN]

Eximbank: anniversary, S2226 [12FE]

Fairbanks, Kristine M.: tribute (S. Res. 150), S5538 [14MY]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues, S2587 [27FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6017, S6018 [3JN], S6153, S6170, S6172 [4JN], S6243, S6246 [8JN], S6341 [9JN], S6408, S6410, S6411, S6412 [10JN], S6497, S6498, S6500, S6501 [11JN]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), motion to proceed, S5918, S5921 [2JN]

FDIC: foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program funding through reductions in undesignated State funding in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1812, S1813, S1814, S1815, S1816, S1831 [6FE]

———increase borrowing authority, S1790 [6FE], S3640 [24MR], S3759 [25MR]

———increase borrowing authority (S. 541), S2848 [5MR]

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: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program funding, S7357 [10JY]

———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant funding to rehire and retain firefighters, S7357 [10JY]

FHA: provide that the primary and foundational responsibility is to safeguard and preserve its own solvency, S5054, S5057, S5058 [4MY]

Financial institutions: modify current money laundering statute to include certain entities involved in financial transactions, such as hedge funds, private investment vehicles, and company formation agents, S4561 [22AP]

———provide oversight for Public-Private Investment Program, S5099 [5MY]

Financial Markets Commission: establish, S4547, S4548 [22AP]

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas, S5359 [12MY]

Firefighters: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for provision of critical resources to firefighters and fire departments, S4263 [2AP]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, S5430 [13MY]

FTC: clarify rulemaking authority over home mortgage loans issued by federally regulated financial institutions, S2816 [5MR], S5094 [5MY]

GAO: grant authority to audit FRS Board of Governors activities involving Troubled Asset Relief Program, S5119 [5MY], S5181, S5182 [6MY]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, S809 [26JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S809 [26JA]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 4284), S13792 [22DE]

Gensler, Gary: nomination to be CFTC Chairman, S5587 [19MY]

———nomination to be CFTC Chairman, unanimous-consent agreement, S5581 [19MY]

Germany: anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, S11261 [9NO]

Gomez, Alejandro: relief (S. 517), S2716 [3MR]

Gomez, Juan S.: relief (S. 517), S2716 [3MR]

Health: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S12395 [4DE]

———eliminate copays and deductibles for preventive health services for women, S12030, S12051 [1DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5061 [4MY], S7939-S7944 [22JY], S8079 [24JY], S8167 [28JY], S8230 [29JY], S8541, S8545 [30JY], S8663, S8666, S8668, S8670, S8672, S8673, S8674, S8675, S8677 [3AU], S8756 [4AU], S8968, S8973, S8975 [6AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11992 [30NO], S12030, S12051 [1DE], S12104, S12105, S12134, S12135 [2DE], S12298, S12299, S12300 [3DE], S12375, S12376, S12379, S12395 [4DE], S12466 [5DE], S12529, S12530 [6DE], S12595, S12596 [7DE], S12649, S12655, S12671 [8DE], S12839, S12841, S12851, S12873 [10DE], S13156, S13165 [14DE], S13608 [20DE], S13643 [21DE], S13779 [22DE], S13844 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12024, S12040, S12050 [1DE], S12097, S12099, S12104, S12105, S12106 [2DE], S12373, S12375 [4DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11964 [21NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S12671 [8DE]

———require Members of Congress to enroll in a community health insurance option and forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S12376 [4DE]

Hill, Christopher R.: allegations of failure to address human rights violations during talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, S4479 [21AP]

———nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4479 [21AP]

Homeless Assistance Act: clarify definition of homeless, S5183 [6MY]

———reauthorize, S5107 [5MY], S5183 [6MY]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2586 [27FE]

Housing: protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property, S5115 [5MY]

———protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property (H.R. 1247), S8978 [6AU]

———reduce foreclosures, compensate mortgage modifier servicers, and remove legal constraints inhibiting modification, S1525 [4FE]

———require notice to consumers when a mortgage loan has been sold, transferred, or assigned to a third party, S5099 [5MY], S5173 [6MY]

Iran: condemn restrictions on freedoms of speech, the press, expression, and assembly, human rights abuses, and censorship, and support access to the Internet and personal communication services (S. Res. 386), S13792 [22DE]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items, S9914 [29SE]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (S. 2799), S14136 [24DE]

———prohibit funding for contracts with companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector, S2814 [5MR]

Jackson, Anne Marie: tribute (S. Res. 150), S5538 [14MY]

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

McCarthy, Regina: nomination to be EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, S5917 [2JN]

Medicare: eliminate funding cuts, S12024, S12040, S12050 [1DE], S12097, S12099, S12104, S12105, S12106 [2DE], S12376 [4DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S12298, S12299, S12300 [3DE], S12373, S12375 [4DE], S12851 [10DE]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free African Americans and slaves who fought during the American Revolution (S. 2738), S11216 [5NO]

NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 35), S2314 [13FE]

National Airborne Day: designate (S. Res. 235), S8700 [3AU]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 314), S10530 [19OC]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 200), S8699 [3AU]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 234), S8699 [3AU]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (S. Con. Res. 10), S2916 [9MR]

Neighborhood Stabilization Program: provide foreclosure prevention assistance to families threatened with foreclosure and permit Statewide funding competition in minimum allocation States, S5174 [6MY]

Ng, Nelson K.: tribute (S. Res. 150), S5538 [14MY]

Obama, President: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S2905 [9MR]

———executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, S779 [22JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that Social Security trust fund and Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program revenues be reserved for their intended purposes, S12375, S12379 [4DE]

Peace Corps: improve and expand (S. 1382), S7095-S7097 [25JN]

———tribute, S3641 [24MR]

Pharmaceuticals: lower prescription drug prices, S13165 [14DE]

Point of order, S5179 [6MY]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (S. 1625), S9022 [6AU]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5537 [14MY]

Public debt: require publication of certain facts on the national debt in IRS instructions, Federal websites, and new legislation, S5424 [13MY]

Public lands: establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property, S5114 [5MY], S5179 [6MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance-S5051 [4MY]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates, S590 [15JA]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (H.R. 131), unanimous-consent request, S5317 [11MY]

Russell Senate Office Building: designate the Kennedy Caucus Room (S. Res. 264), S9318 [14SE]

Sebelius, Kathleen: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S4788 [28AP]

Senate: legislative program, S4999 [1MY], S5457 [13MY], S5539 [14MY], S8701 [3AU], S12388 [4DE]

———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13779-S13782 [22DE]

Solis, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S2404 [24FE]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8807 [5AU]

South Charleston, WV: observance of Armed Forces Day (S. Res. 146), S5538 [14MY]

Sudan: authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (S. 2271), S7312 [9JY]

Sustainable development: establish Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, and comprehensive planning and sustainability challenge grant programs (S. 1619), S9017 [6AU]

Taxation: extend and modify the first-time homebuyer credit, S11091 [4NO]

———modify rules relative to cancellation of qualified principal residence indebtedness, S1791 [6FE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12841 [10DE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S1523 [4FE]

Tobacco products: prohibit use of flavors, herbs, and spices in cigarettes, S6411 [10JN]

Truth in Lending Act: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (S. 1799), S10521 [19OC]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (S. 483), S2485 [25FE]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: Eagle Pier construction funding, S7357 [10JY]

U.S.-Ireland Alliance: tribute to George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program, S5365 [12MY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S11091 [4NO]

United Kingdom: anniversary of abolition of the British slave trade (S. Res. 236), S8700 [3AU]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (S. Res. 107), S4523 [21AP]

Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act: funding, S2752 [4MR]

Varney, Christine A.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S4430 [20AP]

Veterans Day: observance, S11261 [9NO]

West, Tony: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, S4430 [20AP]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (S. 614), S8265 [29JY]

Yale University: anniversary of the Whiffenpoofs (singing group), S9836 [24SE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S13846 [23DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 110th Congress: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-17), S5231 [6MY]

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2799) (S. Rept. 111-99), S11593 [19NO]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 414) (S. Rept. 111-16), S5065 [4MY]

———Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 414), S4890 [29AP]

Expenditures: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 43), S2229 [12FE]

Nomination of Anthony W. Miller To Be Deputy Sec. of Education: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7868 [22JY]

Nomination of Austan D. Goolsbee to the Council of Economic Advisors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2143 [11FE]

Nomination of Ben S. Bernanke To Be FRS Board of Governors Chairman: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S13382 [17DE]

Nomination of Brian V. Kennedy To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Nomination of Carmel M. Martin To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Nomination of Cecilia E. Rouse to the Council of Economic Advisors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2143 [11FE]

Nomination of Charles P. Rose To Be Dept. of Education General Counsel: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Nomination of David H. Stevens To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development (Senate), S7069 [25JN]

Nomination of David S. Cohen To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4806 [28AP]

Nomination of Eric L. Hirschhorn To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Export Administration: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S13382 [17DE]

Nomination of Francis S. Collins To Be NIH Director: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Francisco J. Sanchez To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5818 [21MY]

Nomination of Fred P. Hochberg To Be Eximbank President: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4806 [28AP]

Nomination of Gabriella C. Gomez To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Legislation and Congressional Affairs: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Nomination of Harry R. Hoglander to the National Mediation Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7868 [22JY]

Nomination of Helen R. Kanovsky To Be Dept. of HUD General Counsel: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4806 [28AP]

Nomination of Herbert M. Allison, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Financial Stability: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S6452 [10JN]

Nomination of Howard K. Koh To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Health: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6452 [10JN]

Nomination of James A. Leach To Be National Endowment for the Humanities Chairperson: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Jane Oates To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Employment and Training Administration: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6452 [10JN]

Nomination of John D. Trasvina To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4806 [28AP]

Nomination of John Q. Easton To Be Dept. of Education Institute of Education Science Director: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Kathleen Martinez To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for the Office of Disability Employment Policy: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6845 [19JN]

Nomination of Kathy J. Greenlee To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Aging: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6845 [19JN]

Nomination of Laurie I. Mikva to LSC Board of Directors: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6452 [10JN]

Nomination of Linda A. Puchala to the National Mediation Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Marisa Lago To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for International Affairs: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S13382 [17DE]

Nomination of Martha J. Kanter To Be Under Sec. of Education: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6452 [10JN]

Nomination of Mercedes Marquez To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Community Planning and Development: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S6452 [10JN]

Nomination of Michael S. Barr To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Financial Institutions: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5818 [21MY]

Nomination of Nicole Lurie To Be Public Health Service Medical Director and Assistant Sec. of HHS for Preparedness and Response: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7261 [8JY]

Nomination of Peter A. Kovar To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4806 [28AP]

Nomination of Peter Cunningham To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Communications and Outreach: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Nomination of Peter M. Rogoff To Be Federal Transit Administration Administrator: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5818 [21MY]

Nomination of Phyllis C. Borzi To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Employee Benefits Security: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7261 [8JY]

Nomination of Raphael W. Bostic To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Policy Development and Research: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development (Senate), S7069 [25JN]

Nomination of Raymond M. Jefferson To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Rocco Landesman To Be National Endowment for the Arts Chairperson: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Ronald C. Sims To Be Deputy Sec. of HUD: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4806 [28AP]

Nomination of Russlynn Ali To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Civil Rights: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Nomination of Sandra Brooks Henriquez To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Public and Indian Housing: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5818 [21MY]

Nomination of Seth D. Harris To Be Deputy Sec. of Labor: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Steven L. Jacques To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Public Affairs: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S13382 [17DE]

Nomination of T. Michael Kerr To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Administration and Management: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Nomination of Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7868 [22JY]

Nomination of Thomasina Rogers to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4890 [29AP]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users Public Transportation Programs Authorization Extension: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1533) (S. Rept. 111-61), S8269 [29JY]

Rules

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2413-S2415 [24FE]

Statements

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor To Be Supreme Court Justice: Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, S8808 [5AU]

Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy: by, S10481 [15OC]

Tables

Republican amendments submitted and accepted during Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) and Committee on Finance (Senate) markups of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12843-S12850 [10DE]

Texts of

S. 456, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act, S2369 [23FE]

S. 483, Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act, S2485 [25FE]

S. 541, Depositor Protection Act, S2848 [5MR]

S. 694, Best Buddies Empowerment for People With Intellectual Disabilities Act, S3788 [25MR]

S. 1231, Standards To Provide Educational Achievement for Kids (SPEAK) Act, S6472-S6475 [10JN]

S. 1799, Fairness and Accountability in Receiving (FAIR) Overdraft Coverage Act, S10522-S10524 [19OC]

S. 1927, Credit Card Rate Freeze Act, S10737 [26OC]

Tributes

Burris, Senator, S563 [15JA]

Byrd, Senator, S28 [6JA]

Dodd, Thomas, S28 [6JA]

Kaufman, Senator, S8230 [29JY]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9197 [10SE]

LaTorre, Xhacob, S14137 [24DE]

Martinez, Mel, S9258 [10SE]

McConnell, Senator, S286 [12JA]

Melnick, Daniel, S10731 [26OC]

Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, S714 [21JA]

Sklaver, Benjamin A., S10159 [6OC]