REED, JACK (a Senator from Rhode Island)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8632 [31JY], S8693 [3AU], S8775 [4AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1449, S1458 [3FE], S1498, S1542, S1557, S1582, S1590, S1593, S1598 [4FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5677, S5739 [20MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4135, S4201, S4206, S4212 [1AP], S4255, S4263, S4391 [2AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5030, S5041 [1MY], S5116 [5MY], S5175 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491 [14JY], S7707 [20JY], S7930 [22JY], S7949, S8027 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9989 [30SE], S10019 [1OC]

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

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), S4701 [23AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8148 [27JY], S8209 [28JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12397, S12425 [4DE], S12709, S12726 [8DE], S12805 [9DE], S12910, S12911 [10DE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2498 [25FE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12397, S12425 [4DE], S12709, S12726 [8DE], S12805 [9DE], S12910, S12911 [10DE]

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

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S8024 [23JY]

———H.R. 2847, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, S11186 [5NO]

———H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9812 [24SE]

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

———H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11411 [17NO]

———H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8263 [29JY]

———S. 454, Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, S5495 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Sail Training Association: tribute (see S. Res. 158), S6889 [22JN]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see S. 1834), S10961 [30OC]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S10487 [15OC]

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

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

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S10362 [13OC]

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see S. 61), S212 [8JA]

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

Books: authorize collection of nonmonetary book donations in Senate office buildings to assist elementary school students in the District of Columbia area (see S. Res. 69), S2910 [9MR]

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

Children and youth: update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S7194 [7JY]

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

Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 170), S256 [9JA]

———develop coastal and ocean observation system, improve warnings of natural hazards, enhance homeland security, support maritime operations, and improve coastal and marine resource management (see S. 171), S211 [8JA]

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

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

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

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

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 1158), S8766 [4AU]

———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), S5128 [5MY]

———establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see S. 1523), S8196 [28JY]

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

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see S. 660), S6453 [10JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 1317), S11883 [20NO]

———establish a competitive grant program to assist local criminal prosecutors' offices in investigating and prosecuting crimes of real estate fraud (see S. 1724), S9930 [29SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S6031 [3JN]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S6452 [10JN]

———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), S6453 [10JN]

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: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S9327 [14SE]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S5129 [5MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S7140 [6JY]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 981), S7194 [7JY]

Education: establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see S. 1532), S10062 [1OC]

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

FBI: prevent destruction of terrorist and criminal National Instant Criminal Background Check System records (see S. 2820), S12070 [1DE]

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

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

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), S5128 [5MY]

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

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 843), S4513 [21AP]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see S. 850), S8197 [28JY]

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), S5501 [14MY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 316), S10778 [27OC]

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

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S9930 [29SE]

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

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

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

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see S. 1428), S8095 [24JY]

Health: 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]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S9869 [25SE]

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

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

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: ensure management of bluefin tuna fishery adheres to certain scientific advice to support conservation, recovery, and spawning efforts (see S. Res. 346), S11290 [9NO]

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), S6453 [10JN]

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

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

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: authorize funds to carry out Community Safety Initiative (see S. 595), S3113 [16MR]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (see S. 718), S5372 [12MY]

Medicaid: extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see S. 547), S6365 [9JN]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S5556 [18MY]

Medicare: improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (see S. 701), S5129 [5MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 700), S5233 [6MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S5128 [5MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 542), S2965 [10MR] (see S. 620), S3370 [18MR]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S9265 [10SE]

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

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 235), S8681 [3AU]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S3369 [18MR]

National Boating Day: observance (see S. Res. 199), S6994 [24JN]

National Reading Month: designate (see S. Res. 69), S2910 [9MR]

NOAA: establish a coordinated and comprehensive Federal ocean and coastal mapping program (see S. 174), S338 [13JA]

Oceans: develop and coordinate interagency ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish ocean acidification program within NOAA (see S. 173), S211 [8JA]

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S5556 [18MY]

———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), S10521 [19OC]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see S. 998), S5281 [7MY]

———permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures (see S. 214), S6364 [9JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S5436 [13MY]

Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission: establish (see S. 518), S2691 [3MR]

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

Tariff: pigment orange 74 (see S. 2704), S10991 [2NO]

———pigment yellow 97 (see S. 2707), S10991 [2NO]

———pigment yellow 151 (see S. 2709), S10991 [2NO]

———pigment yellow 154 (see S. 2703), S10991 [2NO]

———pigment yellow 180 (see S. 2706), S10991 [2NO]

———pigment yellow 191 (see S. 2705), S10991 [2NO]

———pigment yellow 194 (see S. 2708), S10991 [2NO]

Taxation: make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S5615 [19MY]

———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts (see S. 271), S894 [27JA]

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

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]

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

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), S13252 [15DE]

Veterans: establish veterans' treatment courts (see S. 902), S4755 [27AP]

———expand homeless veterans with special needs grant program to include males with minor dependents and establish program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see S. 1237), S6542 [11JN]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S7071 [25JN]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S4964 [30AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S10852 [28OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1345), S6993 [24JN]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 1362), S7070 [25JN]

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), S9078 [7AU]

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

Diseases: increase immunization rates (see S. 1003), S5281 [7MY]

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

FDA: establish standards for the inclusion of risks, benefits, and comparative clinical effectiveness information in drug and device labeling and advertising (see S. 1142), S5819 [21MY]

Health care professionals: provide improved training and primary care (see S. 1720), S9869 [25SE]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize (see S. 808), S4310 [2AP]

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

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S3550 [19MR]

Medicaid: provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (see S. 2833), S12322 [3DE]

Mental health: integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (see S. 1188), S6185 [4JN]

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

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1672), S9371 [15SE]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 52), S2365 [23FE]

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), S9982 [30SE]

SEC: require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (see S. 1276), S6650 [16JN]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S5614 [19MY]

Securities: comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (see S. 1691), S9653 [22SE]

Tariff: acid blue 80 (see S. 2697), S10990 [2NO]

———ammonium polyphosphate (see S. 2700), S10990 [2NO]

———phosphinic acid, diethyl-, aluminum salt (see S. 2702), S10991 [2NO]

———phosphinic acid, diethyl-, aluminum salt with synergists and encapsulating agents (see S. 2701), S10990 [2NO]

———phosphinic acid, diethyl-, zinc salt (see S. 2699), S10990 [2NO]

———pigment orange 43 (see S. 2698), S10990 [2NO]

———pigment red 187 (see S. 2696), S10990 [2NO]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1647), S9078 [7AU] (see S. 1699), S9733 [23SE] (see S. 2831), S12322 [3DE]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S8557 [30JY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [6JA]

Cloture motions

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), motion to proceed, S3096 [12MR], S3109 [16MR]

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]

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

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

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5426 [13MY], S5570 [19MY]

———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), S7861 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10568 [20OC], S10669 [22OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9975 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13295 [16DE], S13407 [18DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7253 [8JY]

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 Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9365 [15SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12898 [10DE], S13073 [12DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8213 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10328 [8OC], S10399 [14OC]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10465 [15OC], S10614 [21OC]

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

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

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

Sunstein, Cass R.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S9096 [7AU], S9172 [9SE]

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

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), S6840 [19JN], S6880 [22JN], S9123 [8SE]

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

Letters

Dept. of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program funding: Timothy R. Warfield, National Association for State Community Service Programs and David Bradley, National Community Action Foundation, S8260 [29JY]

EPA application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes: Arthur N. Marin, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (organization), S10905 [29OC]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: several law professors, S8925 [6AU]

Providence, RI, Emergency Operations Center funding: David N. Cicilline, Mayor of Providence, RI, S7234 [8JY]

———J. David Smith, Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency, S7234 [8JY]

Lists

Rhode Island teachers receiving National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' National Board Certification, S13381 [17DE]

Motions

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S11171 [5NO]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Privilege of the floor

Fasnacht, Randy, S5167 [5MY]

Harvell, Samantha, S3618 [23MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2784 [5MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1624, S1670 [5FE]

Armed Forces: express condolences for soldiers killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX, S11245 [6NO]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S4718 [24AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4134, S4135, S4148 [1AP], S4254, S4256 [2AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3755 [25MR]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5106, S5107, S5113, S5114, S5115 [5MY], S5173, S5180, S5183 [6MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5411 [13MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7598 [16JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7598 [16JY], S7956 [23JY]

———F-22 aircraft program funding, S7598 [16JY]

———Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, S7956 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 1345), S7009 [24JN]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (S. 1362), S7081 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program funding, S8260 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (S. 1523), S8198 [28JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7233, S7234 [8JY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, S11170, S11171 [5NO]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (S. 1646), S9080 [7AU], S10747 [27OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10904 [29OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for expenditure of remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers, S4254, S4256 [2AP]

———provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 376), S1543 [4FE]

———remove requirement to liquidate warrants if Troubled Asset Relief Program funds are returned by financial institutions, S5114, S5115 [5MY], S5173 [6MY]

———return Troubled Asset Relief Program funds not set aside for purchasing toxic assets to the Treasury for debt reduction, S4256 [2AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), unanimous-consent agreement, S11422 [17NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9535 [17SE]

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), S760 [22JA]

Diseases: increase immunization rates (S. 1003), S5287 [7MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (S. 866), S4581 [22AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8260 [29JY]

EPA: application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes, S10904 [29OC]

FDA: establish standards for the inclusion of risks, benefits, and comparative clinical effectiveness information in drug and device labeling and advertising (S. 1142), S5848 [21MY]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), motion to proceed, S6001 [3JN]

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), S8518 [30JY]

Federal Highway Administration: State allocation funding distribution, S9535 [17SE]

FEMA: prohibit earmarking of grants for Emergency Operations Centers and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, S7233, S7234 [8JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8082 [24JY], S10018 [1OC], S10756 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13745 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12279 [3DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11945 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11517 [19NO]

Health care professionals: provide improved training and primary care (S. 1720), S9870 [25SE]

Hill, Christopher R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4495 [21AP]

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

———reauthorize, S5106, S5107, S5113 [5MY], S5180, S5183 [6MY]

———reauthorize (S. 808), S4357 [2AP]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (S. 1658), S9265 [10SE]

Kagan, Elena: nomination to be Solicitor General, S3532 [19MR]

LIHEAP: funding, S4135, S4148 [1AP]

Lynn, William J., III: grant of waiver from Executive order prohibiting registered lobbyists from seeking or accepting employment with an executive agency that they recently lobbied, S2120 [11FE]

———nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Defense, S2120 [11FE]

Medicaid: provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (S. 2833), S12328 [3DE]

———State eligibility for Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1670 [5FE]

Medicare: eliminate funding cuts, S12279 [3DE]

Mental health: integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (S. 1188), S6201 [4JN]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (S. 1672), S9378 [15SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S6352 [9JN]

Public lands: establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property, S5113 [5MY]

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 (S. 1731), S9984 [30SE]

Rhode Island: tribute to teachers receiving National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' National Board Certification, S13381 [17DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S11170, S11171 [5NO]

SEC: require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (S. 1276), S6654 [16JN]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (S. 1073), S5617 [19MY]

Securities: comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (S. 1691), S9655 [22SE]

Senate: legislative program, S671 [20JA]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S975 [28JA]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8924 [6AU]

Taxation: extend and modify the first-time homebuyer credit, S11078 [4NO]

Tobacco products: discourage use and reduce consumption by children and youth, S6001 [3JN]

U.S. Naval War College: anniversary, S10161 [6OC]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10092 [5OC], S10287 [8OC], S10534 [20OC], S11020 [3NO], S11078, S11080 [4NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10747 [27OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 1647), S9081 [7AU]

Unemployment Trust Fund: temporarily protect solvency, S8518 [30JY]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 1547), S8562 [30JY]

Votes: position on missed, S7311 [9JY]

Tables

Federal Highway Administration estimated distribution of Federal-aid highway program obligation limitation, S9535 [17SE]

Texts of

S. 376, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act, S1544 [4FE]

S. 656, Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, S3566 [19MR]

S. 808, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act, S4358-S4368 [2AP]

S. 866, No Child Left Inside Act, S4581-S4584 [22AP]

S. 1003, Immunization Improvement Act, S5288-S5290 [7MY]

S. 1073, Rating Accountability and Transparency Enhancement (RATE) Act, S5617-S5620 [19MY]

S. 1142, Informed Health Care Decision Making Act, S5849 [21MY]

S. 1188, Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act, S6202-S6204 [4JN]

S. 1276, Private Fund Transparency Act, S6654 [16JN]

S. 1345, Prescribe a Book Act, S7009 [24JN]

S. 1362, Success in the Middle Act, S7082-S7086 [25JN]

S. 1547, Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act, S8562-S8564 [30JY]

S. 1646, Keep Americans Working Act, S9080 [7AU]

S. 1647, Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act, S9082 [7AU]

S. 1658, Healthy Housing Council Act, S9266-S9268 [10SE]

S. 1672, National Oilheat Research Alliance Act reauthorization, S9378 [15SE]

S. 1699, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S9745 [23SE]

S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, S9870 [25SE]

S. 1731, Preserving Homes and Communities Act, S9985-S9988 [30SE]

S. 2831, Helping Unemployed Workers Act, S12325-S12327 [3DE]

S. 2833, Transitional Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act, S12328-S12330 [3DE]

Tributes

Biden, Joseph R., Jr., S640 [16JA]

Byrd, Senator, S11445 [18NO]

Clinton, Senator, S641 [16JA]

Galvin, Kevin J., S7064 [25JN]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9199 [10SE], S10756 [27OC]

McGovern, Michael, S6355 [9JN]

Metz, Thomas F., S11245 [6NO]

Pell, Claiborne, S21 [6JA]

Salazar, Senator, S638 [16JA]