LEVIN, CARL (a Senator from Michigan)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4226, S4229 [25MY], S4503, S4504 [27MY]
Army: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 286), S5495, S5496 [28JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), S10936, S11039 [22DE]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8873, S8885, S8902 [13DE]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S2978 [29AP], S3047, S3048 [3MY], S3362 [6MY], S3474, S3479, S3482 [10MY], S3544, S3558, S3560, S3563, S3564, S3565, S3566 [11MY], S3575, S3618, S3645, S3659, S3660 [12MY], S3708, S3719, S3728, S3731, S3759 [13MY], S3788 [14MY], S3835 [17MY], S3921, S3932, S3933, S3935, S3943 [18MY], S3987, S3991, S3992, S3994, S3997, S4000, S4003, S4006, S4009, S4010 [19MY]
Iraq: support religious and ethnic minorities (S. Res. 322), S6964, S6989 [5AU]
National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 372), S1205, S1206 [4MR]
Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (H.R. 5809), S10413 [16DE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S893 [1MR], S969 [2MR], S1019 [3MR], S1170 [4MR], S4699 [8JN], S4755 [9JN], S4863 [10JN], S4947 [15JN]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8873, S8885, S8902 [13DE]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10953, S11037 [22DE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S7847 [8OC], S7869 [12NO]
Articles and editorials
U.N. Says Congo Rebels Killed Scores in Village, Jeffrey Gettleman, New York (NY) Times, S3533 [11MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 591), S6202 [22JY]
Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see S. 3065), S1018 [3MR] (see S. 4023), S8786 [10DE]
———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S7508 [27SE]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 3772), S7135 [15SE]
Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins (see S. 3553), S5699 [30JN]
Credit: require inclusion of credit scores with free annual credit reports provided to consumers (see S. 3247), S2587 [22AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: authorize loans to certain entities to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce home energy use (see S. 3102), S3359 [6MY]
———establish a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school nutrition (see S. 3342), S3783 [14MY]
Dept. of Commerce: award grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy technology (see S. 1617), S7268 [21SE]
Dept. of Education: require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see S. 3914), S7788 [29SE]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S2209 [12AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 3134), S1670 [17MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (see S. 3162), S2019 [24MR]
Education: establish an Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers, principals, librarians and other school personnel on the job (see S. 3206), S3831 [17MY]
Endangered species: support international tiger conservation efforts and the Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia (see S. Res. 680), S10514 [17DE]
Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 503), S2759 [28AP]
Federal employees: extend eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to certain adult dependents of Federal employees and annuitants (see S. 3341), S4144 [24MY]
Feed America Day: designate (see S. Res. 646), S7446 [24SE]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 485), S10304 [15DE]
Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 464), S1813 [22MR]
Height, Dorothy I.: tribute (see S. Res. 492), S2477 [20AP]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S1459 [11MR]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: tribute (see S. Res. 529), S3782 [14MY]
Housing: ensure availability of loan guarantees for rural homeowners (see S. 3266), S3037 [3MY]
Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2982), S7900 [15NO]
Immigration: reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution (see S. 3113), S1516 [15MR]
Insurance: extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 3548), S5538 [29JN]
Iran: commend democracy and human rights advocates, support freedom of speech, and renew focus on human rights violations as found in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (see S. Res. 415), S569 [11FE]
———impose sanctions on those complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens or their families after the June 12, 2009, political processes (see S. 3022), S698 [23FE]
———mark anniversary of Presidential election, support citizens' pursuit of basic freedoms, and condemn ongoing human rights abuses (see S. Res. 551), S4885 [14JN]
Israel: call for immediate and unconditional release of Gilad Shalit held captive by Hamas (see S. Res. 571), S5489 [28JN]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 559), S4990 [16JN]
Korea, Republic of: express sympathy to families of those killed in sinking of Cheonan (vessel) and solidarity with the Government in aftermath of the tragic incident (see S. Res. 525), S3716 [13MY]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]
Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 3000), S482 [4FE]
Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S1360 [10MR]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 51), S796 [25FE]
National Archives and Records Administration: make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records (see S. 3227), S2423 [19AP]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 658), S7618 [28SE]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 533), S3831 [17MY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 595), S6302 [27JY]
National School Lunch Act: improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care (see S. 2749), S3831 [17MY]
National Stuttering Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 524), S3716 [13MY]
National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 644), S7446 [24SE]
Nowruz: observance of Iranian New Year (see S. Res. 463), S1812 [22MR]
Poland: express sympathy to citizens and surviving families of victims of airplane crash in Russia, solidarity with people and Polish-American communities, and support for restoration of leadership (see S. Res. 479), S2295 [14AP]
Political campaigns: prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections (see S. 3295), S3006 [30AP]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see S. Res. 481), S2295 [14AP]
Securities: prohibit proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds and address conflicts of interest with respect to certain securitizations (see S. 3098), S1358 [10MR]
Social Security: oppose privatizing, raising retirement age, or other similar benefit cuts (see S. Res. 664), S8129 [19NO]
Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]
Sustainable development: establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, a comprehensive planning grant program, and sustainability challenge grant program (see S. 1619), S5744 [12JY]
Taxation: ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S2020 [24MR]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 3164), S2518 [21AP]
———provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employers (see S. 2973), S392 [1FE]
———provide that fees charged for baggage carried into the cabin of an aircraft are subject to the excise tax imposed on transportation of persons by air (see S. 3205), S2588 [22AP]
Terrorism: call on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other Central Asian countries to effectively monitor and regulate the manufacture, sale, transport, and use of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (see S. Res. 570), S5489 [28JN]
———strike medals in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see S. 3034), S6737 [4AU]
Tubman, Harriet: tribute (see S. Res. 455), S1516 [15MR]
Tucker, C. DeLores: tribute (see S. Res. 418), S1751 [18MR]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S6885 [5AU]
Uganda: express that the ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'' under consideration, imposing long term imprisonment and the death penalty for certain acts, threatens the protection of fundamental human rights (see S. Res. 409), S537 [9FE]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 3981), S8244 [29NO]
———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation and extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes for previously unemployed individuals and credit for retention of such individuals (see S. 3706), S6736 [4AU]
West Virginia: honor coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, extend condolences to their families, and recognize efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster (see S. Res. 487), S2377 [15AP]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 41), S8787 [10DE]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 1695), S7421 [23SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Citizenship: modify naturalization requirements relative to physical presence in the U.S. for alien translators granted special immigrant status (see S. 3867), S7787 [29SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see S. 3280), S2802 [29AP] (see S. 3454), S4621 [7JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (see S. 3455), S4621 [7JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military construction (see S. 3456), S4621 [7JN]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for defense activities (see S. 3457), S4621 [7JN]
Great Lakes: protect and restore (see S. 3073), S1169 [4MR]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 3213), S2377 [15AP]
Sanchez, Marco A.: relief (see S. 3351), S3643 [12MY]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (see S. 2976), S439 [2FE]
Cloture motions
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4197 [25MY], S4483 [27MY]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3772), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7928 [17NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed, S7159 [16SE], S7246 [21SE], S8683 [9DE]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), motion to proceed, S7454 [24SE], S7585 [28SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions to increase availability of credit for small businesses (H.R. 5297), S6073 [21JY], S6189 [22JY], S6293 [27JY], S6473 [29JY]
———create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions to increase availability of credit for small businesses (H.R. 5297), motion to proceed, S5430 [24JN], S5514 [29JN]
Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8049 [18NO], S8229 [29NO]
———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7929 [17NO]
Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 3992), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE]
Power resources: reduce oil consumption and improve energy security (S. 3815), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (S. 3991), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8626 [8DE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S5310 [23JN], S5419 [24JN], S5525 [29JN], S5679 [30JN], S6011 [20JY]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), House amendment, S6572 [2AU], S6684 [4AU]
Letters
American Power Act: Alan Reuther, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), S4834 [10JN]
Enhance Armed Forces readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation: John M. Shalikashvili, S7241 [21SE]
EPA rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act: Alan Reuther, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), S4834 [10JN]
———Dave McCurdy, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Association, S4833 [10JN]
Privilege of the floor
Campbell, Joshua, S7222 [20SE]
Hemler, Jocelyn, S7222 [20SE]
Remarks
Afghanistan: require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces, S4481 [27MY]
———strategy for continued U.S. military presence, S5648, S5650 [30JN]
Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S10245 [15DE]
Albom, Mitch: Associated Press (news service) Sports Editors Red Smith Award recipient, S1666 [17MR]
Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S7196 [20SE]
———establish an earmark moratorium, S8259 [30NO]
———legislative process, S6831 [5AU], S7161 [16SE], S7244 [21SE]
———making continuing, S10878 [21DE]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4481 [27MY]
Armed Forces: enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to parents whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces (H.R. 4505), S7224 [20SE]
———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, S7197 [20SE], S7236, S7238, S7240, S7241 [21SE], S8663 [9DE], S10650 [18DE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S2637 [26AP]
Belle Isle, MI: anniversary of Dossin Great Lakes Museum, S3406
Bernanke, Ben S.: nomination to be Federal Reserve Board Chair, S305 [28JA]
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S245 [26JA]
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S245 [26JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1930, S1931 [24MR]
Calderon Hinojosa, Felipe: remarks linking expiration of U.S. assault weapons ban to surge in violence in Mexico, S5953 [15JY]
Central Michigan University: tribute to football team, S44
CFTC: require foreign boards of trade to register, S4064 [20MY]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S7248 [21SE]
Committee on Armed Services (Senate): tribute to staff, S10938 [22DE]
Conaton, Erin C.: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Air Force, S462 [4FE]
Consumers: require disclosure of credit score used to evaluate consumers when score results in an adverse action, S3773 [14MY]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S6831, S6832 [5AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), S10936, S10937, S10938 [22DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S10913 [21DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed, S7161 [16SE], S7193, S7196 [20SE], S7235, S7236, S7237, S7238, S7240, S7241, S7242, S7244, S7248 [21SE], S8662 [9DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), unanimous-consent request, S6831 [5AU]
———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program, S10936 [22DE]
———Iraq Security Forces Fund funding, S7194 [20SE], S7236 [21SE]
Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (S. 1317), S4437 [26MY], S7741 [29SE]
Dept. of the Interior: limit moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities (S. 3588), S5867 [14JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions to increase availability of credit for small businesses (H.R. 5297), S6187 [22JY], S6364 [28JY], S6496 [29JY], S7122 [15SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (H.R. 5014), S3946, S3947 [18MY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S10878 [21DE]
Detroit, MI: tribute to World Stem Cell Summit, S7741 [29SE]
Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S932 [2MR]
———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2366 [15AP]
———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2141 [26MR]
Drive Safer Sunday: designate (S. Res. 630), S7225 [20SE]
Dzwonkowski, Ron: Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame inductee, S1666 [17MR]
Earth Day: commemorate anniversary and honor founder, Gaylord Nelson (H. Con. Res. 255), S2597 [22AP]
Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, S4206 [25MY]
———extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, S8843 [13DE], S10252 [15DE]
———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1635 [17MR], S1745 [18MR]
———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), S4110 [24MY], S4207 [25MY]
———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), conference report, S5840-S5842 [14JY], S5893, S5899, S5901, S5931, S5932 [15JY]
———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S7600 [28SE]
Education: establish an Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers, principals, librarians and other school personnel on the job, S6765 [5AU]
Emergency Management Assistance Compact: authorize appropriations for grants to participating States (S. 1288), S5867 [14JY]
EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S4833 [10JN]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8525 [4DE], S8843 [13DE], S10245, S10252 [15DE]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system, S1798 [22MR]
FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, S2754 [28AP]
———prevent destruction of terrorist and criminal National Instant Criminal Background Check System records (S. 2820), S7741 [29SE]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8259, S8264 [30NO]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S3469 [10MY], S3529 [11MY], S3572 [12MY], S3681, S3682 [13MY], S3773 [14MY], S3900 [18MY], S4057, S4058, S4064 [20MY]
———improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), motion to proceed, S2721, S2722 [28AP]
———prohibit certain payments to loan originators and require verification by lenders of the ability of consumers to repay loans, S3572 [12MY]
———reform the way initial credit ratings are assigned, S3681 [13MY]
Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (S. 843), S2159 [26MR]
———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons, S5953 [15JY]
———regulate possession on college and university campuses, S693 [23FE]
Foreign countries: report on congressional delegation trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, S5842 [14JY]
———report on trip to Afghanistan, S323 [28JA]
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, S2637 [26AP]
Foreign trade: impact of preventing the offshoring of American jobs overseas on treaty obligations, S7583 [28SE]
Goldsmith, Mark A.: nomination to be district judge, S5192 [21JN]
Government: improve the Federal hiring process (S. 736), S3947, S3948 [18MY]
Great Lakes: protect and restore (S. 3073), S1171 [4MR]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (S. 3213), S2378 [15AP]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S2012 [24MR]
Immigration: reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution (S. 3113), S5105 [17JN]
Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (H.R. 2194), conference report, S5400 [24JN]
Kagan, Elena: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6639 [3AU], S6822 [5AU]
Kalamazoo, MI: Kalamazoo Central High School Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge winner, S3073 [4MY]
Kendall, Frank, III: nomination to be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, S462 [4FE]
Lansing, MI: anniversary, S45
M. Jacob & Sons (company): anniversary, S7748
Manistique, MI: anniversary, S4846
Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, S6765 [5AU]
Medicare: reform hospital wage index classification system, S2012 [24MR]
Michael C. Rothberg Post Office, Sharon, MA: designate (H.R. 5099), S5867 [14JY]
National Campaign To Stop Violence (organization): tribute to Do the Write Thing Challenge national finalists from Detroit, MI, S4845
National Guard: convey certain real property to North Little Rock, AR, S10937 [22DE]
National Mediation Board: disapprove rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (S.J. Res. 30), motion to proceed, S7379 [23SE]
Navy: extend authority to enter into multiyear contracts for F/A-18E, F/A-18F, and EA-18G aircraft (H.R. 6102), S7181 [16SE]
———littoral combat ship program funding, S10878 [21DE]
New York, NY: proposal to build a Muslim Community Center near the site of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, S7260 [21SE]
Olympic games: tribute to Michigan participants, S1227 [5MR]
Parliamentary inquiry, S7243 [21SE]
Petraeus, David H.: nomination to be General and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, S5648, S5650 [30JN]
Pistole, John S.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for the Transporation Security Administration, unanimous-consent agreement, S3948 [18MY]
Political campaigns: prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections (S. 3628), motion to proceed, S6282 [27JY], S7386 [23SE]
Porteous, G. Thomas, Jr.: impeachment, S10229 [14DE]
Power resources: secure U.S. energy future, provide incentives for domestic production of clean energy technology, achieve meaningful pollution reductions, and create jobs, S4833 [10JN]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S1159 [4MR]
———Senate process for confirmation of Dept. of Defense nominees, S461, S462 [4FE]
SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), House amendment, S10650 [18DE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1635 [17MR], S1745 [18MR]
SEC: regulation of high-frequency trading, S7600 [28SE]
———set standards and exercise oversight of credit rating agency procedures, S3682 [13MY]
Securities: prohibit proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds and address conflicts of interest with respect to certain securitizations, S3469 [10MY], S3900 [18MY], S4058 [20MY], S4110 [24MY], S5893, S5899, S5901, S5932 [15JY]
———prohibit proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds and address conflicts of interest with respect to certain securitizations (S. 3098), S1362 [10MR]
Senate: legislative program, S3948 [18MY], S5843, S5867 [14JY], S7187, S7225 [20SE], S10934 [21DE], S10936 [22DE]
Ships and vessels: extend period during which the EPA and States are prohibited from requiring Federal Water Pollution Control Act permits for certain discharges incidental to normal operation (S. 3372), S5867 [14JY]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (S. 2976), S441 [2FE]
Stanley, Clifford L.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, S461, S462 [4FE]
Steve Goodman Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (H.R. 4861), S5867 [14JY]
Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S6282 [27JY], S7386 [23SE]
Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed, S7583 [28SE]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1159 [4MR], S1338 [10MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S5427 [24JN], S6020 [20JY], S6065 [21JY]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3793), S7187 [20SE]
———extend estate tax relief, S10245 [15DE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8525 [4DE], S8843 [13DE], S10252 [15DE]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1798 [22MR]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), House amendment, S6765 [5AU]
———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8525 [4DE], S8843 [13DE], S10245, S10252 [15DE]
———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (S. 506), S1635 [17MR], S1745-S1747 [18MR]
U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, S8293 [30NO]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): amend preamble to acknowledge interrelationship between nonstrategic and strategic offensive arms, S10721 [19DE]
———amend preamble to strike language relative to interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms, S10475 [17DE], S10683, S10684 [18DE]
———modify deployed delivery vehicle limits, S10785, S10786 [20DE]
———renewal, S10475 [17DE], S10683, S10684 [18DE], S10721 [19DE], S10785, S10786 [20DE], S10912 [21DE], S10967 [22DE]
———restrict use of warhead covers that interfere with Type One inspections and require telemetric exchanges on deployed ballistic missile systems, S10912 [21DE]
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 (S. 1067), S1258 [8MR], S3532 [11MY]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S932 [2MR], S2141 [26MR], S5427 [24JN], S6020 [20JY], S6065 [21JY], S8525 [4DE], S8844 [13DE]
University of Michigan: tribute to men's glee club, S2160
Walsh, Michael J.: nomination to be major general, S2141 [26MR], S2460, S2462 [20AP], S3965 [19MY]
———nomination to be major general, unanimous-consent request, S2142 [26MR]
———suitability to be major general relative to Corps of Engineers authorities, S2460, S2462 [20AP], S3965 [19MY]
Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (S. 624), S7224 [20SE]
Wayne County, MI: tribute to Wayne County Sheriff's Office program to reduce firearm-related accidents, S477 [4FE]
Wayne State University: anniversary of School of Social Work, S3640
World Refugee Day: observance, S5105 [17JN]
Yonkers, Terry A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Air Force for Installations, S462 [4FE]
Zachary Smith Post Office Building, Hornell, NY: designate (H.R. 5051), S5867 [14JY]
Reports filed
Air Force Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438, S439 [2FE], S1618 [16MR], S3163 [5MY], S4528 [27MY], S5537 [29JN], S6734, S6735 [4AU], S7615, S7616 [28SE], S10814, S10815 [20DE]
Army Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438, S439 [2FE], S1618 [16MR], S3163 [5MY], S4528 [27MY], S5537 [29JN], S6735 [4AU], S7615, S7616, S7617 [28SE], S10814, S10815 [20DE]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3455), S4621 [7JN]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3454) (S. Rept. 111-201), S4621 [7JN]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3456), S4621 [7JN]
Dept. of Energy Appropriations for Defense Activities: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3457), S4621 [7JN]
Inquiry Into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-345), S7899 [15NO]
Marine Corps Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S439 [2FE], S1618 [16MR], S3163, S3164 [5MY], S4528 [27MY], S5537 [29JN], S6735 [4AU], S7616 [28SE], S10814 [20DE]
Navy Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438, S439 [2FE], S1618 [16MR], S3163, S3164 [5MY], S4528 [27MY], S5537, S5538 [29JN], S6735, S6736 [4AU], S7616, S7617 [28SE], S10814, S10815 [20DE]
Nomination of Anne M. Harrington To Be National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6734 [4AU]
Nomination of Claude R. Kehler To Be U.S. Strategic Command Commander: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S8477 [3DE]
Nomination of David H. Petraeus To Be General and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5536 [29JN]
Nomination of Donald L. Cook To Be National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3163 [5MY]
Nomination of Douglas B. Wilson To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Public Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438 [2FE]
Nomination of Elizabeth A. McGrath To Be Dept. of Defense Deputy Chief Management Officer: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3163 [5MY]
Nomination of Jackalyne Pfannenstiel To Be Assistant Sec. of the Navy for Installations and Environment: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438 [2FE]
Nomination of Jessie Hill Roberson to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1617 [16MR]
Nomination of Jonathan Woodson To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Health Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6734 [4AU]
Nomination of Joseph F. Bader to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1617 [16MR]
Nomination of Katherine G. Hammack To Be Assistant Sec. of the Army for Installations and Environment: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3163 [5MY]
Nomination of Lloyd J. Austin III To Be General and Commander of U.S. Forces-Iraq: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5536 [29JN]
Nomination of Malcolm R. O'Neill To Be Assistant Sec. of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438 [2FE]
Nomination of Mary S. Matiella To Be Assistant Sec. of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller of the Army: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438 [2FE]
Nomination of Michael J. McCord To Be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense (Comptroller): Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3163 [5MY]
Nomination of Neile L. Miller To Be National Nuclear Security Administration Principal Deputy Administrator: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6734 [4AU]
Nomination of Paul L. Oostburg Sanz To Be Dept. of the Navy General Counsel: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438 [2FE]
Nomination of Peter S. Winokur to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1618 [16MR]
Nomination of Raymond T. Odierno To Be General and Commander of the U.S. Joint Forces Command: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5536 [29JN]
Nomination of Sharon E. Burke To Be Dept. of Defense Director of Operational Energy Plans and Programs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3163 [5MY]
Nomination of Soloman B. Watson IV To Be Dept. of the Army General Counsel: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3163 [5MY]
Tributes
Bayh, Senator, S10292 [15DE]
Bradley, Rufus, Sr., S7441
Burris, Senator, S7741 [29SE]
Byrd, Robert C., S5684 [30JN]
Corless, Jim, S7742 [29SE]
Dodd, Senator, S10399 [16DE]
Dodson, Rayman, S118
Dorgan, Senator, S10291 [15DE]
Feingold, Senator, S10400 [16DE]
Gettelfinger, Ronald A., S4935 [15JN]
Goodwin, Senator, S7741 [29SE]
Gregg, Senator, S10227 [14DE]
Harwell, William E. (Ernie), S3133 [5MY]
Holbrooke, Richard C., S10509 [17DE]
Ingram, Mark, S44
Inouye, Senator, S7248 [21SE]
Kaufman, Senator, S7600 [28SE]
Lincoln, Senator, S10291 [15DE]
Lynch, Joseph J. (Budd), S45
Pappas, Richard J., S2292
Polite, Vernon C., S2584
Specter, Senator, S8781 [10DE]
Stevens, Ted, S7576 [28SE]
Tuma, Frank J., S337
Voinovich, Senator, S10227 [14DE]
Young, Claud, S45