McCAIN, JOHN (a Senator from Arizona)
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), S4153 [24MY], S4182, S4185, S4195, S4225, S4226, S4229, S4230, S4231, S4232 [25MY], S4426, S4450 [26MY], S4479, S4504 [27MY]
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S156 [22JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1832, S1884, S1886 [23MR], S2037, S2050, S2051 [24MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), S10936, S11039 [22DE]
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), S6223 [22JY], S6453 [28JY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S9262 [14DE], S10308 [15DE]
Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2246 [13AP], S2302 [14AP], S2351 [15AP]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8727 [9DE], S9263 [14DE]
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), S2816, S2974 [29AP], S3264 [5MY], S3328, S3361, S3374 [6MY], S3488, S3537 [11MY], S3646, S3655 [12MY], S3732, S3743 [13MY], S3808 [17MY], S3861 [18MY]
Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), S11051 [22DE]
National security: making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 5875), S6654 [3AU], S6932, S6933 [5AU]
Native Americans: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), S5365 [23JN]
SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), S10521 [17DE]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (H.R. 5275), S6535 [29JY]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1019, S1106 [3MR], S1161, S1171, S1205 [4MR], S1312 [9MR], S4886 [14JN], S5115 [17JN]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8727 [9DE], S9263 [14DE]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1402 [10MR], S1471, S1472 [11MR], S1582, S1605, S1626, S1627 [16MR], S1807 [22MR]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10413 [16DE], S10459 [17DE], S10819 [20DE], S10953, S11037 [22DE]
Articles and editorials
All Earmarks Should Be Banned in the House and Senate, Washington (DC) Post, S1698 [18MR]
Beating on My Beat, Oleg Kashin, New York (NY) Times, S10339 [16DE]
Bribe by Any Other Name, Steve and Cokie Roberts, Flagstaff (AZ) Daily Sun, S1699 [18MR]
Correction Appended, Emily Pierce, Roll Call (publication), S1664 [17MR]
Dissecting the Real Cost of ObamaCare, Representative Paul Ryan, Wall Street Journal, S1135 [4MR]
Earmark Action, Roll Call (publication), S1698 [18MR]
Earmarks in Reverse, Wall Street Journal, S1698 [18MR]
Frost at the Core—Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin Are Presiding Over a System That Can No Longer Change, Economist (publication), S10337-S10339 [16DE]
Going All In, Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, S1699 [18MR]
Health-Care Reform's Sickeningly Sweet Deals, Kathleen Parker, Washington (DC) Post, S1423 [11MR]
How Washington Failed To Rein in Fannie, Freddie. As Profits Grew, Firms Used Their Power To Mask Peril (excerpt), Binyamin Applebaum, Carol D. Leonnig, and David S. Hilzenrath, Washington (DC) Post, S3344 [6MY]
Now, Can We Have Health-Care Reform?, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Wall Street Journal, S1936 [24MR]
Russian Journalists, Fighting Graft, Pay in Blood, Clifford J. Levy, New York (NY) Times, S10340 [16DE]
Russia's Putin—Khodorkovsky `Should Sit in Jail', Lynn Berry, Associated Press (news service), S10337 [16DE]
Who Pays for ObamaCare? What Donald Berwick and Joe the Plumber Both Understand, Wall Street Journal, S5756 [13JY]
Why Earmark Reform Has Not Changed Much in Congress, Matthew Bandyk, U.S. News & World Report (publication), S1699 [18MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 14), S7786 [29SE]
———prohibit taxpayer funding of insurance plans or health care programs that cover abortion (see S. 3723), S6883 [5AU]
Appropriations: establish an earmark moratorium (see S. 2990), S481 [4FE]
———making continuing (see S.J. Res. 42), S10410 [16DE]
———require Congress to establish a searchable database on a public Internet site for congressional earmarks (see S. 3335), S3535 [11MY]
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 2853), S53 [20JA]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 27), S482 [4FE]
———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see S. 3474), S4745 [9JN]
———provide fiscal discipline through a freeze on spending and budget process reforms (see S. 3026), S698 [23FE]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (see S. 3095), S1360 [10MR]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 29), S3164 [5MY]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Civil liberties: reaffirm centrality of freedoms of expression and press as cornerstones of U.S. foreign policy, encourage international Internet freedom, and condemn cyber attacks and censorship by China (see S. Res. 405), S440 [2FE]
Cuba: recognize life of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died in custody, and call for continued focus on promotion of human rights in Cuba (see S. Con. Res. 54), S1359 [10MR]
Dept. of Justice: compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act (see S. 3122), S1778 [19MR]
———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. 2977), S439 [2FE]
———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 3376), S3716 [13MY]
Egypt: support democracy, human rights, and civil liberties (see S. Res. 586), S6025 [20JY]
Endangered species: remove gray wolf from lists of endangered species or threatened species (see S. 3919), S8599 [7DE]
EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see S.J. Res. 26), S122 [21JA]
Fire Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 639), S7421 [23SE]
Firefighters: improve provision of assistance to fire departments (see S. 3267), S2708 [27AP]
Fish and fishing: prohibit trade in billfish (see S. 3812), S7267 [21SE]
Flags: ensure the right of an individual to display the Service flag on residential property not be abridged (see S. 3477), S4849 [10JN]
Gulf of Mexico: waive compliance with the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged vessels to assist in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see S. 3512), S5269 [22JN]
Haddock, Doris (Granny D): tribute (see S. Con. Res. 58), S2424 [19AP]
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 629), S7175 [16SE]
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]
———mark anniversary of Presidential election, support citizens' pursuit of basic freedoms, and condemn ongoing human rights abuses (see S. Res. 551), S4885 [14JN]
Iraq: recognize positive effect of upcoming parliamentary elections on political reconciliation and democratic institutions (see S. Res. 437), S1169 [4MR]
Israel: support right of self-defense and condemn outside efforts to break blockade of Gaza, Hamas' rejection of Middle East peace processes, and Iran's support of Hamas (see S. Res. 548), S4991 [16JN]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: condemn unprovoked military attack against South Korea and reaffirm alliance with South Korea (see S. Res. 693), S8397 [2DE]
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]
Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see S. 941), S858 [1MR]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]
Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 3244), S2587 [22AP]
———prevent automatic salary adjustments until the Federal budget deficit is eliminated (see S. 3143), S1813 [22MR]
Moldova: normal trade relations status (see S. 334), S4082 [20MY]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 595), S6302 [27JY]
National Mediation Board: disapprove rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (see S.J. Res. 30), S5787 [13JY]
National security: making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (see S. 3721), S6883 [5AU]
Nowruz: observance of Iranian New Year (see S. Res. 463), S1812 [22MR]
Outer Continental Shelf: reform management of energy and mineral resources, improve oil spill compensation, and terminate moratorium on deepwater drilling (see S. 3643), S6303 [27JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see S. 3152), S2478 [20AP]
———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see S. 3829), S7420 [23SE]
———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 3653), S6302 [27JY]
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]
Presidential appointments: reduce number of executive branch political appointments (see S. 3088), S1261 [8MR]
Russia: make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to U.S. and impose certain financial measures on such individuals pending investigation of death of Sergei L. Magnitsky (see S. 3881), S7787 [29SE]
Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see S. 3578), S6202 [22JY]
Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see S. 2962), S340 [28JA]
States: provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see S. 4020), S10410 [16DE]
Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]
Stewart Lee Udall Dept. of the Interior Building, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 3248), S2587 [22AP]
Taxation: permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3773), S7034 [13SE]
———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3091 [4MY]
Telecommunications: make more spectrum available to, facilitate development of a wireless broadband network for, and provide standards for spectrum needs of public safety agencies (see S. 3625), S6078 [21JY]
Treaties and agreements: provide legislative authority to implement defense trade cooperation treaties with the United Kingdom and Australia (see S. 3581), S6246 [26JY]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: oppose ratification based on incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, sovereignty, and the independence of families (see S. Res. 519), S4443 [26MY]
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]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S6302 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
BLM: convey certain public land in Mohave Valley and Mohave County, AZ, to the Arizona Game and Fish Dept., for use as a public shooting range (see S. 3565), S5744 [12JY]
Dept. of Defense: provide for interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the U.S. and establish certain limitations on prosecution (see S. 3081), S1169 [4MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border of the U.S. (see S. 3332), S3407 [7MY]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 3265), S2708 [27AP]
FDA: strengthen regulation of dietary supplements that may pose safety risk unknown to consumers (see S. 3002), S482 [4FE]
Floods: ensure private property, public safety, and human life are protected from flood hazards that result from post-fire watershed conditions created by wildfires on Federal land (see S. 3908), S7788 [29SE]
Iran: 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]
Jones Act: repeal to allow foreign-flagged vessels to ship goods between waterborne ports of the U.S. (see S. 3525), S5319 [23JN]
Mohave County, AZ: include as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing (see S. 3270), S2758 [28AP]
Taxation: allow an individual to designate a percentage of their income tax liability be used to reduce the public debt and require spending reductions equal to amounts so designated (see S. 3496), S4989 [16JN]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Schonberg, et al. v. Sanders, et al (see S. Res. 398), S251 [26JA]
Cloture motions
Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091 [25MR]
Letters
Navy littoral combat ship program funding: by, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S10880 [21DE]
———Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight (organization), S10879 [21DE]
———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S10881 [21DE]
———Gary Roughead, Dept. of the Navy, S10879 [21DE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Peter Fine, Banner Health (company), S1762 [19MR]
Reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises: several Senators, S3343 [6MY]
Privilege of the floor
MacDonald, Glen, S7222 [20SE]
Remarks
Afghanistan: strategy for continued U.S. military presence, S5649, S5650 [30JN]
Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S7195 [20SE], S9006 [14DE], S10416 [16DE]
———establish an earmark moratorium, S8232 [29NO]
———establish an earmark moratorium for any fiscal year in which there is a deficit, S1446 [11MR], S1583 [16MR], S1664 [17MR], S1697-S1700, S1723 [18MR]
———legislative process, S7159, S7160 [16SE], S7250, S7251 [21SE]
———making continuing, S7704 [29SE], S10878 [21DE]
———making continuing (S.J. Res. 42), S10416 [16DE]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4182 [25MY], S4418, S4419, S4420, S4424 [26MY], S4476 [27MY], S6171 [22JY]
———making omnibus appropriations, S8842 [13DE], S9006 [14DE]
———offset emergency supplemental spending for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program by eliminating wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S4424 [26MY], S6171 [22JY]
Arizona: passage of State immigration enforcement legislation, S2607, S2608 [26AP]
Armed Forces: eliminate per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service, S10937 [22DE]
———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, S7196 [20SE], S7237, S7240, S7243, S7245 [21SE], S10660, S10666 [18DE]
Aviation: prohibit use of passenger facility fees to construct bicycle storage facilities, S1584 [16MR]
Becker, Craig: nomination to the NLRB, S511 [9FE]
Berwick, Donald M.: appointment as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, S5754, S5755, S5757 [13JY]
BLM: convey certain public land in Mohave Valley and Mohave County, AZ, to the Arizona Game and Fish Dept., for use as a public shooting range (S. 3565), S5746 [12JY]
Budget: deficit, S4727 [9JN], S6171 [22JY], S10416 [16DE]
———eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S229 [26JA]
———increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S229 [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), S1789 [22MR], S1832, S1833, S1834, S1835, S1852, S1853 [23MR], S1935, S1936, S1937, S1974, S1975, S1977, S1981, S1993 [24MR]
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, S7159 [16SE], S7192, S7193, S7196 [20SE], S7245 [21SE]
Congress: legislative priorities, S10477 [17DE]
Courts: clarify and improve certain provisions relative to removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts (H.R. 5281), House amendment, S10657 [18DE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S6831 [5AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), S10936, S10937 [22DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S10914 [21DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed, S7159, S7160 [16SE], S7192, S7193, S7195 [20SE], S7237, S7240, S7243, S7245, S7250, S7251 [21SE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), unanimous-consent request, S6830, S6831, S6832 [5AU]
———provide for interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the U.S. and establish certain limitations on prosecution (S. 3081), S1181 [4MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border of the U.S., S5227, S5228, S5229, S5230 [22JN]
———Law Enforcement Support Center funding, S6839 [5AU]
———U.S. Customs and Border Protection Southwest border staffing funding, S6839 [5AU]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), S7704 [29SE]
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), S6499 [29JY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S10878 [21DE]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (S. 3265), S2710 [27AP]
Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2351, S2364 [15AP]
Economy: prohibit use of taxpayer funds to bailout failing financial institutions, S4072 [20MY]
———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, S5907 [15JY]
EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S4827 [10JN]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8841 [13DE], S9278 [14DE]
———Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, S1584 [16MR]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system, S1584 [16MR]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8232 [29NO]
———strengthen regulation of dietary supplements that may pose safety risk unknown to consumers (S. 3002), S494 [4FE], S613 [22FE]
Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S1760, S1762 [19MR]
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), S3341, S3343, S3345 [6MY], S3496, S3501, S3508 [11MY], S4071 [20MY]
———prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies, S4072 [20MY]
Floods: ensure private property, public safety, and human life are protected from flood hazards that result from post-fire watershed conditions created by wildfires on Federal land (S. 3908), S7810 [29SE]
Foreign countries: report on congressional delegation trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, S2350 [15AP]
Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), S10990 [22DE]
GAO: conduct investigations to identify duplicative Government programs and report on recommendations for either consolidation or elimination of such programs, S229 [26JA]
Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises, S3496, S3501, S3508 [11MY], S7704 [29SE]
Grand Canyon National Park: provide standards for achieving substantial restoration of the natural quiet and experience and clarify regulatory authority relative to commercial air tours, S1584, S1606 [16MR]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S991 [3MR], S1133, S1134, S1135, S1136 [4MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S10 [20JA], S1422, S1423, S1424 [11MR], S1760, S1762 [19MR], S1789 [22MR], S5226, S5227 [22JN], S5754, S5755, S5757 [13JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5226 [22JN]
———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, S1423 [11MR]
Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, S3341, S3343-S3345 [6MY], S4071 [20MY]
Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S10657 [18DE]
———cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 3992), motion to proceed, S8668 [9DE]
———reform fees and taxes of certain visa programs, S6839 [5AU]
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 (S. Res. 415), S589, S590, S591 [11FE]
———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (H.R. 2194), conference report, S5398 [24JN]
———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (S. 2799), S325 [28JA]
———impose sanctions on those complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens or their families after the June 12, 2009, political processes (S. 3022), S703 [23FE]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S1256 [8MR]
———elections, S1256 [8MR]
Jones Act: repeal to allow foreign-flagged vessels to ship goods between waterborne ports of the U.S. (S. 3525), S5322 [23JN]
Kagan, Elena: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to interference with military recruiting activities while serving as Harvard Law School dean, S6707, S6708 [4AU]
———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6707, S6708 [4AU]
Law enforcement: expand Operation Streamline to Tucson, AZ, sector to increase prosecution and imprisonment of illegal border crossers, S4476 [27MY], S6839, S6840 [5AU]
Medicare: Medicare Advantage program funding, S1853 [23MR], S5227 [22JN]
———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1135 [4MR], S1974, S1975, S1977 [24MR], S5226 [22JN]
Members of Congress: enroll in Medicaid, S1935, S1936, S1937 [24MR]
Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives relative to recent Israeli announcement of housing settlement construction in disputed areas, S1497, S1498, S1499 [15MR]
Mohave County, AZ: include as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing (S. 3270), S2760 [28AP]
National security: deploy National Guard to assist U.S.-Mexico border control activities, S4182 [25MY], S4418, S4419, S4420 [26MY], S4476 [27MY]
———improve border security, S2607, S2608 [26AP], S6499 [29JY], S10657 [18DE]
———improve border security through reductions in unobligated appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S4418, S4419, S4420 [26MY], S4476 [27MY]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 5875), S6839, S6840, S6842 [5AU]
Navy: littoral combat ship program funding, S10878 [21DE]
New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), motion to proceed, S10475 [17DE]
Parliamentary inquiry, S4179 [25MY], S10458, S10459 [17DE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: condition implementation on Dept. of HHS certification that premiums will not increase higher than projected, S1852, S1853 [23MR]
———disapprove rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status (S.J. Res. 39), motion to proceed, S7690 [29SE]
———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1832, S1833, S1834, S1835 [23MR], S1993 [24MR]
———impact on Medicare funding, S4727 [9JN]
———repeal, S4727 [9JN]
Petraeus, David H.: nomination to be General and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, S5649, S5650 [30JN]
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, S6281 [27JY]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S5754, S5755, S5757 [13JY]
Russia: characterize trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and Russian judicial independence, S10336, S10337, S10339, S10341, S10343 [16DE]
———human rights violations, S10339, S10340, S10341 [16DE]
———recognize democracy efforts, support further reforms, and encourage continued protection of human rights and civil liberties, S1643 [17MR]
SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), House amendment, S10660, S10666 [18DE]
Senate: election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts special election, S10 [20JA]
———impact of partisanship, S1422 [11MR]
———legislative process, S10459 [17DE]
Senate Rules: prohibit use of reconciliation to consider changes in Medicare, S1161 [4MR]
Small business: help to create new jobs and drive economic recovery, S1643 [17MR]
Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (S. 2962), S343 [28JA]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance, S1853 [23MR]
———express that the value added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery, S2351, S2364 [15AP]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1161 [4MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S5058, S5059 [17JN]
———extend credit for production of biodiesel, S8841 [13DE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8841 [13DE], S9278 [14DE]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1446 [11MR], S1582, S1583, S1584, S1606 [16MR], S1664 [17MR], S1697, S1723 [18MR]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), unanimous-consent request, S1446 [11MR]
———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8841 [13DE], S9278 [14DE]
———provide payroll tax relief for small businesses, S1643 [17MR]
———rates, S2340 [15AP]
Telecommunications: make more spectrum available to, facilitate development of a wireless broadband network for, and provide standards for spectrum needs of public safety agencies (S. 3625), S6082 [21JY]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): amend preamble to strike language relative to interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms, S10459, S10465, S10469 [17DE], S10682, S10683 [18DE]
———renewal, S10336, S10337, S10339, S10341 [16DE], S10459, S10465, S10469, S10472, S10477 [17DE], S10682, S10683 [18DE], S10953 [22DE]
———require Presidential certification communicating U.S. policy to continue development and deployment of U.S. missile defense systems including certain system improvements, S10953 [22DE]
Votes: position on missed, S738 [24FE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Schonberg, et al. v. Sanders, et al (S. Res. 398), S260, S261 [26JA]
Statements
Budget Reconciliation for Clinton Health Care Plan: Senator Byrd, S1423 [11MR]
Mikhail Khodorkovsky—Full Transcript of His Final Words: Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, S10342 [16DE]
Summaries
Dept. of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Russia (excerpt), S1643 [17MR]
Texts of
S. Res. 398, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Schonberg, et al. v. Sanders, et al, S256, S261 [26JA]
Tributes
Bolkcom, Christopher C., S2757
Byrd, Robert C., S6855 [5AU]
Dodd, Senator, S10481 [17DE]
Dorgan, Senator, S10 [20JA]
Feingold, Senator, S8268 [30NO]
Loose, Mike, S2757
Lugo, Martin A., Jr., S7024 [13SE]
Nowell, John B., Jr., S5693