PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (Barack Obama)

Addresses

Beyond the Surge—Assessing the President's Afghanistan Strategy: Representative Skelton, E2909 [8DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Anniversary as a Cabinet Agency, E713 [19MR]

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate Fundraiser, S10476 [15OC]

Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ceremony, E1399 [12JN]

Joint Congressional Address, S2419-S2423 [24FE], H2625-H2629 [24FE]

Joint Congressional Address on Health Care Reform, S9179-S9183 [9SE], H9391-H9394 [9SE]

New Afghanistan, Pakistan Strategies, H6573 [11JN]

University of Notre Dame Commencement, S6249-S6251 [8JN]

Articles and editorials

Annals of Public Policy—Getting There From Here—How Should Obama Reform Health Care?, H1030-H1032 [4FE]

Arms Control Amnesia, S7346 [10JY]

Cold Shoulder to Liberty, E2348 [23SE]

Critics Still Haven't Read the ``Torture'' Memos, E1214 [20MY]

Czarist Washington, S9307 [14SE]

Democrats' Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll, S13347 [17DE]

Democrats Find Rallying Points on Health Reform, but Splinters Remain, S12902 [10DE]

Dishing Out Some Shock on Debt, S13616 [20DE]

Eastern Europe Is Uneasy Over U.S. Ties With Russia, S7864 [22JY]

End of the American Exception?, H3102 [9MR]

Feingold Questions Obama `Czars', S9498 [17SE]

Iran a Test of Obama'a New Diplomacy, S10518 [19OC]

It's No Time To Stop This Train, E1197 [19MY]

Johnson, Gorbachev, Obama, H14948 [15DE]

Letter From Europe—U.S. Leadership in the Post-Soviet Age Is Needed To Face New Challenges, S7865 [22JY]

Listen to the Dissidents, E2779 [17NO]

More Talk, Less Support, S13616 [20DE]

Moulitsas—We'll Get Killed in 2010, S13686 [21DE]

My Turn—Investing in Smart Power Is Foreign Aid Well Spent, S5120 [5MY]

No Laughing Matter, S9311 [14SE]

Obama, the Economy and Community Colleges, E2491 [8OC]

Obama Calls for an Extreme Makeover of Our Culture—Are the Credit Card Companies Listening?, S5569 [19MY]

Obama Car in Your Future?, E869 [2AP]

Obama Is Sued for White House Visitor List, S13440 [18DE]

Obama Nominee Omitted Ties to Biotech, S11103 [4NO]

Obama Rosetta Stone, S3105 [16MR]

Obama Team Clears 75 at Guantanamo for Release, H10439 [1OC]

ObamaCare at Any Cost, S12266 [3DE]

ObamaCare's Longshoremen Rules, S13813 [23DE]

Obama's Enemies List, H11769 [26OC]

Obama's False Medicare Claim, S12103 [2DE], S12493 [5DE]

Obama's Plan Isn't the Answer, S8264 [29JY]

Obama's Pledge To Tax Only the Rich Can't Pay for Everything, Analysts Say, S8645 [3AU]

Obama's Risky-Sex Czar, H14738 [10DE]

Obama's School Choice, S2515 [26FE]

Obama's `Science' Fiction, S3364 [18MR]

On the Verge of a New Chapter in America and World History, E445 [25FE]

One Is the Loneliest Number for President Obama, S13683 [21DE]

Open Letter to the Obama Adminstration From Central and Eastern Europe, S7862-S7864 [22JY], S7980-S7982 [23JY], H8549-H8551 [22JY]

Out of the Shadows, H7115 [23JN]

Over the Limit, H5025 [30AP]

``Paygo'' Coverup, S6534 [11JN]

Plumage—But at a Price, S8088 [24JY]

Private Talks for Public Stimulus; Obama Has Said He Wants Congress To Work in the Open. But He Isn't Troubled by the Recent Negotiations, H3818 [24MR]

Quid Pro Clinton—Potential Conflicts of Interest Could Haunt President-Elect Obama, S678 [21JA]

Red Ink Red Alert—A Congressional Report Should Give the President Pause, S3590 [23MR]

Rhetorical Tax Evasion, S9900 [29SE]

Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan, H1137 [10FE]

Saudabayev—Hoping for the Better, E220 [9FE]

Support for Health Overhaul Wanes, S13347 [17DE]

Toward a Nuclear-Free World, S5991 [3JN]

U.S. Faces Doubts About Leadership on Human Rights, E2348 [23SE]

U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard To Unwind, S9306 [14SE]

Voice for the Consumer, S1052 [29JA], E274 [13FE]

What Part of 'Stimulus' Don't They Get?, H2605 [24FE]

White House & Big Pharma—What's the Deal?, S12507 [5DE]

White House Staff Botched It, H3819 [24MR]

Whoa, Trigger, S9110 [8SE]

Will Obama Stand Up for These Kids?, S2786 [5MR]

With Obama Proceeding Reasonably To Fill Federal Judgeships, the Bottleneck Is the Senate, S11280 [9NO]

World Free of Nuclear Weapons, S5990 [3JN]

Yes, It's All About Him, S14124 [24DE]

Bills and resolutions

Bush, George W.: urge President Obama to reverse damaging and illegal actions by the Bush/Cheney Administration and collaborate with Congress to prevent further abuses of executive branch power (see H. Res. 417), H5399 [7MY]

Cambridge, MA: call upon President Obama to retract initial remarks and apologize to James M. Crowley for having unfairly impugned and prejudged his conduct in response to suspected break-in (see H. Res. 680), H8873 [27JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: place the Lincoln-Obama Bible and a copy of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address on permanent display on the Lincoln table at the Capitol Visitor Center (see H. Con. Res. 149), H6618 [11JN]

Chrysler LLC: request the President furnish the House of Representatives with information on communications with Chrysler LLC relative to plant closings (see H. Res. 462), H5891 [20MY]

Civil liberties: report on programs that authorize or require gathering of information on U.S. persons pursuant to ``all necessary and appropriate force'' clause in Authorization for Use of Military Force (see H.R. 640), H484 [22JA]

Congress: joint session for Presidential address (see H. Con. Res. 41), H1158 [10FE] (see H. Con. Res. 179), H9341 [8SE]

Credit: declare national residential mortgage foreclosure emergency and encourage States to enact a temporary moratorium on foreclosures (see H. Res. 181), H2602 [23FE] (see H. Res. 186), H2632 [24FE]

Dept. of Defense: request the President and require the Dept. of Defense to furnish the House of Representatives all information on impact of notification of Miranda rights to certain detainees in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 602), H7705 [26JN]

———require State approval and Presidential notification and certification before transfer or release of individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a location in the U.S. (see H.R. 2294), H5397 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice: request the President and require the Dept. of Justice to furnish the House of Representatives all information on notification of Miranda rights to certain detainees in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 537), H6618 [11JN]

EPA: request the President and require EPA and OMB to furnish the House of Representatives with documents on endangerment findings on greenhouse gases (see H. Res. 446), H5666 [14MY]

———request the President to furnish the House of Representatives with documents on endangerment findings on greenhouse gases (see H. Res. 449), H5671 [15MY]

———request the President to transmit to the House of Representatives EPA information relative to nutrient management of the Illinois River Watershed in Arkansas and Oklahoma (see H. Res. 995), H15508 [23DE]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser (see H.R. 3226), H8184 [15JY]

———provide a sunset date for unconfirmed officials and advisers, require their Senate confirmation, and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 3569), H9548 [15SE]

———request to furnish the House of Representatives documents on effects of the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the U.S., on intelligence collection (see H. Res. 923), H13353 [19NO]

———require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (see H. Con. Res. 185), H9549 [15SE]

———require appointments of all unconfirmed officials and advisers be rescinded until proper vetting can occur and oppose appointment of unconfirmed personnel to policymaking positions (see H. Res. 778), H9962 [24SE]

Fort Hood, TX: request the President to transmit all documents relative to the inventory and review of intelligence related to the shooting (see H. Res. 978), H15502 [16DE]

Government: request President transmit all information relative to certain specific communications with and financial assistance provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC (see H. Res. 591), H7705 [26JN]

Health: request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements (see H. Res. 983), H15502 [16DE]

Jennings, Kevin B.: replace as Assistant Deputy Sec. of Education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools (see H. Res. 966), H14827 [11DE]

Middle East: direct the President to transmit a report to Congress on anti-American incitement to violence (see H.R. 2278), H5306 [6MY]

Motor vehicles: encourage President to recognize importance of automobile dealerships to communities and encourge remedies for franchises eliminated during recent car manufacturer bankruptcies (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9279 [31JY]

NAFTA: agree to amendment expanding authority of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank relative to infrastructure in the border region (see H.R. 3252), H8355 [17JY]

National Medal of Technology and Innovation: tribute to recipients (see H. Res. 935), H13354 [19NO]

Nobel Prize: recognition for peace (see H. Res. 864), H11739 [23OC]

Taxation: retain certain domestic energy tax incentives (see H. Res. 393), H5062 [30AP]

Tribute (see H. Res. 133), H1045 [4FE]

Wilson, Representative Joe: disapprove interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform (see H. Res. 744), H9549 [15SE]

E-mails

Dept. of Defense funding: John J. Hamre, S4716 [24AP]

Executive orders

Review and disposition of individuals detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and closure of detention facilities, H6940 [17JN]

Guidelines

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal negotiations—guidelines to protect U.S. interests: several arms control and nonproliferation experts, S7344 [10JY]

Letters

Accountability of certain unconfirmed Presidential officials or advisers and constitutionality of such appointments: Senator Feingold, S9498 [17SE]

———several Senators, S9498 [17SE]

American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, OH, funding (2008), S2949 [10MR]

Democracy efforts in Cuba: several Cubans, S4302 [2AP]

Election of President Obama: Jack F. Kemp, S5048 [4MY]

Evaluation of Kevin B. Jennings' suitability for current position as Assistant Deputy Sec. of Education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools: Representative Burgess, H14738 [10DE]

Evaluation of President Obama's economic policies: Emmaline P. Henn, H7999 [10JY]

Financial Literacy Month, E1077 [6MY]

Lifting of Cuban travel restrictions: US-Cuba Cultural Exchange (organization), E958 [23AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H6913 [17JN]

Tribute to Oakland, CA, law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, H4201 [31MR]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal negotiations and U.S. missile defense plans: several Senators, S7341 [10JY]

Lists

President Obama's ``czars'', S9307 [14SE], S9499 [17SE], S9795 [24SE]

Messages

Agreement Between the U.S. and United Arab Emirates Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, S5817 [21MY], H5983 [21MY]

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2010, S2556 [26FE], S5280 [7MY], S5327 [11MY], H2864 [26FE], H5373 [7MY], H5410 [12MY]

Certification of Applicable Waiver Within the Meaning of the Clean Diamond Trade Act, S10316 [8OC], H11143 [8OC]

Certification That Export of Certain Items to China Is Not Detrimental to the U.S. Space Launch Industry, S3161 [17MR], S4510 [21AP], H3471 [17MR], H4548 [21AP]

Certification That Export of Certain Items to the People's Republic of China Is Not Detrimental to the U.S. Space Launch Industry, S2765 [4MR], H2957 [4MR]

Continuation of National Emergency Relative to Zimbabwe, S2764 [4MR], H2957 [4MR]

Continuation of National Emergency With Respect to Blocking the Property of Persons Contributing to the Conflict Taking Place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, S10570 [20OC], H11482 [20OC]

Continuation of National Emergency With Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq, S5696 [20MY], H5865 [20MY]

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Terrorist Attacks on the U.S. of September 11, 2001, S9260 [10SE], H9432 [10SE]

Designation of Maldives as a Beneficiary Developing Country and Termination of Croatia and Equatorial Guinea as Beneficiary Developing Countries Under the Generalized System of Preferences, S13881 [23DE]

Draft List of Sites, Locations, Facilities and Activities in the U.S. for Declaration to the International Atomic Energy Agency, S5127 [5MY], H5133 [5MY]

Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE II) Act Compliance Certification, S10519 [19OC], H11466 [20OC]

National Emergency Relative to Belarus, S6578 [15JN], H6669 [12JN]

National Emergency Relative to Burma, S5553 [18MY], H5674 [18MY]

National Emergency Relative to Current Existence and Risk of Proliferation of Weapons-Usable Fissile Material on the Korean Peninsula, S6992 [24JN], H7221 [24JN]

National Emergency Relative to H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, S10733 [26OC], H11755 [26OC]

National Emergency Relative to Iran, S3023 [11MR], H3330 [11MR]

National Emergency Relative to Narcotics Traffickers in Colombia, S10519 [19OC], H11467 [20OC]

National Emergency Relative to Nuclear Proliferation in Russia, H7019 [18JN]

National Emergency Relative to Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism, S9586 [21SE], H9744 [22SE]

National Emergency Relative to Sudan, S10775 [27OC], H11826 [27OC]

National Emergency Relative to Syria, S5280 [7MY], H5371 [7MY]

National Emergency Relative to the Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor, S7638 [16JY], H8274 [16JY]

National Emergency Relative to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, S11289 [9NO], H12535 [6NO]

National Emergency Relative to the Western Balkans, S6887 [22JN], H7091 [23JN]

National Emergency Relative to Threat in Lebanon Posed by Actions of Certain Persons To Undermine Legitimate Democratic Institutions, S8551 [30JY], H9183 [30JY]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With France, S9189 [9SE]

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, S4399 [2AP]

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, S6363 [9JN], H6377 [9JN]

Tax Convention Treaty With New Zealand, S6666 [16JN]

Motions

Joint Congressional Address, H2629 [24FE]

Petitions and memorials

Burleson, TX, citizens: constitutional limits of Federal Government, E1932 [24JY]

Poems

``Inauguration Poem for President Barack Obama,'' Sonia Russell (LeRoia), E1031 [30AP]

Press releases

Byrd Questions Obama Administration on Role of White House ``Czar'' Positions: Senator Byrd, S9306 [14SE]

Release of Annual Household Food Security Report: Executive Office of the President, H13006 [17NO]

Proclamations

National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, H7717 [7JY]

Remarks in House

ABC, Inc.: allegations of bias relative to decision to air special broadcast on Obama administration health care proposal, H6909 [17JN], H6979 [18JN], H7112 [23JN]

Administration: evaluation, H772-H774 [28JA], H4757-H4763 [27AP], H4973-H4980 [29AP], H8035 [14JY], H11762 [26OC], E1491 [18JN]

———evaluation relative to positions on abortion, family planning aid to foreign countries, and embryonic stem cell research, H3759 [24MR], H5001 [30AP], H6523, H6527-H6529 [10JN]

Afghanistan: strategy for continued U.S. military presence, H13499 [3DE], H13543-H13548 [7DE], H13602, H13605, H13606 [8DE], H14947, H14950, H14952-H14954 [15DE], H15485 [16DE]

———U.S. policy, H4104 [30MR]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H5408 [12MY], H5555-H5562 [13MY], H5586, H5588, H5637 [14MY]

———permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, H506 [26JA]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3472 [17MR]

Armed Forces: plan for withdrawal from Iraq, H2909 [3MR], H2949, H2951 [4MR], H3609 [18MR], H3682 [19MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2610, H2612 [24FE], H2866, H2867 [26FE], H2888, H2891, H2911, H2918-H2922 [3MR], H2956, H2964-H2970 [4MR], H3041, H3042 [5MR], H3058, H3070-H3076 [6MR], H3096-H3103 [9MR], H3325-H3329 [11MR], H3379, H3380 [12MR], H3403 [16MR], H3441, H3443, H3445, H3448, H3449, H3450, H3451, H3472, H3473, H3476, H3477, H3491, H3514-H3524 [17MR], H3530, H3531, H3533, H3622-H3627 [18MR], H3675-H3677, H3689 [19MR], H3709, H3732-H3739 [23MR], H3752, H3754, H3755, H3757, H3760, H3784-H3787, H3789, H3790, H3792-H3798, H3820 [24MR], H3839, H4011-H4020 [25MR], H4030, H4031, H4047-H4054 [26MR], H6960 [17JN], H14829 [14DE], E745 [24MR]

———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H3484 [17MR]

———deficit, H2970-H2977 [4MR], H3762 [24MR], H3838, H3839, H3840 [25MR], H4739 [27AP], H8366 [20JY], H8423, H8424 [21JY], H8498, H8499 [22JY], H8716 [24JY], H10059 [29SE]

———Obama administration proposal, H2890 [3MR]

———reconciliation process, H4645-H4653 [22AP]

———release of Obama administration update proposal, H8406 [20JY]

Cambridge, MA: call upon President Obama to retract initial remarks and apologize to James M. Crowley for having unfairly impugned and prejudged his conduct in response to suspected break-in (H. Res. 680), H8853 [27JY]

Caribbean nations: optimism over inauguration of President Obama, E445 [25FE]

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: release of report relative to President Obama plan for redeployment of U.S. forces in Iraq, H3029 [5MR]

Cheney, Richard B.: comments on national security, H3448 [17MR], H5986 [21MY]

Chicago, IL: rejection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, H10492 [6OC]

CIA: release of memos regarding torture, H4556 [21AP], H4668 [22AP], H4754 [27AP], H5864 [20MY], E1214 [20MY]

Cincinnati, OH: tribute to Cincinnati Police Dept. for service during the Presidential inauguration, H392 [21JA]

Civil liberties: Executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, H4667 [22AP], H4757 [27AP], H5173 [6MY], H5650, H5651 [14MY], H5692 [18MY], H5896 [21MY], H6294-H6298 [8JN]

———executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, H472 [22JA]

Climate: global warming, H14886 [15DE]

Colleges and universities: reform and strengthen community colleges to promote college completion, H8500 [22JY]

Congress: joint session for Presidential address (H. Con. Res. 41), H1103 [10FE]

———joint session for Presidential address (H. Con. Res. 179), H9287 [8SE]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit funding, H8234, H8235 [16JY]

Cuba: lifting of travel restrictions, E958 [23AP]

Dalai Lama: call for extension of invitation to meet with Dalai Lama during U.S. visit, H10462 [6OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H2970-H2976 [4MR], H3039-H3045 [5MR], E1863 [21JY]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H4242 [31MR], H4422 [2AP]

———require State approval and Presidential notification and certification before transfer or release of individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a location in the U.S. (H.R. 2294), H5598 [14MY]

———review of protocol on media coverage of return to the U.S. of the remains of Armed Forces members killed overseas, H1278 [12FE], H2864 [26FE], H3683 [19MR]

Dept. of Justice: proposed release of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Yemen, H13499 [3DE]

Dept. of State: appoint special envoy to Sudan, H1214 [11FE], H2934 [4MR], H3724, H3727 [23MR], H9478 [14SE]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H2915 [3MR], H3043 [5MR], H3323 [11MR], H3620 [18MR], H4264 [1AP], H4510 [2AP], H4759 [27AP], H4884 [28AP], H5467 [12MY], H5635 [14MY], H9261 [31JY], H11807 [27OC], E1197 [19MY]

———evaluation of policies, H2866, H2867 [26FE], H2911, H2918-H2922 [3MR], H2964-H2970 [4MR], H2986 [5MR], H3070-H3076 [6MR], H3096-H3103 [9MR], H3325-H3329 [11MR], H3340, H3379-H3387 [12MR], H3441, H3443, H3445, H3520-H3524 [17MR], H3533 [18MR], H3675-H3677, H3689 [19MR], H3732-H3739 [23MR], H3752, H3754, H3755, H3784-H3786, H3789, H3790, H3814, H3825-H3828 [24MR], H3839, H3840, H3997 [25MR], H4030, H4031, H4049-H4054 [26MR], H4255, H4256 [1AP], H4490, H4513 [2AP], H4759-H4763 [27AP], H4970 [29AP], H5381 [7MY], H5690 [18MY], H5717, H5719 [19MY], H6292 [8JN], H6315, H6393-H6400 [9JN], H6544, H6599 [11JN], H6666 [12JN], H6820 [16JN], H6942, H6943 [17JN], H7920, H7922 [9JY], H7998 [10JY], H8193, H8194, H8294, H8297, H8299, H8300 [16JY], H8308, H8310 [17JY], H8374-H8376, H8394 [20JY], H8430, H8431, H8438, H8442, H8469, H8470, H8485 [21JY], H8582, H8583 [22JY], H9485 [14SE], H9500 [15SE], H9720-H9722 [17SE], H9947 [24SE], H9964 [25SE], H11562 [21OC], H11716 [23OC], H11776 [26OC], H11821, H11823 [27OC]

———Government bailout of automobile industry, H5988-H5993 [21MY], H6147-H6153 [3JN], H6678-H6683 [12JN], H7735 [7JY], H7998 [10JY], H9253 [31JY], H9484, H9485 [14SE]

———importance of job creation, H14379 [9DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H3758, H3760 [24MR], H4556, H4558 [21AP], H4694 [23AP], H5155-H5161 [5MY], H5466-H5472 [12MY]

———speeches to Wall Street and G-20 summit, H10077 [30SE]

Education: speech to schoolchildren, H9304, H9321 [8SE]

Executive Office of the President: accountability of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers and constitutionality of such appointments, H6790-H6796 [15JN], H7746 [8JY], H8051, H8065 [14JY], H9307, H9310 [8SE], H9347 [9SE], H9465 [14SE], H9705, H9723 [17SE], H10002, H10061 [29SE]

———establish an Office of Rural Policy, H6052 [2JN]

———Obama administration treatment of political opposition, H11586 [22OC], H11769 [26OC]

———prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser (H.R. 3226), H9310 [8SE], H9674 [17SE], H10488 [6OC]

———provide a sunset date for unconfirmed officials and advisers, require their Senate confirmation, and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (H.R. 3569), H10062 [29SE], H10504, H10505 [6OC], H11284 [13OC]

———require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (H. Con. Res. 185), H10504, H10505 [6OC], H11283 [13OC]

———require certain unconfirmed officials or advisers to be confirmed by the Senate, H11080, H11081 [7OC]

———restore White House Office of Consumer Affairs, E274 [13FE]

Foreign countries: provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, H3725 [23MR], H9479 [14SE], H13445 [2DE]

Foreign policy: evaluation, H4554 [21AP], H4919 [29AP], H5054 [30AP], H9989-H9993 [25SE], H10076 [30SE]

———tribute to speech in Cairo, Egypt, H6293 [8JN], E1401 [12JN]

General Motors Corp.: removal of Chief Executive Officer, Rick Wagoner, E869 [2AP]

Government regulations: proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, H7115 [23JN], H8414 [21JY], H8589 [23JY], H8812 [27JY], H9496 [15SE]

Health: joint congressional address on health care reform, H9477 [14SE]

Hempstead, NY: tribute to Barack Obama Elementary School, E983 [27AP]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H3613 [18MR], H3719 [23MR], H3760 [24MR], H4760 [27AP]

Hudson Valley Community College: visit by President Obama, H9874 [23SE]

Human rights: evaluation of policies, E1693-E1695 [9JY], E2347 [23SE], E2779 [17NO]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H424 [21JA], H6417 [10JN], H13038 [17NO]

Israel: U.S. policy, H9905 [24SE]

Jennings, Kevin B.: evaluation of suitability for current position as Assistant Deputy Sec. of Education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, H11283-H11285 [13OC], H11509-H11511 [20OC], H14738 [10DE]

Joint Congressional Address, E317 [24FE]

Jones, Anthony (Van): resignation as White House Council on Environmental Quality Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, H9307, H9310 [8SE]

Middle East: direct the President to transmit a report to Congress on anti-American incitement to violence (H.R. 2278), H13558-H13560 [8DE], E3022 [17DE]

———Israeli-Palestinian peace process, H6292 [8JN], H6319 [9JN], H6520, H6521, H6522 [10JN]

Motor vehicles: increase new vehicle corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and establish a national carbon emission reduction program, H5769 [19MY]

National Day of Prayer: observance, H5274, H5278 [6MY], H5313 [7MY], E1096, E1106 [7MY]

National Guard: tribute to Minnesota National Guard for participation in the Presidential inaugural, E157 [27JA]

National security: impact of Executive orders, H2636 [25FE]

———prohibit funding to implement Executive order relative to closure of detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H6941, H6942 [17JN]

News media: allegations of bias in reports of President Obama approval ratings, H8189 [16JY], E1046 [4MY], E2507 [13OC], E2535 [14OC]

———allegations of bias in reports of President Obama's promise not to raise taxes relative to Affordable Health Care for America Act, H13074 [18NO]

———allegations of bias in reports on the nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice, E1287 [3JN]

———allegations of media bias, H10003 [29SE], H10412 [1OC], H11304 [14OC], H11466 [20OC], H11556 [21OC], H12012 [28OC], H12050 [29OC]

———allegations of media bias in coverage of certain issues, H7997 [10JY]

———allegations of media bias in coverage of health care issues, H9811 [23SE], H9904 [24SE], E2300 [17SE]

———allegations of media bias in coverage of issues based on political affiliation, H1090 [10FE], H1163 [11FE], H3150 [11MR], H4488 [2AP], H4919 [29AP], H7256 [25JN], H12982 [16NO]

———discourage rhetoric that encourages partisanship on national economic issues, H2948 [4MR]

———objectivity relative to Presidential inaugural costs, H393 [21JA]

Political campaigns: evaluation of policies relative to Presidential campaign promises, H4241 [31MR]

POW: decision to block release of photos of alleged abuse of detainees by U.S. personnel, H5587 [14MY], H6549 [11JN]

Presidential appointments: process for selecting Supreme Court nominees, H5273 [6MY]

Puerto Rico: fuel depot explosion, E2640 [27OC]

Religion: decision to cover religious symbol during speech at Georgetown University, H4738 [27AP]

———importance of prayer, H4558 [21AP], H5896 [21MY], H9539-H9542 [15SE]

Research: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H3080, H3090 [9MR], H3111 [10MR], H3148, H3149, H3330-H3336 [11MR], H6527 [10JN], E632 [11MR]

Russia: U.S. policy, H7830-H7835 [8JY], H7923 [9JY], H11101-H11104 [7OC]

Summit of the Americas: attendance, H4557 [21AP]

Taxation: proposed reduction in deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions, H2911 [3MR], H2931, H2932 [4MR], H3091 [9MR]

Tribute, H393, H394 [21JA], E207 [4FE], E220 [9FE]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: evaluation and impact of Obama administration business policies, H12049, H12050, H12122 [29OC]

University of Notre Dame: appropriateness of delivery of commencement address relative to views on abortion, H5673 [18MY]

Wilson, Representative Joe: disapprove interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform (H. Res. 744), H9529-H9534, H9541 [15SE], E2274 [15SE], E2290 [16SE]

———interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform, H9417 [10SE], H9447, H9471, H9475, H9485 [14SE]

Remarks in Senate

Administration: evaluation, S2904 [9MR], S5365-S5367 [12MY], S5477 [14MY], S7677-S7682 [20JY], S10661 [22OC]

Afghanistan: strategy for continued U.S. military presence, S12099 [2DE], S12690 [8DE], S13414, S13422, S13427 [18DE]

———U.S. policy, S4795 [28AP]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S5464-S5466 [14MY]

Armed Forces: plan for withdrawal from Iraq, S2578 [27FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S2545-S2547 [26FE], S2924-S2927 [10MR], S2991-S2995, S3006-S3009, S3011-S3014 [11MR], S3039, S3041, S3092 [12MR], S3097, S3103-S3106, S3108 [16MR], S3126-S3131, S3135, S3154-S3156 [17MR], S3323-S3328, S3336, S3344-S3347, S3357 [18MR], S3381-S3384, S3514, S3516-S3520, S3533, S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3584, S3589-S3592 [23MR], S3621-S3626, S3632-S3634 [24MR], S3740-S3745, S3756, S3757, S3773-S3776 [25MR], S3821, S3832, S3844, S3885-S3890 [26MR], S5250 [7MY], S9711 [23SE]

———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, S3951, S3954, S3957 [30MR]

———deficit, S3818-S3822 [26MR], S3969-S3971 [30MR], S4849-S4858 [29AP]

———reconciliation process, S3131 [17MR], S3832 [26MR], S3956, S3957, S3963 [30MR], S4847-S4852, S4854, S4859, S4864, S4865, S4873-S4878 [29AP]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, S9975 [30SE]

CIA: executive order to close all overseas detention facilities for terror suspects, S780 [22JA]

———release of memos regarding torture, S4726 [27AP], S4836 [29AP], S4948 [30AP]

Civil liberties: Executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, S3124-S3126 [17MR], S3326 [18MR], S4470 [21AP], S4710 [24AP], S4726, S4732 [27AP], S4836 [29AP], S4907, S4911-S4915 [30AP], S5002 [1MY], S5045 [4MY], S5098 [5MY], S5308, S5311 [11MY], S5341 [12MY], S5418-S5420 [13MY], S5459-S5463, S5476 [14MY], S5596 [19MY], S5667-S5669 [20MY], S6150 [4JN], S6395 [10JN], S7679, S7680 [20JY]

———executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, S779, S780 [22JA]

Climate: global warming, S9648 [22SE]

Colleges and universities: proposed community college initiative, S7473 [14JY]

Committee To Escort the President: appoint, S2432 [24FE]

Congress: joint session for Presidential address (H. Con. Res. 179), S9141 [8SE]

———joint session for the State of the Union Message (H. Con. Res. 41), S2166 [11FE]

Cuba: democracy efforts, S4302 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: funding, S4415-S4418 [20AP], S4711-S4717 [24AP]

———require State approval and Presidential notification and certification before transfer or release of individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a location in the U.S., S5687 [20MY]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S2100-S2102 [11FE], S2407 [24FE], S3514 [19MR], S3941 [30MR], S4471 [21AP], S13419 [18DE]

———evaluation of policies, S2405 [24FE], S2545-S2547 [26FE], S2991-S2995, S3011-S3014 [11MR], S3041 [12MR], S3126-S3131, S3135, S3154-S3156 [17MR], S3344-S3347 [18MR], S3632-S3634 [24MR], S3818-S3822 [26MR], S4470, S4488-S4490 [21AP], S4770-S4772 [28AP], S4832-S4836, S4883-S4885 [29AP], S5412-S5415 [13MY], S6012-S6015 [3JN], S6754 [18JN], S7155 [7JY], S7355-S7357 [10JY], S9256 [10SE], S10561-S10564 [20OC], S11332 [10NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S3047 [12MR]

Education: evaluation of policies, S5343-S5346 [12MY]

———speech to schoolchildren, S9103-S9106 [8SE]

Executive Office of the President: accountability of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers and constitutionality of such appointments, S9304-S9306 [14SE], S9497-S9499 [17SE]

———Obama administration treatment of political opposition, S10590-S10592 [21OC]

———prohibit funding for administrative expenses for unconfirmed official unless the President certifies the official agrees to testify before and provide information to congressional committees, S9643, S9644 [22SE], S9794 [24SE]

———require certain unconfirmed officials or advisers to be confirmed by the Senate, S10830 [28OC]

———restore White House Office of Consumer Affairs, S1051 [29JA]

Federal employees: impact of signing statement on whistleblower protection, S3603 [23MR]

———Presidential Memorandum to provide certain benefits to domestic partners, S6713 [17JN]

Financial institutions: characterization of remarks relative to financial services companies use of economic stimulus funds to pay for trips to Las Vegas, NV, S2100, S2123 [11FE]

Foreign policy: commend leadership relative to inter-agency strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and require release of certain information before an increase in U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, S10023 [1OC]

———evaluation, S4530 [22AP], S4726-S4728 [27AP], S7679 [20JY], S10045 [1OC]

———importance of arms control policies, S2661 [3MR], S5989 [3JN]

———trip to China, S11402 [17NO]

Freedom of Information Act: implementation under Obama administration, S779 [22JA]

Government regulations: proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, S6682, S6692-S6695, S6700 [17JN]

Health: impact of media coverage on public perception of health care reform, S11823 [19NO]

———joint congressional address on health care reform, S9158 [9SE], S9282 [11SE]

Immigration: implementation of the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification relative to Federal contractors and subcontractors, S5901-S5903 [1JN]

Inaugural address, S663 [20JA]

Kent, Samuel B.: resignation as district judge, S7056 [25JN]

National security: evaluation of national security policies, S4836 [29AP], S5791-S5793 [21MY]

Pakistan: U.S. policy, S4795 [28AP]

POW: decision to block release of photos of alleged abuse of detainees by U.S. personnel, S6484, S6485 [11JN]

Presidential appointments: process for selecting Supreme Court nominees, S5420 [13MY]

———Senate process for confirmation of nominees, S5406, S5407 [13MY]

Research: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S2874, S2905 [9MR], S3063 [12MR], S3364 [18MR]

———issuance of administration guidelines for implementing Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S7295 [9JY]

Russia: U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal negotiations and U.S. missile defense plans, S7341-S7348 [10JY]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S8153 [28JY], S12541 [6DE], S12792 [9DE], S12856, S12857, S12901-S12904 [10DE], S13093, S13094 [12DE], S13714, S13716, S13717 [22DE]

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

Taxation: proposed reduction in deduction for charitable contributions, S3042 [12MR], S3381 [19MR]

———proposed reduction in deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions, S3104 [16MR]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S4399 [2AP], S6666 [16JN], S9189 [9SE]

Tribute, S661, S670 [20JA], S709, S712, S714 [21JA], S737 [22JA], S6249 [8JN]

Reports filed

Presidential Transmittal of Information Relative to Communications With and Financial Assistance Provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Res. 591)) (H. Rept. 111-231), H8808 [24JY]

Request President and Require Dept. of Defense To Furnish All Information on Impact of Notification of Miranda Rights to Certain Detainees in Afghanistan: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H. Res. 602) (H. Rept. 111-221), H8706 [23JY]

Request President Furnish House of Representatives Documents on Effects of Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Into U.S., on Foreign Intelligence: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Res. 923) (H. Rept. 111-384), H15506 [19DE]

Request the President and Dept. of Justice Furnish the House of Representatives Information on Notification of Miranda Rights to Detainees in Afghanistan: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 537) (H. Rept. 111-189), H7703 [26JN]

Request the President Furnish the House of Representatives With EPA Documents on Endangerment Findings on Greenhouse Gases: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 449) (H. Rept. 111-146), H6742 [12JN]

Request the President Furnish the House of Representatives With Information on Communications With Chrysler LLC Relative to Plant Closings: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 462) (H. Rept. 111-147), H6742 [12JN]

Statements

Joint Understanding on U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Renewal Negotiations, S7345 [10JY]

Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy, S10480 [15OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 41, joint session of Congress for Presidential address, H1103 [10FE]

H. Con. Res. 179, joint session of Congress for Presidential address, H9287 [8SE]

H. Res. 744, disapprove interruption by Representative Joe Wilson of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform, H9529 [15SE]

H.R. 2278, direct the President to transmit a report to Congress on anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle East, H13558 [8DE]

Transcripts

Economic Stimulus Package: ``AC 360,'' CNN, H3819 [24MR]

Inauguration of President Obama and Vice President Biden, S667-S670 [20JA]