SPECTER, ARLEN (a Senator from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8696 [3AU], S8767 [4AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1278 [2FE], S1374, S1403, S1408, S1443, S1462, S1464, S1471 [3FE], S1595 [4FE], S1679, S1712, S1717, S1746, S1749 [5FE]

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

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4174 [1AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5028 [1MY], S5111 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491 [14JY], S7642 [16JY], S7710 [20JY], S7932 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10062 [1OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9684 [22SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9384 [15SE]

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), S629 [15JA], S696, S697 [21JA], S753 [22JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8284 [29JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11886 [20NO], S12072 [1DE], S12161 [2DE], S12341, S12342 [3DE], S12414, S12423 [4DE], S12517 [5DE], S12552 [6DE], S12619, S12623 [7DE], S12721, S12726 [8DE], S12832 [9DE], S12968 [10DE], S13034, S13042 [11DE], S13199 [14DE], S13266 [15DE], S13321 [16DE], S13399 [17DE]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S999 [28JA]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S11886 [20NO], S12072 [1DE], S12161 [2DE], S12341, S12342 [3DE], S12414, S12423 [4DE], S12517 [5DE], S12552 [6DE], S12619, S12623 [7DE], S12721, S12726 [8DE], S12832 [9DE], S12968 [10DE], S13034, S13042 [11DE], S13199 [14DE], S13266 [15DE], S13321 [16DE], S13399 [17DE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5804 [21MY]

———H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S7312 [9JY]

———H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8730 [4AU]

———H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9541 [17SE]

———H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S10159 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

Don't Blame the Lawyer, David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey, Legal Times (publication), S3001 [11MR]

``Hate Crime'' Problem, Washington (DC) Post, S10726 [26OC]

In Health Reform, a Cancer Offers an Acid Test, David Leonhardt, New York (NY) Times, S7224 [8JY]

Jews Remain Stymied in Efforts To Reclaim Art Looted by Nazis, Craig Whitlock, Washington (DC) Post, S7226 [8JY]

Philadelphia Gives Homeowners a Way To Stay Put, Peter S. Goodman, New York (NY) Times, S11583 [19NO]

When Combating Hate Should Be a Federal Fight, by, Washington (DC) Post, S7525 [15JY], S10726 [26OC]

Why I Voted Against Bork, by, New York (NY) Times, S8801 [5AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

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

Antitrust policy: restore rule making it illegal for manufacturers to set a minimum price below which a retailer cannot sell the manufacturer's product (see S. 148), S11594 [19NO]

Armed Forces: allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (see S. 357), S1124 [30JA]

———enhance benefits for survivors of certain former members with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and enhance access to mental health counseling (see S. 772), S4172 [1AP]

———ensure safety while using expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting U.S. military operations overseas (see S. 358), S2323 [13FE]

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

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S2910 [9MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S9133 [8SE]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see S. 1169), S6030 [3JN]

Aviation: allow additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see S. 1209), S6255 [8JN]

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]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S9079 [7AU]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7194 [7JY]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize a plaque in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 24), S6652 [16JN]

———authorize use of Emancipation Hall for unveiling of a bust of Sojourner Truth (see S. Con. Res. 17), S4311 [2AP]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (see S. 479), S2866 [6MR]

Children and youth: improve health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center (see S. 1554), S12413 [4DE]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S11594 [19NO]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S13785 [22DE]

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), S10435 [14OC]

Corp. for National and Community Service: develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs (see S. 545), S2909 [9MR]

Courts: authorize cost of living adjustment for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see S. 200), S272 [11JA]

———make technical amendments to laws containing time periods affecting judicial proceedings (see S. 630), S3368 [18MR]

———provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (see S. 657), S3550 [19MR]

———provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see S. 417), S2144 [11FE]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 1659), S10363 [13OC]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish registries of current and former Armed Forces members exposed to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards and provide health care to veterans exposed to such hazards (see S. 642), S9654 [22SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see S. 1129), S13459 [18DE]

———establish Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (see S. 1137), S13459 [18DE]

———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: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 1158), S10925 [29OC]

———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), S10924 [29OC]

———establish grants for newly accredited allopathic medical schools to increase the supply of physicians (see S. 1771), S10318 [8OC]

———provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals (see S. 1742), S10061 [1OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see S. 495), S2558 [26FE]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S4445 [20AP]

———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see S. 1301), S10163 [6OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (see S. 133), S42 [6JA]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), S4513 [21AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S10777 [27OC]

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

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S2910 [9MR]

———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), S3026 [11MR]

———waive charges for humanitarian care provided to family members accompanying severely injured veterans receiving medical care and provide assistance to family caregivers (see S. 801), S6581 [15JN]

Diseases: increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S9327 [14SE]

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

Education: encourage States to incorporate 21st century learning skills in State education programs (see S. 1029), S13458 [18DE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see S. 1052), S13458 [18DE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 634), S13458 [18DE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 1152), S12413 [4DE]

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

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see S. 818), S13458 [18DE]

False Claims Act: amend (see S. 458), S2423 [24FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 982), S6031 [3JN]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S12413 [4DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 619), S13785 [22DE]

FEMA: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see S. 732), S3897 [26MR]

Foreign trade: renew and extend provisions relative to the identification of trade enforcement priorities (see S. 1982), S10851 [28OC]

———require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see S. 1606), S11494 [18NO]

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

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

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

Health: ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 1681), S9590 [21SE]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see S. 979), S6582 [15JN]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see S. 468), S2473 [25FE]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see S. 391), S1677 [5FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2558 [26FE]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see S. 488), S3025 [11MR]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see S. 1174), S6582 [15JN]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see S. 160), S2365 [23FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 424), S11493 [18NO]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 168), S211 [8JA]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S1677 [5FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1652), S13459 [18DE]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S11494 [18NO]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1235), S6542 [11JN]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see S. Res. 10), S389 [14JA]

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

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 678), S3657 [24MR]

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

Law enforcement: improve efforts to reduce gang activity and violent crime (see S. 132), S42 [6JA]

———improve health care fraud enforcement (see S. 1959), S10850 [28OC]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S7140 [6JY]

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

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 950), S4963 [30AP]

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

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S9930 [29SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S40 [6JA]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 538), S13458 [18DE]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7360 [10JY]

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 Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 163), S169 [7JA] (see S. 1365), S7070 [25JN] (see S. 1598), S8992 [6AU]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 200), S7194 [7JY]

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

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 25), S994 [28JA]

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 317), S10635 [21OC] (see S. Res. 327), S10851 [28OC]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 240), S8765 [4AU]

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

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 380), S13458 [18DE] (see S. Res. 383), S13698 [21DE]

National Miner's Day: designate (see S. Res. 337), S12009 [30NO]

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

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

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 348), S11290 [9NO]

Patents: reform (see S. 515), S4312 [2AP]

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

Pennsylvania: tribute to National Guard (see S. Res. 330), S10991 [2NO]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 204), S308 [12JA]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 525), S3164 [17MR] (see S. 1232), S6452 [10JN]

Philadelphia, PA: establish Centennial Historic District (see S. 1051), S9079 [7AU]

Pittsburgh Penguins (hockey team): tribute (see S. Res. 194), S6845 [19JN]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 27), S1542 [4FE]

Poland: anniversary of relations with U.S. (see S. Res. 9), S2424 [24FE]

———anniversary of the end of Communist rule (see S. Res. 139), S5328 [11MY]

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), S4062 [31MR]

———reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 752), S4063 [31MR]

Power resources: ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol (see S. 622), S3785 [25MR]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1490), S8136 [27JY]

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

Schools: improve paperless enrollment and efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (see S. 1226), S6452 [10JN]

SEC: reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (see S. 605), S4312 [2AP]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see S. 1056), S11119 [4NO]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S9654 [22SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S6256 [8JN]

Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 349), S1057 [29JA]

Tariff: 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate (see S. 1888), S11050 [3NO]

———2-phenylphenol (see S. 1872), S11049 [3NO]

———11-aminoundecanoic acid (see S. 1876), S11049 [3NO]

———2, 3-dichloronitrobenzene (see S. 1873), S11049 [3NO]

———acrylic resin solution (see S. 1955), S11050 [3NO]

———air pressure distillation columns (see S. 1885), S11050 [3NO]

———bayderm bottom DLV-N (see S. 1881), S11049 [3NO]

———benzenamine, 4 dodecyl (see S. 1956), S11050 [3NO]

———chlorotoluene (see S. 1880), S11049 [3NO]

———clarify classification of fiberboard core and laminate boards and panels (see S. 1879), S11049 [3NO]

———dry adhesive copolyamide pellets (see S. 1877), S11049 [3NO]

———Epilink 701 (see S. 1886), S11050 [3NO]

———ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers (see S. 1882), S11049 [3NO]

———fiberglass sheets used to make ceiling tiles (see S. 1979), S11050 [3NO]

———fiberglass sheets used to make flooring substrate (see S. 1980), S11050 [3NO]

———glass bulbs designed for sprinkler systems and other release devices (see S. 1889), S11050 [3NO]

———hydroxylamine (see S. 1868), S11049 [3NO]

———iminodisuccinate (see S. 1883), S11050 [3NO]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 1542), S9931 [29SE]

———liquidation or reliquidation of certain line items in entries of tailored garments from Costa Rica (see S. 1981), S10851 [28OC]

———manganese flake (see S. 1890), S11050 [3NO]

———MDA50 (see S. 1884), S11050 [3NO]

———medium molecular weight solid epoxy resin (see S. 1958), S11050 [3NO]

———methanol, sodium salt (see S. 1871), S11049 [3NO]

———methyl sulfonic acid (see S. 1892), S11050 [3NO]

———mixed xylidines (see S. 1869), S11049 [3NO]

———N-benzyl-N-ethylaniline (see S. 1894), S11050 [3NO]

———nourybond 276 modifier (see S. 1887), S11050 [3NO]

———Orgasol (see S. 1875), S11049 [3NO]

———p-dodecyl aniline (see S. 1895), S11050 [3NO]

———phenyl isocyanate (see S. 1867), S11049 [3NO]

———p-nitrotoluene (see S. 1954), S11050 [3NO]

———p-toluidine (see S. 1953), S11050 [3NO]

———stainless steel single piece exhaust gas manifolds (see S. 1896), S11050 [3NO]

———standard grade ferroniobium (see S. 1891), S11050 [3NO]

———thin fiberglass sheets (see S. 1878), S11049 [3NO]

———titanium dioxide (see S. 2076), S11050 [3NO]

———trichlorobenzene (see S. 1870), S11049 [3NO]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S6365 [9JN]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S3785 [25MR]

———expand application of the homebuyer credit (see S. 253), S3986 [30MR]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S8765 [4AU]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see S. 1402), S13883 [23DE]

———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]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S2623 [2MR]

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

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

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), S9931 [29SE]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 584), S4312 [2AP]

———require States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans (see S. 575), S3025 [11MR]

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), S8094 [24JY]

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]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S6806 [18JN]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S11119 [4NO]

———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), S3164 [17MR]

———expand homeless veterans with special needs grant program to include males with minor dependents and establish program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see S. 1237), S11119 [4NO]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 407), S2080 [10FE]

———provide health care to veterans exposed in the line of duty to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards (see S. 1779), S10434 [14OC]

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

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S6582 [15JN]

———require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see S. 1431), S13459 [18DE]

———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see S. 1516), S9079 [7AU]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S10701 [22OC]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S5128 [5MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S10924 [29OC]

Wyeth, Andrew: tribute (see S. Res. 23), S894 [27JA]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S5066 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution (see S. Res. 29), S1677 [5FE]

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see S. Res. 302), S10110 [5OC]

Courts: create a Federal cause of action to determine if defamation exists under U.S. law when defamation actions are brought in foreign courts against U.S. persons based on publications or speech in the U.S. (see S. 449), S2322 [13FE]

———establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges (see S. 299), S786 [22JA]

———provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 876), S4669 [23AP]

———provide that Federal courts shall not dismiss certain complaints under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure except under the standards set forth by the Supreme Court in Conley v. Gibson (see S. 1504), S7869 [22JY]

———regulate judicial use of Presidential signing statements in the interpretation of Acts of Congress (see S. 875), S4669 [23AP]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 302), S10110 [5OC]

Cures Acceleration Network: establish to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies (see S. 914), S4807 [28AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production (see S. 889), S4669 [23AP] (see S. 1645), S8994 [6AU]

———extend Philadelphia, PA, School District Universal Feeding Pilot Program (see S. 1195), S6186 [4JN]

———increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (see S. 2805), S11594 [19NO]

Dept. of Justice: modify practices relative to attorney-client privilege (see S. 445), S2322 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum in Bethlehem, PA (see S. 1568), S8681 [3AU]

FERC: conduct local hearings before issuing permits or other authorization for any action that may affect land use in any locality (see S. 32), S40 [6JA]

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

Iran: allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers (see S. Con. Res. 45), S10162 [6OC]

———grant consular access by Switzerland to detained U.S. hikers, allow telephone communication, and facilitate reunification with their families (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9653 [22SE]

Law enforcement: provide increased penalties for health care fraud (see S. 1843), S10700 [22OC]

Medicaid: provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (see S. 406), S2079 [10FE]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 421), S2229 [12FE]

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

———require that certain tests performed by an independent laboratory of a specimen collected by a hospital be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory (see S. 1220), S6364 [9JN]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 281), S9733 [23SE]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 83), S3658 [24MR]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 448), S2322 [13FE]

NIH: reauthorize and elevate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities to Institute status (see S. 914), S4807 [28AP]

Pennsylvania: tribute to National Guard (see S. Res. 68), S2866 [6MR]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Philadelphia Zoo (see S. Res. 75), S3074 [12MR]

Poland: tribute to Christians who acted to save Jewish countrymen and countrywomen from extermination by Nazi Germany (see S. Res. 289), S9869 [25SE]

SBA: improve certain loan programs (see S. 2918), S13698 [21DE]

Securities: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud (see S. 1551), S8557 [30JY]

Senate Rules: prohibit ``filling the amendment tree'' by preventing a Senator from filing a second degree amendment to his or her first degree amendment (see S. Res. 12), S309 [12JA]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (see S. 199), S256 [9JA]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see S. 446), S2322 [13FE] (see S. Res. 339), S11205 [5NO]

———provide for non-discretionary review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities (see S. 877), S4669 [23AP]

Tariff: absorbent resin (see S. 2195), S10918 [29OC]

———alkylated amino resin solution, formaldehyde (see S. 2158), S10917 [29OC]

———alkylated melamine formaldehyde resin, melamine, formaldehyde polymer, methylated, butylated (see S. 2157), S10917 [29OC]

———barium sulfate (see S. 2156), S10917 [29OC]

———benzene, 1,3-diisocyan-atomethyl-, polymer with 1,6-diisocyan-atohexane dissolved in n-butyl acetate (see S. 2187), S10918 [29OC]

———benzoyl chloride (see S. 2206), S10918 [29OC]

———bis(2,4-dihydroxy-3-methylphenyl)methane ester with 6-diazo-5,6-dihydro-5-oxo-1-naphthalnenesulfonic acid (see S. 2202), S10918 [29OC]

———blocked polyisocyanate hardner; 2-butanone, oxime, polymer with 1,6-diisocyanatohexane and 2-ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol (see S. 2150), S10917 [29OC]

———carbazole violet/acrylic dispersion (see S. 2155), S10917 [29OC]

———chlorobenzene (see S. 2207), S10918 [29OC]

———cotton shirting fabrics (see S. 2532), S10960 [30OC]

———dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (see S. 2154), S10917 [29OC]

———ferroniobium (see S. 2170), S10917 [29OC]

———4-(1-ethoxyethoxy) styrene-4- (t-butylcarbonyloxy) styrene-4-hydroxystyrene copolymer (see S. 2201), S10918 [29OC]

———grocery bags of nonwoven fabric wholly of polypropylene (see S. 2153), S10917 [29OC]

———grocery bags wholly of cotton canvas fabric (see S. 2152), S10917 [29OC]

———grocery bags with an exterior surface of nonwoven fabric wholly of polypropylene (see S. 2151), S10917 [29OC]

———helium (see S. 2159), S10917 [29OC]

———hexane, 1,6-diisocynato-,homopolymer, 3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-blocked solvents (see S. 2167), S10917 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin (see S. 2197, 2203), S10918 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin, polystyrene crosslinked with divinylbenzene, chloromethylated, trimethylammonium salt (see S. 2162), S10917 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin, polystyrene crosslinked with divinylbenzene, quaternary amonium chloride (see S. 2161), S10917 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin, tertiary amine crosslinked polystyrene (see S. 2160), S10917 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin comprising a certain copolymer (see S. 2210), S10918 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin powder (see S. 2182, 2194), S10918 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin powder comprised of a certain copolymer (see S. 2209), S10918 [29OC]

———ion exchange resin powder comprising a copolymer of styrene crosslinked with divinylbenzene, suphonic acid, sodium form (see S. 2196), S10918 [29OC]

———Lewatit (see S. 2177), S10917 [29OC]

———macroporous adsorpent polymer composed of crosslinked phenol-formaldehyde polycondesate resin in granular form (see S. 2198), S10918 [29OC]

———macroporous ion exchange resin comprising a copolymer of styrene crosslinked with divinylbenzene, thiol functionalized (see S. 2180), S10918 [29OC]

———methyl ethyl ketoxime and toluenediisocyanate copolymer (see S. 2186), S10918 [29OC]

———1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4 ,4-nonafluoro-butanesulfonic acid (see S. 2184), S10918 [29OC]

———1,2,3-propanetriol, polymer with 2,4-diisocyanato-1-methylbenzene, 2-ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol, methyloxirane and oxirane (see S. 2189), S10918 [29OC]

———ortho/para-toluenesulfonic acid, methyl esther (TSME) (see S. 2168), S10917 [29OC]

———p-dichlorobenzene (see S. 2208), S10918 [29OC]

———phosphoric acid, tris (2-ethylhexyl) ester (see S. 2179), S10917 [29OC]

———plasticizers (see S. 2176), S10917 [29OC]

———poloxethylene-/alkylether-phosphate (see S. 2174), S10917 [29OC]

———poly(4-(1-isobutoxy ethoxy)styrene-co-4-hydroxystyrene) dissolved in propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (see S. 2199), S10918 [29OC]

———polyfunctional aziridine (see S. 2166), S10917 [29OC]

———polyisocyanate cross linking agent products containing triphenylmethane triisocyanate in solvents (see S. 2190), S10918 [29OC]

———poly(styrene) sulfonic acid (see S. 2163), S10917 [29OC]

———poly(toluene diisocyanate) dissolved in organic solvents (see S. 2188), S10918 [29OC]

———6-diazo-5,6-dihydro-5-oxo-naphthalnene-1-sulfonic acid ester with 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzophenone (see S. 2204), S10918 [29OC]

———6-diazo-5,6-dihydro-5-oxo-naphthalnene-1-sulfonic acid ester with 2-[bis(4-hydroxy-2,3,5-trimethyphenyl)methyl]phenol (see S. 2205), S10918 [29OC]

———styrene, ar-ethyl-, polymer with divinylbenzene and styrene beads with low ash (see S. 2183), S10918 [29OC]

———10,10'-oxybisphenoxarsine (see S. 2193), S10918 [29OC]

———tetraethylammonium perfluor-octanesulfonate (see S. 2178), S10917 [29OC]

———thionyl chloride (see S. 2175), S10917 [29OC]

———triethylenediamine (see S. 2164), S10917 [29OC]

———trimethylopropane (TMP) tris(3-aziridinylpropanoate) (see S. 2169), S10917 [29OC]

———tris(4-isocyanatophenyl)thiophosphate and ethyl acetate and monochlorobenzene mixtures as solvents (see S. 2185), S10918 [29OC]

———2,6-bis(2,4-dihydroxybenzyl)-p-cresol ester with 6-diazo-5,6-dihydro-5-oxo-1-naphthalnenesulfonic acid and methane sulfonic acid (see S. 2200), S10918 [29OC]

———2-oxepanone polymer with 1,4-butanediol and 5-isocyanato-1-(isocyanatomethyl)-1,3,3-trimethyl-cyclohexane, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol-blocked (see S. 2165), S10917 [29OC]

———2-propenoic acid, polymer with diethenylbenzene (see S. 2181), S10918 [29OC]

———ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene yarn (see S. 2171, 2172, 2173), S10917 [29OC]

Taxation: accelerate locomotive fuel savings and provide incentives for owners to replace high-polluting models with newly-built or newly-remanufactured fuel-efficient and less-polluting models (see S. 2081), S10915 [29OC]

———allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with civil claim awards (see S. 440), S2322 [13FE]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses and suspend the alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses (see S. 293), S719 [21JA]

———allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (see S. 437), S2322 [13FE]

———expand application of the homebuyer credit (see S. 740), S3986 [30MR]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (see S. 294), S719 [21JA]

———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (see S. 741), S3986 [30MR]

———permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see S. 1325), S6938 [23JN]

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

Temple University: anniversary of Beasley School of Law China Rule of Law Program (see S. Res. 280), S9653 [22SE]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (see S. 2930), S13883 [23DE]

Biographies

Kagan, Elena, S3526 [19MR]

Ogden, David W., S3002 [11MR]

Perrelli, Thomas J., S3050 [12MR]

Cloture motions

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]

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]

Curriculum vitae

Koh, Harold H., S6928-S6933 [23JN]

Letters

Allegations of insider trading against Pequot Capital Management, Inc.: by, S19 [6JA]

Change of party affiliation from Republican to Democrat: by, S4953 [30AP]

Develop a strategy for continued U.S. military presence in Afghanistan: by, S9492, S9493 [17SE]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: by, S7225 [8JY]

Nomination of Elena Kagan to be Solicitor General: by, S3000 [11MR]

———Elena Kagan, S3000 [11MR]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: by, S6676 [17JN], S7223 [8JY], S8803, S8804 [5AU]

———several Supreme Court Bar members, S8805 [5AU]

Opposing use of budget reconciliation process to expedite passage of climate legislation: several Senators, S3963 [30MR]

Permit televising of Supreme Court proceedings: by, S11219 [5NO]

Resolve claims relative to Holocaust-era looted cultural assets: by, S7227 [8JY]

Lists

Recent unanimous Supreme Court decisions with opinions authored by Justice Scalia, S6676 [17JN]

Supporters of S. 914, Cures Acceleration Network establishment, and NIH reauthorization and National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities elevation to Institute status, S4817 [28AP]

Petitions

Support of the One Grandview Avenue development in Pittsburgh, PA, S9414 [16SE]

Privilege of the floor

Hoffa, Linda, S7573 [15JY]

Keffer, Nathan, S7108 [25JN]

Louis, Stephanie, S7108 [25JN]

McNeill, Caroline, S7108 [25JN]

Rowe, Ronald, S3090 [12MR]

Spence, Sierra, S7108 [25JN]

Remarks

Afghanistan: develop a strategy for continued U.S. military presence, S9491 [17SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8725 [4AU]

Amtrak: permit passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage, S9415 [16SE]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2789 [5MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1265 [2FE], S1387, S1403, S1406, S1420 [3FE], S1673 [5FE], S1792, S1843 [6FE], S2019 [9FE]

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

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6793 [18JN]

Breuer, Lanny A.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, S4424, S4428 [20AP]

Budget: limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution (S. Res. 29), S1687 [5FE]

———reconciliation process, S3963 [30MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S3963 [30MR], S4289 [2AP]

CERCLA: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

Clinton, Senator: nomination to be Sec. of State, S688 [21JA]

Corps of Engineers: water and infrastructure projects funding, S1673 [5FE]

Courts: create a Federal cause of action to determine if defamation exists under U.S. law when defamation actions are brought in foreign courts against U.S. persons based on publications or speech in the U.S. (S. 449), S2342 [13FE]

———provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (S. 876), S4621-S4626, S4678 [23AP]

———regulate judicial use of Presidential signing statements in the interpretation of Acts of Congress (S. 875), S4621-S4626, S4676 [23AP]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (S. 1927), S10742 [26OC]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7524 [15JY], S10725, S10726 [26OC]

Cures Acceleration Network: establish to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies (S. 914), S4813 [28AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, S10726 [26OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Dairy Product Price Support Program funding, S8725 [4AU]

———determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production (S. 889), S4693 [23AP]

———extend Philadelphia, PA, School District Universal Feeding Pilot Program (S. 1195), S6214 [4JN]

———increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (S. 2805), S11604 [19NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7524 [15JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10725, S10726 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13446 [18DE]

Dept. of HHS: biodefense medical countermeasures development and production funding, S2019 [9FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), unanimous-consent agreement, S7227 [8JY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for Mount Washington Community Development Corp., S9414 [16SE]

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), S4535 [22AP]

———modify practices relative to attorney-client privilege (S. 445), S2331 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum in Bethlehem, PA (S. 1568), S8687 [3AU]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S581 [15JA]

Dept. of Transportation: preserve funding to alleviate congestion along route 422 in Montgomery and Berks Counties, PA, S9415 [16SE]

———waive minimum grant size under the discretionary grant program for passenger and freight rail transportation and infrastructure projects, S2299 [13FE]

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), S379 [14JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9414 [16SE]

Discrimination: allow the defense in discriminatory compensation cases to base such defense on waiver of a right, estoppel, or laches doctrine, S696 [21JA], S753 [22JA]

———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), S696, S697 [21JA], S753, S754, S758 [22JA]

———limit discriminatory compensation decisions to pay discrimination, S697 [21JA], S754, S758 [22JA]

Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (S. 1789), S10493 [15OC]

Economy: provide stimulus for economic recovery, S887-S889 [27JA]

El Salvador: anniversary of shooting of Jesuit priests and others at University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas (S. Res. 321), S10741 [26OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8254 [29JY]

FAA: prohibit further funds to subsidize or improve the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County, PA, Airport, S9415 [16SE]

FEMA: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (S. 732), S3932 [26MR]

FERC: conduct local hearings before issuing permits or other authorization for any action that may affect land use in any locality (S. 32), S170 [7JA]

Foreign countries: report on trip to United Kingdom, Israel, Syria, Austria, Belgium, Norway, and Iceland, S287 [12JA]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, S886 [27JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S886 [27JA]

Hamilton, David F.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11416 [17NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5544-S5548 [18MY], S7224, S7226 [8JY], S8153 [28JY], S10728 [26OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12525, S12526 [6DE], S12610 [7DE], S12660, S12661 [8DE], S13349, S13351 [17DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11582 [19NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S12610 [7DE], S12660, S12661 [8DE]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 391), S2355 [23FE], S5544 [18MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), S2563 [26FE]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, S12525 [6DE]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S1673 [5FE]

Holder, Eric H., Jr.: nomination to be Attorney General, S14 [6JA], S1246 [2FE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), motion to proceed, S2359 [23FE]

Infrastructure: transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1387 [3FE]

Iran: allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers (S. Con. Res. 45), S13352 [17DE]

Johnsen, Dawn E.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, S3000 [11MR]

Kagan, Elena: nomination to be Solicitor General, S3000 [11MR], S3524 [19MR]

Koh, Harold H.: nomination to be Dept. of State Legal Adviser, S6928 [23JN], S6964 [24JN]

Kris, David S.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, S3752 [25MR]

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 (S. 560), S3635 [24MR]

Law enforcement: provide increased penalties for health care fraud (S. 1843), S10703 [22OC]

Medicaid: provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (S. 406), S2082 [10FE]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor, S1673 [5FE]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (S. 421), S2230 [12FE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S12526 [6DE]

———ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (S. 1221), S6383 [9JN]

———remove prompt payment discount on prescription drugs, S1674 [5FE]

———require that certain tests performed by an independent laboratory of a specimen collected by a hospital be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory (S. 1220), S6382 [9JN]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 281), S9749 [23SE]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 83), S3735 [24MR]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (S. 714), S3902 [26MR]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (S. 448), S2340-S2342 [13FE]

NIH: biomedical research funding through reductions in Dept. of Education State Fiscal Stabilization Fund funding, S1403, S1406 [3FE]

———reauthorize and elevate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities to Institute status (S. 914), S4813 [28AP]

Ogden, David W.: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S2999, S3000 [11MR], S3049 [12MR]

Pennsylvania: infrastructure projects funding, S887-S889 [27JA]

———tribute to National Guard (S. Res. 68), S2870 [6MR]

Pequot Capital Management, Inc.: allegations of insider trading, S19 [6JA]

Perrelli, Thomas J.: nomination to be Associate Attorney General, S3050 [12MR]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 204), S300 [12JA]

Philadelphia, PA: tribute to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, S7358 [10JY]

———tribute to Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Pilot Program, S11583 [19NO]

Poland: tribute to Christians who acted to save Jewish countrymen and countrywomen from extermination by Nazi Germany (S. Res. 289), S9872 [25SE]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of Dept. of Justice nominees, S4424 [20AP]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S6673-S6677 [17JN], S8802 [5AU], S11416 [17NO]

SBA: improve certain loan programs (S. 2918), S13699 [21DE]

Securities: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud (S. 1551), S8564 [30JY]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S13351 [17DE]

———importance of bipartisanship, S8153 [28JY]

———legislative program, S10740, S10742 [26OC]

Senate Rules: prohibit ``filling the amendment tree'' by preventing a Senator from filing a second degree amendment to his or her first degree amendment (S. Res. 12), S315 [12JA]

Small business: health insurance premium rates, S10728 [26OC]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

Social Security: codify rule specifying eligibility for unborn children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1032 [29JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S1032, S1046 [29JA]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to circuit court ruling on employment discrimination case of firefighters in New Haven, CT, S8800 [5AU]

———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to positions on right to keep and bear arms, S8800 [5AU]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6673-S6677 [17JN], S7030 [25JN], S7222 [8JY], S8800, S8802, S8805 [5AU]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (S. 199), S261 [9JA]

Supreme Court: decision in Boumediene v. Bush on right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror, S4624 [23AP]

———permit televising of proceedings (S. 446), S2332-S2336 [13FE], S7030 [25JN], S8805 [5AU]

———permit televising of proceedings (S. Res. 339), S11218, S11219 [5NO]

———provide for non-discretionary review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities (S. 877), S4621-S4626, S4679 [23AP]

Syria: President Obama's decision to send ambassador, S7031 [25JN]

———solicit assistance to facilitate release of detained U.S. hikers in Iran, S13352 [17DE]

Tariff: cotton shirting fabrics (S. 2532), S10962 [30OC]

Taxation: accelerate locomotive fuel savings and provide incentives for owners to replace high-polluting models with newly-built or newly-remanufactured fuel-efficient and less-polluting models (S. 2081), S10927 [29OC]

———allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with civil claim awards (S. 440), S2329 [13FE]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses and suspend the alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses (S. 293), S722 [21JA]

———allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (S. 437), S2325 [13FE]

———expand application of the homebuyer credit (S. 253), S3983 [30MR]

———expand application of the homebuyer credit (S. 740), S3994 [30MR]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (S. 294), S723 [21JA]

———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (S. 741), S3994-S3997 [30MR]

———permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (S. 1325), S6944 [23JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 292), S721 [21JA]

Temple University: anniversary of Beasley School of Law China Rule of Law Program (S. Res. 280), S9681 [22SE]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2930), S13885 [23DE]

Transportation: require States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans (S. 575), S3069 [12MR]

———transit capital funding, S1792 [6FE]

Varney, Christine A.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S4424, S4430 [20AP]

West, Tony: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, S4424 [20AP]

World War II: resolve claims relative to Holocaust-era looted cultural assets, S7226 [8JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Political parties: change of party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, S4953 [30AP]

Reports

Trip to United Kingdom, Israel, Syria, Austria, Belgium, Norway, and Iceland: by, S287-S291 [12JA]

Resumes

Breuer, Lanny A., S4425 [20AP]

Kris, David S., S3753 [25MR]

Varney, Christine A., S4425 [20AP]

West, Tony, S4425 [20AP]

Statements

Develop Strategy for Continued U.S. Military Presence in Afghanistan: by, S9493-S9495 [17SE]

Employee Free Choice Act: by, S3636 [24MR]

Fair Pay Act: by, S754 [22JA]

Increase Amount Available To Purchase Commodities for Emergency Food Assistance Program: by, S11604 [19NO]

Nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., To Be Attorney General: by, S15-S19 [6JA]

Permit Televising of Supreme Court Proceedings: by, S11219-S11221 [5NO]

Tribute to William T. Coleman, Jr.: by, S2358 [23FE]

Summaries

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), S13350 [17DE]

Tables

Comparison of flat tax to current tax system, S3996 [30MR]

Flat tax individual return form, S3996 [30MR]

Taxes owed under 20% flat tax for married couple with two children filing jointly, S3996 [30MR]

Texts of

S. 199, Steel Industry National Historic Site Act, S261 [9JA]

S. 437, allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases, S2325 [13FE]

S. 440, allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with civil claim awards, S2330 [13FE]

S. 740, expand application of the homebuyer credit, S4065 [31MR]

S. 741, Flat Tax Act, S4065-S4070 [31MR]

S. 875, Presidential Signing Statements Act, S4677 [23AP]

S. 876, provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, S4678 [23AP]

S. 877, provide for non-discretionary Supreme Court review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities, S4680 [23AP]

S. 914, Cures Acceleration Network establishment to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies, and NIH reauthorization and National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities elevation to Institute status, S4815-S4817 [28AP]

S. 1220, Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, S6383 [9JN]

S. 1221, ensure more appropriate Medicare payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price, S6384 [9JN]

S. 2805, increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program, S11605 [19NO]

Tributes

Biden, Vice President, S2356 [23FE]

Coleman, William T., Jr., S2358 [23FE]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9547 [17SE]

Kleiman, Anne Shanin, S13696 [21DE]

Leahy, Senator, S2943 [10MR]