SANDERS, BERNARD (a Senator from Vermont)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8663, S8693, S8694, S8695, S8696 [3AU], S8722, S8723, S8775 [4AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1374, S1443, S1447, S1471 [3FE], S1538, S1556, S1557, S1577, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1593, S1611 [4FE], S1669, S1678, S1717, S1740, S1758 [5FE], S1879 [6FE], S1907 [7FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4064, S4102 [31MR], S4118, S4135, S4200, S4201, S4206, S4212, S4224 [1AP], S4245, S4266, S4277, S4314 [2AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5338 [11MY], S5362, S5379, S5389 [12MY], S5447 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491, S7493 [14JY], S7798, S7805 [21JY], S8029, S8057, S8059 [23JY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), S5243 [6MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9938 [29SE], S10033, S10035, S10071, S10072, S10074 [1OC], S10163 [6OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7273 [8JY], S7304, S7309, S7329 [9JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11364 [16NO], S11406 [17NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8207 [28JY], S8243, S8273, S8283, S8285 [29JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5953 [2JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12161, S12172, S12250, S12251, S12252, S12253, S12254, S12255, S12256, S12257, S12258 [2DE], S12414, S12423, S12429 [4DE], S12725, S12740 [8DE], S12934 [10DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10227 [7OC], S10319 [8OC]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S940 [27JA]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12161, S12172, S12250, S12251, S12252, S12253, S12254, S12255, S12256, S12257, S12258 [2DE], S12414, S12423, S12429 [4DE], S12725, S12740 [8DE], S12934 [10DE]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), S846, S848 [26JA]

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, S6660 [16JN], S6735 [17JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10324 [8OC], S10740 [26OC]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S661 [20JA]

British-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S9061 [6AU]

Articles and editorials

Obama Calls for an Extreme Makeover of Our Culture—Are the Credit Card Companies Listening? Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post (Internet site), S5569 [19MY]

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]

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

Agriculture: provide for country of origin labeling for dairy products (see S. 1783), S11049 [3NO]

AID: encourage nomination of an Administrator and empower and strengthen the Agency (see S. Res. 312), S10521 [19OC]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see S. 1834), S10992 [2NO]

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

———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see S. 529), S2827 [5MR]

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

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]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S10318 [8OC]

———modify certain retirement pay and grade authorities for services performed after retirement eligibility (see S. 794), S4965 [30AP]

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

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

Bankruptcy: protect medical debt homeowners and caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (see S. 1624), S9373 [15SE]

———provide that claims arising from high cost consumer credit transactions shall be subordinated to all other claims (see S. 257), S3610 [23MR]

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

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

Business and industry: terminate preemption of State and local laws that prohibit or regulate gaming or the operation of bucket shops or derivatives trading (see S. 2763), S11344 [10NO]

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

Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 40), S2229 [12FE]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (see S. 1682), S11206 [5NO]

Children and youth: ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten (see S. 240), S7139 [6JY]

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

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see S. 435), S12160 [2DE]

———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]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S6031 [3JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S256 [9JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 904), S4806 [28AP]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S9187 [9SE]

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), S9589 [21SE]

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (see S. 1117), S5819 [21MY]

CPSC: promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (see S. 723), S4447 [20AP]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 414), S2474 [25FE]

———empower States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (see S. 255), S5328 [11MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 909), S5129 [5MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 428), S3074 [12MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see S. 607), S8682 [3AU]

———determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production (see S. 889), S7481 [14JY]

———establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions on private forest land (see S. 1576), S8765 [4AU]

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

———establish a national food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program for agricultural producers (see S. 2758), S11290 [9NO]

———increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program as an emergency measure (see S. 1398), S7641 [16JY]

———index for inflation the rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 1331), S7641 [16JY]

———provide assistance to Haiti to end deforestation and restore the extent of tropical forest cover previously in existence (see S. 1183), S6888 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 1410), S7261 [8JY]

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

———require Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on athletic programs (see S. 471), S13252 [15DE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 1158), S6187 [4JN]

———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), S2559 [26FE]

———ensure that safety net family planning centers are eligible for assistance under the 340B Drug Pricing Program (see S. 310), S3074 [12MR]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S8682 [3AU]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see S. 660), S7556 [15JY]

———include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see S. 830), S5129 [5MY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S4514 [21AP]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (see S. 1646), S13459 [18DE]

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), S2828 [5MR]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 1156), S5820 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S12619 [7DE]

———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), S10570 [20OC]

———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see S. 362), S1124 [30JA]

———improve outreach programs (see S. 315), S826 [26JA]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S2229 [12FE]

———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), S5128 [5MY]

Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see S. 1425), S7317 [9JY]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S9133 [8SE]

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: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 332), S5328 [11MY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S8040 [23JY]

———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), S3075 [12MR]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S5281 [7MY]

———increase immunization rates (see S. 1003), S5821 [21MY]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S4892 [29AP]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S4448 [20AP]

Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see S. 1789), S10992 [2NO]

Education: assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten (see S. 839), S4513 [21AP]

———establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see S. 1532), S8271 [29JY]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S4515 [21AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 1197), S13383 [17DE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 634), S4964 [30AP]

———promote environmental education (see S. 866), S4573 [22AP]

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]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 121), S4964 [30AP]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 416), S2144 [11FE]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations and protect radio reading services (see S. 592), S4892 [29AP]

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

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S1058 [29JA]

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

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

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 619), S9555 [17SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see S. 696), S4892 [29AP]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over waters (see S. 787), S4310 [2AP]

Financial institutions: prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies (see S. 2886), S13384 [17DE]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see S. 566), S5066 [4MY]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see S. 1214), S6364 [9JN]

———improve conservation of sharks (see S. 850), S5372 [12MY]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see S. 1535), S10778 [27OC]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 1048), S7072 [25JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 311), S7555 [15JY]

GAO: reaffirm and clarify authority to audit and evaluate the programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence community (see S. 385), S1677 [5FE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S9133 [8SE]

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

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

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see S. 1428), S8040 [23JY]

Health: ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see S. Con. Res. 6), S2144 [11FE]

———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), S2027 [9FE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (see S. 790), S5014 [1MY]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see S. 408), S5436 [13MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 441), S2322 [13FE]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see S. 488), S4721 [24AP]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S6544 [11JN]

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

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

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 424), S2592 [27FE]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S12161 [2DE]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 643), S3987 [30MR]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage (see S. 1730), S9982 [30SE]

———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), S9930 [29SE]

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]

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

La Follette, Robert M., Sr.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 964), S5129 [5MY]

———mint commemorative coins (see S. 945), S5129 [5MY]

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), S6031 [3JN]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates and develop a strategy to address piracy (see S. Res. 108), S4574 [22AP]

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 18), S4722 [24AP]

Medicaid: encourage States to provide pregnant women with access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services (see S. 670), S4173 [1AP]

———establish a chronic care improvement demonstration program for beneficiaries with severe mental illnesses (see S. 1136), S6365 [9JN]

———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: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 950), S5821 [21MY]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 330), S894 [27JA]

———establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see S. 648), S3550 [19MR]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 700), S4756 [27AP]

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

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 343), S2424 [24FE]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S5615 [19MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S5701 [20MY]

Mining and mineral resources: require U.S.-registered companies selling products using columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC (see S. 891), S10735 [26OC]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 9), S2623 [2MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S8040 [23JY]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S3163 [17MR]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S9133 [8SE]

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

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 276), S9589 [21SE]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S8040 [23JY]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 295), S9982 [30SE]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1672), S10163 [6OC]

National School Lunch Act: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families (see S. 990), S5232 [6MY]

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

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

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see S. 1353), S7070 [25JN]

Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S10362 [13OC]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 525), S2766 [4MR] (see S. 1232), S6452 [10JN]

Power resources: recognize need for the EPA to regulate coal combustion waste and the TVA to be a leader in technological innovation, low-cost power, and environmental stewardship (see S. Res. 64), S2965 [10MR]

Product safety: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (see S. 753), S11344 [10NO]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S4310 [2AP]

———expand authorities to provide service-learning activities, establish an Indian Youth Service Corps grant program, restore natural and scenic resources, and train managers and enthusiasts (see S. 1442), S10636 [21OC]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 433), S4755 [27AP]

———establish an energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors (see S. 548), S4446 [20AP]

———promote energy independence, increase competition, democratize energy generation, and provide for the connection of certain small electric energy generation systems (see S. 989), S5232 [6MY]

Real estate: require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and create databases on foreclosures (see S. 1731), S10521 [19OC]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see S. 1215), S10521 [19OC]

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

Social Security: apply a consistent premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner, provide economic recovery payments to recipients, and assess need for a consumer price index for elderly consumers (see S. 2926), S13883 [23DE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S3898 [26MR]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 1542), S8557 [30JY]

Taxation: 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), S7193 [7JY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S6543 [11JN]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1153), S10571 [20OC]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (see S. 2927), S13883 [23DE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S8682 [3AU]

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

———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 tax credit for purchase of nonroad equipment with alternative power sources (see S. 929), S4891 [29AP]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 1570), S8765 [4AU]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 506), S3370 [18MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S3025 [11MR]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (see S. 328), S894 [27JA] (see S. 352), S1057 [29JA]

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]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 584), S5066 [4MY]

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]

Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see S. 2821), S12070 [1DE]

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), S10111 [5OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunset of certain provisions and authority to issue national security letters (see S. 1692), S9869 [25SE]

———place reasonable safeguards on the use of surveillance and other authorities (see S. 1686), S9554 [17SE]

Uzbekistan: support enforcement of certain existing domestic legislation and fulfill international commitments aimed at ending state-sponsored forced child labor (see S. Res. 99), S4311 [2AP]

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), S5066 [4MY]

———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]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S8039 [23JY]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see S. 462), S10700 [22OC]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S2229 [12FE]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (see S. 1244), S8273 [29JY]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S4670 [23AP]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the U.S. (see S. 2909), S13458 [18DE]

CFTC: take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (see S. 1225), S6452 [10JN]

Credit: protect consumers from usury (see S. 582), S3073 [12MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Home Energy Retrofit Finance Program (see S. 1246), S6542 [11JN]

Dept. of Labor: require employers certify that they have not and will not lay off employees prior to employing foreign workers (see S. 2804), S11594 [19NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 2914), S13458 [18DE]

———expand authority and responsibilities of the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 400), S2027 [9FE]

Dept. of Transportation: develop a national transportation low emissions energy plan (see S. 1721), S9869 [25SE]

———waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities for a certain period (see S. 198), S256 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance automobile assistance allowance for veterans (see S. 820), S4311 [2AP]

———increase assistance for disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member (see S. 1753), S10110 [5OC]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see S. 821), S4311 [2AP]

———provide for automatic enrollment of demobilizing members of the National Guard and Reserves in health care and dental care programs (see S. 1798), S10520 [19OC]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see S. 1752), S10110 [5OC]

Diseases: improve National Program of Cancer Registries through expansion of data collection and allowing data sharing for public health objectives, while preserving patient confidentiality (see S. 792), S4310 [2AP]

Employment: increase wages and benefits of blue collar workers by strengthening the labor provisions in the H-2B guestworker program (see S. 2910), S13458 [18DE]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ``Too Big To Fail'' through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (see S. 2746), S11205 [5NO]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see S. 604), S3113 [16MR]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (see S. 513), S2691 [3MR]

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), S2558 [26FE]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see S. 898), S4721 [24AP]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see S. 703), S3785 [25MR]

Power resources: improve thermal energy efficiency and use (see S. 1621), S8993 [6AU]

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]

Television: ensure access to basic broadcast television after the digital television transition (see S. 25), S169 [7JA]

Volunteer workers: support recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel (see S. 822), S4311 [2AP]

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), S2760 [4MR], S2860 [6MR], S2953 [10MR]

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

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), motion to proceed, S5246 [6MY]

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

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), S4657 [23AP], S4740 [27AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), motion to proceed, S4399 [2AP]

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), S299 [12JA], S356 [14JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9365 [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), motion to proceed, S349 [13JA], S559 [15JA]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5887 [21MY]

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

Hayes, David J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S5338 [11MY], S5407 [13MY]

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]

Ogden, David W.: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S2903 [9MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10328 [8OC], S10351 [13OC], S11148 [5NO]

Sessions, William K., III: nomination to be U.S. Sentencing Commission Chairman, S10568 [20OC]

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

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), motion to proceed, S6526 [11JN], S6628 [16JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10653 [21OC], S10771 [27OC]

E-mails

Protect consumers from usury: several Vermont citizens, S4629 [23AP], S4734 [27AP]

Letters

Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant funding: Heather Schafer, National Volunteer Fire Council, S7301 [9JY]

Require the CFTC to take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets: Bart Chilton, CFTC, S6457 [10JN]

Lists

National organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

State organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8726 [4AU]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5423 [13MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13295 [16DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13295 [16DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S661 [20JA]

Privilege of the floor

Hansen, Gail, S6228 [4JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide assistance to dairy farmers, S10282 [8OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8714, S8721, S8726 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), conference report, S10282 [8OC]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3144 [17MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1621, S1669 [5FE], S1803 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2293, S2294 [13FE]

Barre, VT: anniversary of Thunder Road International Speedbowl, S7478 [14JY]

Bernanke, Ben S.: nomination to be Federal Reserve Board Chair, S12282 [3DE]

Budget: deficit, S13164 [14DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4047 [31MR], S4245, S4250, S4266 [2AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report, S4870 [29AP]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S11031 [3NO]

Cabot Creamery: anniversary, S6252 [8JN]

Caroline O'Day Post Office Building, Rye, NY: designate (H.R. 1397), S8714 [4AU]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (S. 748), S8714 [4AU]

CFTC: take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets, S6879 [22JN]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (S. 1225), S6456, S6457 [10JN]

Chroma Technology Corp.: inclusion on WorldBlu, Inc., Most Democratic Workplaces list, S4571 [22AP]

Committees of the Senate: minority party appointments (S. Res. 279), S9689 [22SE]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, S9651 [22SE]

Congress: goals of the 111th Congress, S730-S732 [21JA]

Credit: protect consumers from usury, S4629 [23AP], S4733 [27AP], S5363 [12MY], S5423 [13MY], S5568 [19MY]

———protect consumers from usury (S. 582), S3076 [12MR], S4542 [22AP], S5119 [5MY], S9650 [22SE], S11032 [3NO]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5363 [12MY], S5423 [13MY], S5568 [19MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Dairy Product Price Support Program funding, S8714, S8721, S8726 [4AU]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10033, S10044 [1OC], S10142, S10152 [6OC]

———require report on Government contracting fraud, S10033, S10044 [1OC]

———Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program outreach and reintegration services funding, S10142, S10152 [6OC]

Dept. of Energy: energy sustainability and efficiency for institutions technical assistance grants funding, S8243 [29JY]

———establish the Home Energy Retrofit Finance Program (S. 1246), S6552 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: National Health Service Corps program funding, S13653-S13655 [21DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7301, S7309 [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), S4541 [22AP], S4629 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: increase and strengthen FRS Board of Governors oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4250 [2AP]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to meet strict H-1B worker hiring standards to ensure non-displacement of U.S. workers, S1621, S1669 [5FE], S1803 [6FE]

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), S768 [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), unanimous-consent agreement, S732 [21JA]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office, Portland, OR: designate (S. 1314), S8714 [4AU]

Economy: impact of economic conditions on the middle class, S11030 [3NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S9650 [22SE]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S11031 [3NO]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S4542 [22AP], S5584, S5586 [19MY], S9650 [22SE]

Elijah Pat Larkins Post Office Building, Pompano Beach, FL: designate (H.R. 1271), S8714 [4AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8243 [29JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), motion to proceed, S6002 [3JN]

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program funding, S7301, S7309 [9JY]

———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant funding to rehire and retain firefighters, S7301, S7309 [9JY]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ``Too Big To Fail'' through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (S. 2746), S11241 [6NO], S11329 [10NO]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, S4266 [2AP]

Frederic Remington Post Office Building, Ogdensburg, NY: designate (H.R. 2090), S8714 [4AU]

FRS: require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S4047 [31MR], S4245, S4250 [2AP], S4870 [29AP]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (S. 513), S9651 [22SE], S11032 [3NO]

Gensler, Gary: nomination to be CFTC Chairman, S5584, S5586 [19MY]

Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building, Long Island City, NY: designate (H.R. 774), S8714 [4AU]

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, S11465 [18NO]

———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 (S. 486), S2561 [26FE]

———allow States to implement single-payer health care plans, S11466 [18NO]

———establish dedicated trust fund with mandatory spending for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, S12573 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

———impose a tax on higher-income individuals to offset health care costs, S13162, S13163, S13164, S13165 [14DE]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (H.R. 1200), S13291 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6175, S6177 [4JN], S6240 [8JN], S6638 [16JN], S6921, S6922 [23JN], S8676 [3AU], S9651 [22SE], S10035 [1OC], S10293 [8OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12148, S12149, S12150 [2DE], S12573, S12574 [7DE], S12697 [8DE], S12751 [9DE], S12874 [10DE], S13150, S13162, S13163, S13164, S13165 [14DE], S13290 [16DE], S13653 [21DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11465-S11467 [18NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), S13291 [16DE]

———provide access to comprehensive primary health care services and improve primary health care delivery through expansion of community health center and National Health Service Corps programs, S980 [28JA]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, S12573 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

Herbert A. Littleton Postal Station, Nampa, ID: designate (H.R. 2162), S8714 [4AU]

Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building, Orchard Park, NY: designate (S. 1211), S8714 [4AU]

John Scott Challis, Jr., Post Office, Freedom, PA: designate (H.R. 987), S8714 [4AU]

Kile G. West Post Office Building, Georgetown, TX: designate (H.R. 2422), S8714 [4AU]

Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX: designate (H.R. 2325), S8714 [4AU]

Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building, Port Charlotte, FL: designate (H.R. 2470), S8714 [4AU]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates and develop a strategy to address piracy (S. Res. 108), S4597 [22AP]

Medicare: implement single-payer health care system, S13290 [16DE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S12751 [9DE]

Point of order, S5424 [13MY]

Power resources: improve thermal energy efficiency and use (S. 1621), S9021 [6AU]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S9690 [22SE]

Senate: legislative program, S732 [21JA], S2575 [26FE], S12742 [8DE]

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 (S. 1685), S9354 [15SE], S10406 [14OC], S10473 [15OC]

Seventh Generation Inc.: inclusion on WorldBlu, Inc., Most Democratic Workplaces list, S4571 [22AP]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S979 [28JA]

Solis, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S2403 [24FE]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8920 [6AU]

Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse, Rockford, IL: designate (S. 387), S2574 [26FE]

Taxation: rates, S12698 [8DE]

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), S6879 [22JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S11030 [3NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10823 [28OC]

Vermont: anniversary of naming area as the Northeast Kingdom, S3653 [24MR]

Vermont Lake Monsters (baseball team): anniversary, S7313 [9JY]

Statements

Regulation of U.S. Financial Markets: Gary Gensler, S5585 [19MY]

Texts of

S. 1246, Home Energy Retrofit Finance Program Act, S6552 [11JN]

Tributes

Jeffords, James M., S5317 [11MY]