JOHANNS, MIKE (a Senator from Nebraska)

Addresses

George Washington's Farewell Address: read by, S2349-S2353 [23FE]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8633 [31JY], S8653, S8659, S8691, S8698 [3AU], S8725 [4AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1543 [4FE], S1679 [5FE], S1877 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5641 [19MY], S5702, S5737 [20MY], S5822 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S3974, S4007 [30MR], S4101 [31MR], S4200 [1AP], S4254, S4313, S4314, S4395 [2AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3648, S3730 [24MR], S3772 [25MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5384 [12MY], S5503 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7483, S7490 [14JY], S7564, S7566, S7571 [15JY], S7654 [16JY], S7702, S7705 [20JY], S7871, S7896, S7915, S7932 [22JY], S8028, S8057 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9685 [22SE], S9855 [24SE], S9912 [29SE], S9972 [30SE], S10052, S10073 [1OC]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 1434), S9685 [22SE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9386 [15SE], S9517 [17SE], S9655, S9683 [22SE], S9735, S9756 [23SE], S9774, S9841, S9842 [24SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11296 [9NO], S11313, S11334, S11346, S11351 [10NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (S. 1407), S9685 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), S9685 [22SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9298 [11SE], S9308, S9313, S9328 [14SE]

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

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (S. 1432), S9685 [22SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12170, S12171 [2DE], S12276 [3DE], S12416 [4DE], S12600, S12620, S12627 [7DE], S12710, S12734 [8DE], S12924 [10DE], S13253 [15DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S9386 [15SE], S10207, S10208 [7OC]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S943 [27JA], S955, S999, S1000 [28JA], S1099 [29JA]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12170, S12171 [2DE], S12276 [3DE], S12416 [4DE], S12600, S12620, S12627 [7DE], S12710, S12734 [8DE], S12924 [10DE], S13253 [15DE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6657 [16JN], S6734 [17JN], S8606 [30JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10996 [2NO]

Appointments

Reading of George Washington's farewell address, S1232 [30JA]

Samuel B. Kent impeachment trial committee, S6961 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S6938 [23JN]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see S. 1318), S9327 [14SE]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto (see S. 524), S3898 [26MR]

Armed Forces: exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (see S. 581), S3073 [12MR]

———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), S2692 [3MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S9265 [10SE]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see S. 711), S5328 [11MY]

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), S9436 [16SE]

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

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

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

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7870 [22JY]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 1279), S6720 [17JN]

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see S. 1148), S6032 [3JN]

———prohibit issuance of regulatory permits for certain emissions from agricultural production (see S. 527), S3164 [17MR]

Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 1282), S6720 [17JN]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 738), S5907 [1JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see S. 1709), S9840 [24SE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S. (see S. 370), S5555 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see S. 2796), S12910 [10DE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 1635), S8993 [6AU]

———establish Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (see S. 2128), S12161 [2DE]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S8996 [6AU]

———improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1445), S9590 [21SE]

Dept. of Justice: 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), S7413 [13JY]

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

———establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed U.S. savings bonds (see S. 827), S4722 [24AP]

———prohibit Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from funding Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see S. 1710), S10163 [6OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals (see S. 1427), S7317 [9JY]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in Sarpy County, NE, region (see S. 746), S4062 [31MR]

———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), S8558 [30JY]

———furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S12619 [7DE]

———provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 2769), S11344 [10NO]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S5820 [21MY]

———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), S6846 [19JN]

———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), S6805 [18JN]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 332), S11594 [19NO]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S7139 [6JY]

EPA: waive lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for renewable fuel production (see S. 943), S5821 [21MY]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see S. 34), S212 [8JA]

FDIC: increase borrowing authority (see S. 541), S3658 [24MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 845), S8995 [6AU]

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

Food: require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (see S. 558), S5615 [19MY]

Foreign aid: strengthen capacity, transparency, and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges (see S. 1524), S13033 [11DE]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (see S. 1242), S6542 [11JN]

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

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

Health: prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 1259), S6652 [16JN]

———require any proposal for health care reform slow the long-term growth of health care costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending (see S. Res. 231), S8557 [30JY]

Highway Trust Fund: temporarily protect solvency (see S. 1344), S7780 [21JY]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see S. 1348), S7319 [9JY]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see S. 1658), S9264 [10SE]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1065), S10925 [29OC]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S4806 [28AP]

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), S212 [8JA]

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), S6652 [16JN]

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 14), S6187 [4JN]

Medicare: exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see S. 511), S5906 [1JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S7481 [14JY]

———provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (see S. 307), S3114 [16MR]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S10110 [5OC]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S12161 [2DE]

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

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7700 [20JY]

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 Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (see S. 1481), S7779 [21JY]

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

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

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1553), S8631 [31JY]

National Guard: authorize availability of appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities (see S. 775), S4515 [21AP]

NATO: anniversary (see S. Res. 20), S3115 [16MR]

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

Power resources: promote biogas production (see S. 306), S787 [22JA]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S9079 [7AU]

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

Science: prohibit human-animal hybrids (see S. 1435), S7318 [9JY]

———provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (see S. 583), S12909 [10DE]

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

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 427), S4755 [27AP]

Taxation: extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (see S. 1678), S10163 [6OC]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see S. 1589), S13383 [17DE]

———modify the penalties for failure to disclose certain reportable transactions and for submitting a bad check to the IRS, and modify certain rules relative to Federal vendors (see S. 2917), S13786 [22DE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 1230), S6994 [24JN]

———provide a Federal income tax exclusion for assistance provided to participants in State student loan programs for certain health professionals (see S. 860), S4573 [22AP]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S7193 [7JY]

———repeal sunset of adoption credit expansion and adoption assistance programs and allow credit to be claimed in the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the adoption becomes final (see S. 2816), S12071 [1DE]

———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]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S7869 [22JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S10434 [14OC]

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

Veterans: 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]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see S. Res. 349), S11344 [10NO]

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), S7870 [22JY]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S5907 [1JN]

———provide Armed Forces members and their families equal access to voter registration assistance (see S. 1265), S6652 [16JN]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S10318 [8OC]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S9295 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see S. 1687), S9555 [17SE] (see S. 1751), S10110 [5OC]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (see S. Res. 212), S7639 [16JY]

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

Senior citizens: support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (see S. Con. Res. 37), S8196 [28JY]

Taxation: provide for distribution of remaining balances in flexible spending arrangements upon termination from employment (see S. 2883), S13251 [15DE]

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

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [6JA]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture bovine tuberculosis research funding: Gary Voogt, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, S8653 [3AU]

Impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program: Senator Dorgan, S3820 [26MR]

———several Senators, S3820 [26MR]

Medicare funding cuts: several Hispanic organizations, S12043 [1DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: several Senators, S13001 [11DE]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4253 [2AP], S4652 [23AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12397 [4DE]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8653 [3AU]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S3584 [23MR], S3820 [26MR], S4854 [29AP], S7667 [20JY]

———use of budget reconciliation for global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S3974 [30MR], S4136, S4149 [1AP], S4637, S4654 [23AP]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1490 [4FE], S1805, S1848 [6FE], S1893 [7FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5594 [19MY]

Armed Forces: exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (S. 581), S3076 [12MR]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (S. 711), S5812 [21MY]

———tribute to Nebraskans serving overseas, S13873 [23DE]

Brune, Steven and Shelley: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, S9836 [24SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3584 [23MR]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, S6341 [9JN]

———deficit, S3584 [23MR], S3820 [26MR], S4854 [29AP], S6340 [9JN], S7292 [9JY], S12862 [10DE]

———limit Government spending to CBO projected rate of inflation, S4135 [1AP], S4253 [2AP]

———reconciliation process, S4854 [29AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S3974 [30MR], S4135, S4149 [1AP], S4637 [23AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report, S4854 [29AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to instruct conferees, S4654 [23AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to recommit, S4253 [2AP]

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (S. 1148), S6797 [18JN]

Community service: increase funding for national service programs that assist disabled individuals, S3648 [24MR]

———reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3648 [24MR]

Corps of Engineers: anniversary of Omaha, NE, District, S5279 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: bovine tuberculosis research funding, S8653, S8654 [3AU]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9912 [29SE], S9972 [30SE]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9912 [29SE]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., S5594 [19MY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9308-S9310, S9317 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9517, S9518, S9541 [17SE]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9517, S9518, S9541 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals, S7255 [8JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11313 [10NO]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S11313 [10NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9308, S9317 [14SE]

EPA: waive lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for renewable fuel production (S. 943), S6797 [18JN]

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), S8558 [30JY]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (S. 1687), S9518 [17SE]

———require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities (S. 1223), S6454 [10JN]

Hamilton County, NE: inclusion on Progressive Farmer (publication) Best Place to Raise a Family list, S2415 [24FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6678 [17JN], S7162 [7JY], S7336 [10JY], S8756 [4AU], S9703 [23SE], S9909 [29SE], S10884 [29OC], S10972, S10973 [2NO], S11064 [4NO], S11142 [5NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12661, S12663, S12675 [8DE], S12762 [9DE], S12862, S12864 [10DE], S13001, S13002 [11DE], S13145 [14DE], S13659 [21DE], S13741, S13757, S13759 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12043 [1DE], S12104 [2DE], S12397 [4DE], S12749, S12750 [9DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11924, S11925, S11926, S11927, S11928, S11937 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11264 [9NO], S11400 [17NO], S11520 [19NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1796), S11264 [9NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11312 [10NO], S11520 [19NO], S11924, S11925, S11926, S11927, S11928 [21NO], S12661, S12663, S12675 [8DE]

———require that any major health care reform bill be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, S10884 [29OC]

Medicaid: exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S11400 [17NO], S12749 [9DE]

———exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S13757, S13759 [22DE]

———impact of eligibility expansion, S13145 [14DE]

———reform, S11937 [21NO]

Medicare: eliminate cuts to home health services, S12397 [4DE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S12043 [1DE], S12104 [2DE], S13659 [21DE]

———funding, S11064 [4NO]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 1157), S8756 [4AU]

Medicare/Medicaid: require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (S. Res. 212), S7651 [16JY]

National FFA Organization: anniversary of membership of women (S. Res. 319), S10651 [21OC]

National Guard: counterdrug programs funding, S9972 [30SE]

Nebraska: tribute to Army National Guard 313th Medical Co., S11339 [10NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S3820 [26MR]

———Executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, S4732 [27AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay tax increases until health benefits begin, S12864 [10DE]

———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S12749, S12750 [9DE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), S7667 [20JY]

———national energy policy, S5170 [6MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), S9974 [30SE]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), unanimous-consent request, S9973 [30SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10207 [7OC]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S10207 [7OC]

Senate Rules: prohibit ``filling the amendment tree'' by preventing a Senator from filing a second degree amendment to his or her first degree amendment, S10983 [2NO]

Senior citizens: support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (H. Con. Res. 59), S9757 [23SE]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (S. Con. Res. 37), S8204 [28JY]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, S12762 [9DE]

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, S8939 [6AU]

———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to positions on right to keep and bear arms, S8939 [6AU]

———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to statements on gender and ethnicity, S8938 [6AU]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8938 [6AU]

States: impact of economic stimulus on State budgets, S7292 [9JY]

Taxation: rates, S3584 [23MR], S6340 [9JN], S10884 [29OC], S11142 [5NO]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (S. Res. 206), S7100 [25JN]

Unemployment: direct unused portion of stimulus funds to extend emergency unemployment compensation, S10822 [28OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10983 [2NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10822 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S1491 [4FE]

Reports

Is ACORN Intentionally Structured as a Criminal Enterprise? Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, S9309 [14SE]

Tributes

Duffy, Justin J., S6234 [8JN]

Eberspacher, Jack, S7411 [13JY]

Kimbell, Abigail, S7774 [21JY]