ALEXANDER, LAMAR (a Senator from Tennessee)
Addresses
Demise of Saturn LLC: by, S10309 [8OC]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Anniversary: by, S9105 [8SE]
Meeting Challenges—A Way Forward for Congress: Senator McConnell, S799 [26JA]
Pell Grant Funding: by, S10 [6JA]
Amendments
Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2718 [3MR]
———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1530, S1601 [4FE], S1679, S1714 [5FE], S1865 [6FE]
———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5642 [19MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4033, S4089, S4091, S4092, S4101 [31MR], S4123, S4173, S4201, S4205, S4219, S4222 [1AP], S4281, S4391 [2AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7484 [14JY], S7566 [15JY], S7710 [20JY], S7908, S7932 [22JY]
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), S4554, S4592 [22AP]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9581, S9594 [21SE]
Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), S8997 [6AU]
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), S588, S628 [15JA]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8183, S8209 [28JY]
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6218 [4JN], S6366 [9JN]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12544, S12553 [6DE]
House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2559 [26FE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10319 [8OC]
Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S1069, S1099 [29JA]
Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12544, S12553 [6DE]
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), S6661 [16JN]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10737 [26OC]
Appointments
Committee to escort German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, into the House Chamber, H12201 [3NO]
Committee To Escort the President, H2625 [24FE]
Committee to escort the President, H9390 [9SE]
Conferee: H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5804 [21MY]
———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. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8263 [29JY]
———H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9541 [17SE]
Articles and editorials
ALCOA Hopes New Power Contract Will Bring Smelting Restart, Robert Norris, Maryville (TN) Daily Times, S4732 [27AP]
Are There Obamashares in Your Future? Peter Hannaford, American Spectator (publication), S6876 [22JN]
Auto Dealers at Risk Turn to Washington, Carl Hulse and Bernie Becker, New York (NY) Times, S6756 [18JN]
Barney Frank, Car Czar, Wall Street Journal, S6240 [8JN]
Barney Frank, Car Guy and Green Guy. So He Pressures GM, George F. Will, Newsweek (publication), S6756 [18JN]
Baucus Bill Is a Tax Bill, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Wall Street Journal, S10393 [14OC]
Breaking Down Government Motors, Brian Darling, Heritage.org (Internet site), S6757 [18JN]
Bredesen Faces Painful Choices as TN Begins Budget Triage, Tom Humphrey, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, S11399 [17NO]
Chiefs Eschew Partisanship, David M. Drucker, Roll Call (publication), S4879 [29AP]
Colleges Are Pushed To Convert Loan System, Tamar Lewin, New York (NY) Times, S10819 [28OC]
Czarist Washington, Senator Hutchison, Washington (DC) Post, S9307 [14SE]
Deficit Leaps to $1.4 Trillion, Martin Crutsinger, Nashville (TN) Tennessean, S10513 [19OC]
Feingold Questions Obama `Czars', Jordan Fabian, TheHill.com (Internet site), S9498 [17SE]
40-Year Wish List, Wall Street Journal, S1113 [30JA]
Getting Real on Wind and Solar, James Schlesinger and Robert L. Hirsch, Washington (DC) Post, S4731 [27AP]
Gimmicky Auto Bill Frames Serious Issue, Athens (GA) Banner-Herald, S6758 [18JN]
Hardest Call, New York (NY) Times, S13673 [21DE]
Health Reform Could Harm Medicaid Patients—A Vast Expansion of the Program Will Impose Unsustainable Costs on Treatment Centers, Edward Miller, Wall Street Journal, S12749 [9DE]
How To Fix the Health-Care ``Wedge'', Arthur B. Laffer, Wall Street Journal, S8895 [6AU]
How We Can Achieve Bipartisan Health Reform, Senators Wyden and Bennett, Washington (DC) Post, S8894 [6AU]
Local Soldier Remembered by Community, Brian Bishop, Johnson City (TN) Press, S11310 [10NO]
Low-Interest Mortgages Are the Answer—Stop the Decline in Home Prices, Stop the Crisis, R. Glenn Hubbard and Christopher J. Mayer, Wall Street Journal, S1112 [30JA]
Majority Leader Protects Home State, Robert Pear, New York (NY) Times, S9945 [30SE]
Medicare Expansion Won't Get Us There—Proposal Would Not Increase Access to Health Care Services or Control Costs, Jeffrey O. Korsmo, Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center Blog (Internet site), S12854 [10DE]
Members Take Auto Closings Personally, Lisa Lerer, Politico (publication), S6757 [18JN]
News on State Budget Grim, Tom Humphrey, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, S11398 [17NO]
Obama's Plan Isn't the Answer, Martin Feldstein, Washington (DC) Post, S8157 [28JY]
Obama's Pledge To Tax Only the Rich Can't Pay for Everything, Analysts Say, Jackie Calmes, New York (NY) Times, S8645 [3AU]
Pelosi Jobs Tax, Wall Street Journal, S8644 [3AU]
`Potential' Disruption?—Ending D.C. School Vouchers Would Dash the Best Hopes of Hundreds of Children, Washington (DC) Post, S2786 [5MR]
Rate of Enrollment in Medicaid Rose Rapidly, Report Says, Kevin Sack, New York (NY) Times, S10000 [1OC]
Report—Bill Would Reduce Senior Care, Lori Montgomery, Washington (DC) Post, S11398 [17NO]
Side by Side—Ingram-Alexander Partnership Perseveres, Michael Collins, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, S4878 [29AP]
Spec. Frederick Greene, Washington (DC) Post, S11310 [10NO]
State May Release Prisoners To Cut Costs, Chas Sisk, Nashville (TN) Tennessean, S11399 [17NO]
States' Budget Gaps Are Another Test for Washington, Jonathan Weisman, Wall Street Journal, S6626 [16JN]
States' Quarterly Tax Revenue Plunges 17%, Conor Dougherty, Wall Street Journal, S9945 [30SE]
States Resist Medicaid Growth, Shailagh Murray, Washington (DC) Post, S10138 [6OC]
States Turning to Last Resorts in Budget Crisis, Abby Goodnough, New York (NY) Times, S6904 [23JN]
Taxpayers' Bill Leaps by Trillions, Dennis Cauchon, USA Today, S1112 [30JA]
U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard To Unwind, Edmund L. Andrews and David E. Sanger, New York (NY) Times, S9306 [14SE]
US Schools Chief Wants DC Kids To Keep Vouchers, Libby Quaid, Associated Press (news service), S2785 [5MR]
Vote for Ignorance, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S2786 [5MR]
What I Learned as a Car Czar, Ion M. Pacepa, Wall Street Journal, S7160 [7JY]
Will Obama Stand Up for These Kids? Wall Street Journal, S2786 [5MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: express condolences for soldiers killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX (see S. Res. 344), S11253 [6NO]
———include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see S. 831), S8865 [5AU]
———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S10162 [6OC]
———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see S. 731), S3897 [26MR]
Baker, Richard A.: designate as Historian Emeritus of the Senate (see S. Res. 230), S8272 [29JY]
Bell, Griffin B.: tribute (see S. Res. 15), S652 [16JA]
Bellmon, Henry: tribute (see S. Res. 293), S9930 [29SE]
Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S7072 [25JN]
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]
Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see S. Res. 112), S4670 [23AP]
Budget: establish a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government (see S. 169), S211 [8JA]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7319 [9JY]
Business and industry: prohibit employers from enforcing binding arbitration to settle work-related rape claims (see S. 2915), S13458 [18DE]
Byrd, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S11492 [18NO]
Citizenship Day: support ideals and goals (see S. Res. 271), S9436 [16SE]
Civil liberties: protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personally identifiable information collected by States when issuing driver's licenses and identification documents (see S. 1261), S6940 [23JN]
Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see S. 395), S2027 [9FE]
Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges (see S. 166), S169 [7JA]
Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 1282), S6720 [17JN]
DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (see S. 256), S598 [15JA]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S. (see S. 370), S8272 [29JY]
Dept. of Education: extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see S. 2796), S11492 [18NO]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 1552), S8997 [6AU]
Dept. of HHS: 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), S2365 [23FE]
———establish Office of Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (see S. 2128), S11119 [4NO]
———establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Program (see S. 1104), S5700 [20MY]
Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (see S.J. Res. 24), S13458 [18DE]
Dept. of the Treasury: delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (see S. 1723), S10636 [21OC]
———prohibit Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from funding Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see S. 1710), S10163 [6OC]
———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see S. 1683), S9932 [29SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), S4446 [20AP]
Disasters: provide child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a Presidentially declared disaster (see S. 2898), S13382 [17DE]
Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S4062 [31MR]
———strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see S. 1478), S7779 [21JY]
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: pay survivors compensation otherwise payable to a Dept. of Energy contractor employee who dies after application for compensation (see S. 1306), S6845 [19JN]
English language: declare as national language of U.S. (see S. 992), S5232 [6MY]
———require accreditation of training programs (see S. 1338), S6993 [24JN]
FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see S. 34), S40 [6JA]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (see S. 510), S2691 [3MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see S. 696), S3784 [25MR]
Ferschke, Hotaru Nakama: relief (see S. 1774), S10361 [13OC]
GAO: review emergency credit facilities established by the FRS or any Federal Reserve bank (see S. 1803), S11883 [20NO]
Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S8765 [4AU]
Government: require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities (see S. 1223), S7141 [6JY]
Hansen, Clifford P.: tribute (see S. Res. 315), S10635 [21OC]
Hawkins, Paula: tribute (see S. Res. 370), S12413 [4DE]
Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see S. 1660), S11291 [9NO]
Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 45), S169 [7JA]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1099), S5700 [20MY]
———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see S. 391), S1677 [5FE]
———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 450), S2366 [23FE]
Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (see S. 733), S4447 [20AP]
Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see S. 646), S3550 [19MR]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S9654 [22SE]
Immigration: reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see S. 1505), S8273 [29JY]
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]
Medicare: ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see S. 1221), S9931 [29SE]
———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see S. 511), S4172 [1AP]
———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see S. 935), S4963 [30AP]
———improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (see S. 701), S3785 [25MR]
———reduce fraud (see S. 975), S5127 [5MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (see S. Res. 212), S7781 [21JY]
Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S11430 [17NO]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]
National Archives and Records Administration: anniversary (see S. Res. 197), S6845 [19JN]
———authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (see S. 2872), S13032 [11DE]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 314), S10520 [19OC]
National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 134), S5232 [6MY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 229), S8272 [29JY]
National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 478), S2473 [25FE]
National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 104), S4445 [20AP]
Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 151), S5502 [14MY]
Pell, Claiborne: tribute (see S. Res. 8), S43 [6JA]
Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see S. 379), S2028 [9FE]
Russell Senate Office Building: designate the Kennedy Caucus Room (see S. Res. 264), S9326 [14SE]
Science: provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (see S. 583), S3073 [12MR]
Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S2474 [25FE]
Senate Rules: prohibit ``filling the amendment tree'' by preventing a Senator from filing a second degree amendment to his or her first degree amendment (see S. Res. 12), S309 [12JA]
———require all legislative matters be available and scored by CBO for a certain period before consideration by any subcommittee, committee, or on the floor (see S. 1772), S10637 [21OC] (see S. Res. 307), S10217 [7OC]
Tariff: cotton shirting fabrics (see S. 2532), S11206 [5NO]
———electric cooktops (see S. 2523), S10959 [30OC]
———N,N-hexane-1,6-diylbis(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenylpropionamide)) (see S. 2130), S10916 [29OC]
———pentaerythritol tetrakis[3-(dodecylthio)propionate] (see S. 2131), S10916 [29OC]
Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S10435 [14OC]
———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see S. 1402), S7192 [7JY]
———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 23), S168 [7JA] (see S. 35), S40 [6JA]
———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 316), S826 [26JA]
———modify requirements for windows, doors, and skylights to be eligible for the credit for nonbusiness energy property (see S. 1792), S11345 [10NO]
———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 credit for certain home purchases (see S. 1230), S6452 [10JN]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 781), S4447 [20AP]
———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts (see S. 271), S598 [15JA]
———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S2767 [4MR]
———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 567), S3025 [11MR]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S6186 [4JN]
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), S6651 [16JN]
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), S13191 [14DE]
Voting: ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted (see S. 1415), S7558 [15JY]
Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 244), S8865 [5AU]
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S3987 [30MR]
Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S7780 [21JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Energy: create the right business environment for doubling production of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and create mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and development (see S. 2776), S11382 [16NO]
Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (see S. 1198), S6255 [8JN]
Education: improve teaching and learning of American history and civics (see S. 659), S3550 [19MR]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: anniversary (see S. Res. 137), S5282 [7MY]
Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see S. 232), S388 [14JA]
Tariff: AC electric motors (see S. 2145, 2146, 2147), S10917 [29OC]
———benzoic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxypropyl ester (see S. 2143), S10917 [29OC]
———cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl (see S. 2135), S10917 [29OC]
———ester gum 10D from China (see S. 2133), S10917 [29OC]
———4-chloro-1-8,-naphthalic anahydride (see S. 2132), S10916 [29OC]
———HPHP (see S. 2136), S10917 [29OC]
———o-anisidine (see S. 2140), S10917 [29OC]
———1,10-diaminodecane (see S. 2566), S10960 [30OC]
———o-toluidine (see S. 2138), S10917 [29OC]
———Pentalyn C (see S. 2137), S10917 [29OC]
———Poly-Pale from China (see S. 2134), S10917 [29OC]
———sodium brick (see S. 2148), S10917 [29OC]
———Sylobloc K-200 (see S. 2139), S10917 [29OC]
———titanium mononitride (see S. 2144), S10917 [29OC]
———2,4-xylidine (see S. 2141), S10917 [29OC]
———2-methylhydroquinone (see S. 2142), S10917 [29OC]
Taxation: make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent (see S. 233), S388 [14JA]
———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see S. 963), S5065 [4MY]
Certificates of election
Senate, S1 [6JA]
Cloture motions
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]
Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]
Letters
Accountability of certain unconfirmed Presidential officials or advisers and constitutionality of such appointments: Senator Feingold, S9498 [17SE]
———several Senators, S9498 [17SE]
Ensure continued access to Federal student loan program by encouraging conversion from Federal Family Education Loan Program to Direct Loan Program: Arne Duncan, Sec. of Education, S10819 [28OC]
Impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) Republican members, S3744 [25MR]
Impact of Medicaid eligibility expansion: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S7220 [8JY]
Medicaid expansion: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S10002 [1OC]
———C.L. ``Butch'' Otter, Governor of Idaho, S10006 [1OC]
———Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S10005 [1OC]
———Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, S10006 [1OC]
National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S6622 [16JN]
———Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, S10006 [1OC]
———several health care organizations, S7748 [21JY]
Opposing use of budget reconciliation process to expedite passage of climate legislation: several Senators, S3744 [25MR]
Require that text, amendments, conference report, and CBO scoring of health care reform legislation be available on the Internet for a certain period as the legislation proceeds: several Senators, S11513 [18NO]
Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S9716 [23SE]
Lists
President Obama's ``czars'', S9307 [14SE], S9499 [17SE]
Motions
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4647 [23AP]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8223 [29JY]
Oaths of office
Senate, S4 [6JA]
Press releases
Byrd Questions Obama Administration on Role of White House ``Czar'' Positions: Senator Byrd, S9306 [14SE]
State Fiscal Situation—The Lost Decade: National Governors Association, S11399 [17NO]
Remarks
Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S3104 [16MR], S3743 [25MR], S10885-S10887 [29OC]
AmeriCorps: eligibility of Teach for America, Inc., for continued participation, S3837 [26MR]
Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2646 [2MR], S2785, S2787, S2788 [5MR], S2877 [9MR]
———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1108 [30JA], S1474, S1475, S1476, S1477, S1478 [4FE], S1631 [5FE], S1789 [6FE], S2006 [9FE]
———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2184, S2185, S2186, S2187 [12FE], S2290, S2291 [13FE], S2410 [24FE], S3008 [11MR]
Babcock & Wilcox, Inc.: tribute to development of small nuclear reactor, S6531-S6533 [11JN]
Budget: allocation of funds, S3006, S3007, S3008, S3009 [11MR], S3103, S3104, S3105 [16MR], S3383 [19MR], S3622 [24MR], S3742, S3745 [25MR]
———deficit, S3818 [26MR], S10511 [19OC], S10660 [22OC], S11952 [21NO]
———reconciliation process, S4878 [29AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4033, S4034, S4035 [31MR], S4145 [1AP], S4282 [2AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report, S4878 [29AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to instruct conferees, S4646, S4647, S4656 [23AP]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: ban on mailings sent by Medicare Advantage providers relative to the effect of health care reform proposals on the quality and cost of such plans, S9637 [22SE]
Civil Rights History Project Act: funding, S9581 [21SE], S9635 [22SE]
Climate: global warming, S9706 [23SE]
Colleges and universities: ensure continued access to Federal student loan program by encouraging conversion from Federal Family Education Loan Program to Direct Loan Program, S10818, S10819 [28OC]
Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3837 [26MR]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13472 [19DE]
Dept. of Education: District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice, S2785, S2787, S2788 [5MR], S2877 [9MR], S3008 [11MR], S5344 [12MY]
Dept. of Energy: create the right business environment for doubling production of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and create mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and development (S. 2776), S11386, S11388 [16NO]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9515 [17SE], S9578, S9580, S9581 [21SE], S9635, S9639, S9643 [22SE], S9706 [23SE], S9772, S9786, S9793, S9797, S9798, S9805, S9811 [24SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10896, S10907 [29OC]
Dept. of the Treasury: delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients, S6875 [22JN]
———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S587 [15JA]
———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers, S5900 [1JN], S6152 [4JN], S6875 [22JN], S8181-S8183 [28JY], S8223, S8224, S8225 [29JY]
———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), S6240 [8JN], S6418 [10JN], S6755 [18JN], S7159 [7JY], S7348 [10JY]
———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), unanimous-consent request, S7229 [8JY]
———proposal to form public-private partnerships to purchase certain assets in order to promote economic recovery, S3622 [24MR]
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), S734, S762, S763 [22JA]
Earth Day: observance, S4479 [21AP]
Economy: Government bailout of automobile industry, S6754 [18JN], S6875 [22JN]
———Government bailout of financial institutions, S2904 [9MR]
———impact of tax cuts, S3103 [16MR]
———national objectives priority assignments, S3047 [12MR]
Education: address rising college costs by offering a 3-year college degree option and free community college tuition to qualified students, S2648 [2MR]
———funding, S4422 [20AP]
———improve teaching and learning of American history and civics (S. 659), S3567-S3569 [19MR]
———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, S9 [6JA]
———maintain competitive student loan program by providing comprehensive choice of loan products and services, S4646, S4647, S4656 [23AP]
———modify deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure continued funding to the Federal Family Education Loan program, S4282 [2AP]
———national policy to improve system, S4840 [29AP], S4927-S4929 [30AP]
———student loan programs, S9626, S9627, S9628 [22SE], S9715, S9717 [23SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8181 [28JY], S8223, S8224, S8225 [29JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10085 [5OC]
EPA: prohibit listing carbon dioxide as a pollutant subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act except for mobile sources, S9793 [24SE]
Executive Office of the President: accountability of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers and constitutionality of such appointments, S9304-S9306 [14SE], S9497-S9499 [17SE]
———ensure that the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change is not directing actions of departments and agencies, S9786 [24SE]
———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 [22SE], S9797, S9798 [24SE]
Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S6903 [23JN]
Forest Service: prohibit wildland fire management stimulus funding for the District of Columbia, S9639 [22SE]
Frank, Representative: efforts to keep open Norton, MA, General Motors Corp., distribution center, S6239 [8JN]
General Motors Corp.: decision to leave Spring Hill, TN, plant idle, S5900 [1JN]
———efforts by certain members of Congress to keep open auto plants slated for closure in their districts, S6418 [10JN]
Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies, S6875 [22JN]
———require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities, S6875 [22JN]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: anniversary, S9105 [8SE]
Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (S. 979), S11311 [10NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S3743 [25MR], S4878 [29AP], S6621 [16JN], S6672 [17JN], S6903 [23JN], S7027 [25JN], S7119 [6JY], S7218, S7219, S7220 [8JY], S7348-S7350 [10JY], S7446 [14JY], S7745, S7746 [21JY], S7836 [22JY], S8156 [28JY], S8643, S8644 [3AU], S8893 [6AU], S9104 [8SE], S9338 [15SE], S9392 [16SE], S9637 [22SE], S9700, S9715 [23SE], S9762, S9763, S9764, S9765 [24SE], S9899, S9900, S9901, S9902 [29SE], S9944, S9945, S9946, S9947, S9948, S9949 [30SE], S9999, S10001, S10003, S10004, S10005 [1OC], S10084 [5OC], S10137, S10138 [6OC], S10175 [7OC], S10259 [8OC], S10392, S10393 [14OC], S10446, S10447 [15OC], S10511 [19OC], S10591 [21OC], S10660 [22OC], S10713, S10715 [26OC], S10817, S10818 [28OC], S11018 [3NO], S11068 [4NO], S11143 [5NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12100 [2DE], S12854, S12856 [10DE], S12998, S12999, S13001, S13002, S13003 [11DE], S13145, S13147, S13169, S13170, S13171 [14DE], S13345, S13346, S13348 [17DE], S13472 [19DE], S13640, S13668, S13670, S13671, S13672, S13673 [21DE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12022, S12023 [1DE], S12101, S12102 [2DE], S12287, S12288 [3DE], S12362, S12363, S12364, S12365, S12367 [4DE], S12656, S12657, S12659 [8DE], S12747, S12748, S12749, S12750 [9DE], S13006, S13007 [11DE], S13207, S13210 [15DE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11844, S11845, S11846, S11847, S11848, S11849, S11850 [20NO], S11941, S11942, S11951, S11952, S11954, S11955 [21NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S10893, S10894 [29OC], S11265 [9NO], S11310 [10NO], S11397 [17NO], S11450, S11511 [18NO], S11519 [19NO]
———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 391), S1676 [5FE], S6621 [16JN], S7028 [25JN]
Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), S9626, S9627, S9628 [22SE], S9715, S9717 [23SE]
Human rights: review interrogation techniques relative to torture, S5305 [11MY]
Immigration: reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program, S9339 [15SE]
Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (S. 886), S4730 [27AP]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S2646-S2648 [2MR]
———implement Iraq Study Group recommendations, S2646-S2648 [2MR]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities, S762, S763 [22JA]
Lincoln Memorial University: tribute to John J. Duncan, Jr., School of Law, S4438 [20AP]
Medicaid: exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S9999, S10003, S10004 [1OC], S11397 [17NO], S12748, S12749 [9DE]
———expand, S6621 [16JN], S6673 [17JN], S9999, S10001, S10003, S10004, S10005 [1OC]
———impact of eligibility expansion, S13145, S13147 [14DE]
———impact of increased funding obligations on States, S13345 [17DE]
———impact of increased State funding obligations on State education funding, S11844 [20NO]
———reform, S11941, S11942 [21NO]
Medicare: allow all enrollees in the Medicare Advantage program to maintain current level of benefits, S12656, S12657, S12659 [8DE]
———eliminate funding cuts, S12022, S12023 [1DE], S12101, S12102 [2DE], S12287, S12288 [3DE], S13668 [21DE]
———funding, S11068 [4NO], S11143 [5NO]
———Medicare Advantage program funding, S10175 [7OC], S12362, S12363, S12364, S12365, S12367 [4DE]
———offer certain individuals a buy-in option, S12854 [10DE]
———prohibit reduction of guaranteed benefits and apply any savings to extend solvency of trust funds, reduce premiums, improve or expand guaranteed benefits, and protect access to providers, S12567 [7DE]
———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs, S12565, S12567 [7DE]
———solvency, S10004 [1OC], S11847 [20NO]
Meharry Medical College: tribute, S6181
National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees: anniversary, S9177
National parks and recreation areas: requirements for inclusion and removal of private property in a national heritage area, S9805 [24SE]
Nature Conservancy (organization): scientific findings and suggestions on renewable energy from paper entitled ``Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency—Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America'', S10085-S10087 [5OC]
North Dakota: tribute to first responders and volunteers for efforts in responding to flood, S4422 [20AP]
Nuclear energy: assess role in national energy policy, S4730, S4731 [27AP], S5922-S5924 [2JN], S6531-S6533 [11JN], S7119-S7121 [6JY], S7350-S7352 [10JY], S9578-S9580 [21SE], S9628-S9630 [22SE], S9706 [23SE], S10087 [5OC]
Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (S. Res. 151), S5530 [14MY]
Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S2904 [9MR]
———evaluation of economic policies, S3818 [26MR], S4835 [29AP], S6754 [18JN]
———evaluation of education policies, S5343-S5346 [12MY]
———proposed community college initiative, S7473 [14JY]
———speech to schoolchildren, S9103 [8SE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S12747, S12748, S12749, S12750 [9DE], S13006, S13007 [11DE], S13207, S13210 [15DE]
Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), S7348-S7352 [10JY], S7446 [14JY], S9357-S9360 [15SE]
———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (S. 1733), S10885-S10887 [29OC]
———development of renewable energy sources on public lands, S9545 [17SE]
———improve controls on pollutants from coal powerplants, prohibit mountaintop removal during coal mining, prohibit ridgetop wind turbines, and improve national clean air standards, S4479 [21AP]
———national energy policy, S4528 [22AP], S4730, S4731 [27AP], S7446-S7448 [14JY], S9339, S9357-S9360 [15SE], S9706 [23SE], S10085 [5OC], S10885-S10887 [29OC]
———promote renewable energy, S10087 [5OC]
Public debt: provide a point of order against consideration of legislation that exceeds limit on public debt, S4033, S4034, S4035 [31MR], S4145 [1AP]
Real estate: lower interest rates on 30-year fixed mortgages for creditworthy borrowers to refinance current loans or make new home purchases, S1474, S1475, S1476, S1477, S1478 [4FE], S2185 [12FE], S2410 [24FE]
Renewable energy: promote, S4730, S4731 [27AP]
Republican Party: national agenda, S7348-S7352 [10JY]
Russia: U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal negotiations and U.S. missile defense plans, S7348 [10JY]
Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S798 [26JA], S12856 [10DE]
———legislative process, S2646 [2MR], S10816, S10817 [28OC]
Senate Rules: require that amendments and CBO scoring of health care reform legislation be available on the Internet for a certain period as the legislation proceeds, S13348 [17DE]
———require that text, amendments, conference report, and CBO scoring of health care reform legislation be available on the Internet for a certain period as the legislation proceeds, S11512 [18NO]
Small business: health insurance premium rates, S11450 [18NO], S11845 [20NO]
Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8502 [30JY]
Taxation: impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S3622 [24MR]
———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12565, S12567 [7DE]
———proposed reduction in deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions, S3104 [16MR]
———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S1474, S1475, S1476, S1477, S1478 [4FE], S2185 [12FE], S2410 [24FE]
———rates, S3103, S3104, S3105 [16MR], S3383 [19MR], S8643, S8644 [3AU], S11144 [5NO], S11848, S11849, S11850 [20NO]
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), S6874 [22JN]
U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (S. Res. 206), S7101 [25JN]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10816, S10817, S10818 [28OC]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S670 [20JA], S3539 [19MR]
Reports
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S13000 [11DE]
Statements
American History and Civics Education Act: by (2003), S3569-S3571 [19MR]
Extraordinary Rendition in U.S. Counter Terrorism Policy—The Impact on Trans-Atlantic Relations: Michael F. Scheuer, S5306 [11MY]
Nomination of John G. Roberts To Be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: by (2005), S8503 [30JY]
Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy: by, S10481 [15OC]
Summaries
Clean Energy Act (S. 2776), S11387 [16NO]
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Health Care Reform Proposal: CBO, S6623-S6626 [16JN]
Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency, S9546 [17SE]
Testimonies
Investigation of Interrogation Techniques: Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S5305 [11MY]
Tributes
Bennet, Senator, S4840 [29AP]
Byrd, Senator, S11446, S11511 [18NO]
Coleman, Norm, S7280 [9JY]
Greene, Frederick, S11310 [10NO]
Ingram, Tom, S4878 [29AP]
Jeffords, James M., S5305 [11MY]
Kennedy, Edward M., S9203 [10SE]
Martinez, Senator, S670 [20JA], S9149 [9SE]
McConnell, Senator, S279 [12JA]
Obama, President, S670 [20JA]
Pell, Claiborne, S9 [6JA]
Range, James D., S10055
Salazar, Senator, S670 [20JA]
Young, Lu, S8643 [3AU]