SANDERS, BERNARD (a Senator from Vermont)

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), S4228 [25MY], S4444, S4461 [26MY], S4504 [27MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S7206 [20SE], S7753 [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), S5709, S5710, S5712 [30JN], S6031 [20JY], S6444 [28JY], S7045 [13SE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8887, S8919 [13DE], 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), S2765 [28AP], S2814, S2816, S2973, S2978 [29AP], S3100, S3115 [4MY], S3328, S3332, S3347, S3350, S3374 [6MY], S3474, S3476, S3482 [10MY], S3537, S3538, S3539 [11MY], S3619, S3652 [12MY], S3708, S3718, S3719, S3728 [13MY], S3808 [17MY], S3861, S3925 [18MY], S4084 [20MY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S958 [2MR], S992 [3MR], S1170 [4MR], S4738, S4754 [9JN]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8887, S8919 [13DE], S9263 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces (see S. 3197), S4622 [7JN]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Res. 659), S7618 [28SE]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see S. 3694), S6651 [3AU]

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), S1312 [9MR] (see S. 4023), S8853 [13DE]

———extend TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (see S. 3201), S2295 [14AP]

———recognize and honor commitment and sacrifices of U.S. military families (see S. Con. Res. 76), S8063 [18NO]

———retain members of Reserve components on active duty for 45 days following extended deployments in homeland defense missions to support reintegration into civilian life (see S. 3748), S7090 [14SE]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 29), S4530 [27MY]

Business and industry: remove the cap on punitive damages allowed under maritime law established by the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Co., v. Baker (see S. 3345), S3644 [12MY]

Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]

Children and youth: reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 1859), S5113 [17JN]

Citizen Diplomacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 603), S7000 [12AU]

Climate: reduce global warming pollution through international climate finance and investment (see S. 2835), S1671 [17MR]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 3960), S8245 [29NO]

Conservation of energy: provide financial incentives for owners of commercial and multifamily residential buildings to retrofit buildings with energy efficient equipment and materials (see S. 3079), S1169 [4MR]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 3357), S3908 [18MY]

Crime: provide accountability for criminal acts of Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (see S. 2979), S570 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: assist eligible schools and nonprofit entities to implement farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools (see S. 3123), S1618 [16MR]

———authorize loans to certain entities to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce home energy use (see S. 3102), S2378 [15AP]

———establish a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see S. 3986), S8298 [30NO]

Dept. of Commerce: reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see S. 3519), S7000 [12AU]

Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see S. 2904), S393 [1FE]

Dept. of Education: allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see S. 3733), S7901 [15NO]

———establish a comprehensive literacy program (see S. 2740), S7969 [17NO]

———require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see S. 3914), S7788 [29SE]

———strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see S. 3595), S5963 [15JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program (see S. 3434), S4528 [27MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 1352), S4850 [10JN]

———improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1445), S3908 [18MY]

Dept. of Justice: make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see S. 1301), S3783 [14MY]

———reauthorize Boys & Girls Clubs of America (see S. 2924), S483 [4FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see S. 3178), S2115 [25MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S3984 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see S. 3583), S5849 [14JY]

———clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (see S. 3162), S2019 [24MR]

———improve the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 3447), S7135 [15SE]

———repeal prohibition on collective bargaining on matters regarding compensation of employees other than rates of basic pay (see S. 3486), S4938 [15JN]

Diseases: support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 981), S6885 [5AU]

Education: establish an Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers, principals, librarians and other school personnel on the job (see S. 3206), S2804 [29AP]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 684), S8063 [18NO]

Endangered species: support international tiger conservation efforts and the Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia (see S. Res. 680), S8064 [18NO]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 503), S2759 [28AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: require restitution for victims of criminal violations (see S. 3466), S5320 [23JN]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2919), S743 [24FE]

———provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system (see S. 3241), S2643 [26AP]

Foreign policy: prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and other mass atrocities against civilians and support and encourage a whole of government approach to prevent such acts (see S. Con. Res. 71), S7902 [15NO]

Foreign trade: prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see S. 3725), S7619 [28SE]

Haiti: authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (see S. 3317), S7901 [15NO]

———express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath of earthquake and support relief efforts (see S. Res. 392), S122 [21JA]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program (see S. 2913), S440 [2FE]

Health Insurance Rate Authority: establish (see S. 3078), S1169 [4MR]

Housing: ensure availability of loan guarantees for rural homeowners (see S. 3266), S4083 [20MY]

———express that stable and affordable housing is essential to HIV prevention, treatment, and care and commit to providing adequate funding for development of housing as a response to AIDS pandemic (see S. Con. Res. 39), S5745 [12JY]

———provide grants to States for low-income housing projects in lieu of low-income housing credits and allow the low-income housing credit to be carried back 5 years (see S. 3326), S4083 [20MY]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see S. Res. 278), S3165 [5MY]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2982), S6737 [4AU]

Immigration: improve the H-2A agricultural worker program for use by dairy workers, sheepherders, and goat herders (see S. 3858), S7791 [29SE]

———reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs (see S. 887), S5964 [15JY]

IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 3786), S7176 [16SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 2747), S53 [20JA]

Law enforcement: reduce the rape kit forensic analysis backlog (see S. 2736), S8298 [30NO]

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 499), S2587 [22AP]

Marine mammals: promote international whale conservation, protection, and research (see S. 3116), S3092 [4MY]

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), S4745 [9JN]

Medicare: eliminate lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (see S. 3028), S1170 [4MR]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S3984 [19MY]

Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]

National Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (see S. 1481), S5744 [12JY]

National Day on Writing: designate (see S. Res. 668), S7789 [29SE]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1553), S7508 [27SE]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 541), S5203 [21JN]

National School Lunch Act: improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care (see S. 2749), S537 [9FE]

———prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils (see S. 1500), S536 [9FE]

Natural resources: strengthen U.S. capacity to lead international community in reversing renewable natural resource degradation trends (see S. 3508), S7090 [14SE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see S. 1334), S8063 [18NO]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 448), S1311 [9MR]

Oil Pollution Act: require polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills (see S. 3305), S3091 [4MY] (see S. 3472), S4745 [9JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: suspend certain activities until the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed (see S. 3308), S3164 [5MY]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: increase limits on liability (see S. 3346), S3644 [12MY]

Patents: reform (see S. 515), S7034 [13SE]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 369), S6584 [2AU]

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]

———reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 752), S4442 [26MY]

Roads and highways: improve highway mobility in rural States (see S. 3485), S4938 [15JN]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see S. 3739), S6883 [5AU]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 3390), S4082 [20MY]

———improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (see S. 1343), S154 [22JA]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see S. 3878), S7787 [29SE]

Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]

Stewart Lee Udall Dept. of the Interior Building, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 3248), S4083 [20MY]

Sudan: implement Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army and call for urgent and aggressive actions to establish peace in all regions (see S. Res. 404), S393 [1FE]

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), S7134 [15SE]

Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (see S. 3816), S7509 [27SE]

———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S2020 [24MR]

———expand rehabilitation credit (see S. 1743), S4622 [7JN]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 3164), S2115 [25MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see S. 3398), S7901 [15NO]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1612), S1459 [11MR]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see S. 3232), S5320 [23JN]

———provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see S. 2755), S358 [29JA]

———provide an investment tax credit for biomass heating property (see S. 3188), S2378 [15AP]

———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), S2295 [14AP]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see S. 3339), S7035 [13SE]

———repeal limitation on issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds and terminate eligibility of governmental bodies to issue such bonds (see S. 3855), S7618 [28SE]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 260), S7089 [14SE]

———require polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills (see S. 3306), S3091 [4MY]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S6885 [5AU]

Vermont: anniversary of Long Trail (see S. Res. 460), S1670 [17MR]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3107), S1458 [11MR]

Water: improve water and wastewater infrastructure (see S. 1005), S5202 [21JN]

———reduce lead in drinking water (see S. 3874), S7787 [29SE]

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), S2759 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a dairy market stabilization program (see S. 3531), S5439 [24JN]

———establish community-supported agriculture promotion program (see S. 4030), S10304 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense: phase out the use of private military contractors (see S. 3023), S698 [23FE]

Dept. of Energy: provide funds to States for rebates, loans, and other incentives to eligible individuals or entities for the purchase and installation of solar energy systems (see S. 3460), S4621 [7JN]

EPA: provide competitive grants to publicly funded schools to implement effective technologies to reduce air pollutants, including greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 3362), S3716 [13MY]

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park: expand boundary (see S. 3612), S5993 [19JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit leasing regions of Gulf of Mexico and increase fuel economy standards (see S. 3433), S4528 [27MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (see S. 4057), S11037 [22DE]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure that rules for approval of pharmaceutical and biological products do not require medical ethics violations in human and vertebrate animal testing (see S. 3921), S7788 [29SE]

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act: clarify authority of States to adopt renewable energy incentives (see S. 3923), S7788 [29SE]

Social Security: oppose privatizing, raising retirement age, or other similar benefit cuts (see S. Res. 664), S7789 [29SE]

Solar energy: increase the quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and installation of additional photovoltaic systems (see S. 2993), S481 [4FE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3976), S8128 [19NO] (see S. 3985), S8244 [29NO]

———reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 3533), S5439 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Schonberg, et al. v. Sanders, et al (see S. Res. 398), S251 [26JA]

———authorize representation in Sollars v. Reid, et al. (see S. Res. 467), S1874 [23MR]

Cloture motions

Brainard, Lael: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for International Affairs, S2367 [15AP]

Capitol Police: make technical corrections to laws affecting certain administrative authorities (H.R. 1299), House amendment, S726 [24FE], S773 [25FE]

Chin, Denny: nomination to be circuit judge, S2367 [15AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3772), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7928 [17NO]

Demeo, Marisa J.: nomination to be District of Columbia Superior Court associate judge, S2367 [15AP]

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]

———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]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2288 [14AP], S2364 [15AP]

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), motion to proceed, S2629 [26AP]

Power resources: reduce oil consumption and improve energy security (S. 3815), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE]

Schroeder, Christopher H.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, S2367 [15AP]

Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed, S7438 [24SE], S7584 [28SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8627 [8DE]

Vanaskie, Thomas I.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2367 [15AP]

Letters

Deficit reduction: Lawrence (Rip) Kirby, S10407 [16DE]

Motions

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 4853), S10246 [15DE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S10246 [15DE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1010 [3MR]

Remarks

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S10245 [15DE]

Airport Improvement Program: extend authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8703, S8704 [9DE]

Bernanke, Ben S.: nomination to be Federal Reserve Board Chair, S279, S313 [28JA]

Budget: deficit, S6007 [20JY], S6054 [21JY], S7486 [27SE], S8735, S8738, S8758 [10DE], S8992 [14DE], S10407 [16DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1963 [24MR]

———reconciliation process, S688 [23FE]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S8756-S8758 [10DE]

Civil War—U.S.: commend service of Vermont soldiers upon anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, S5740 [12JY]

Credit: protect consumers from usury, S1608 [16MR], S1662-S1664 [17MR], S2362 [15AP], S2446 [20AP], S2734, S2735 [28AP]

———protect consumers from usury (S. 582), S8771 [10DE]

Credit cards: prevent predatory lending, S2792 [29AP]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S780, S781, S789, S790 [25FE]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2105 [25MR]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, S1608 [16MR], S1662-S1664 [17MR]

———extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, S8703, S8704 [9DE], S8735, S8738-S8740, S8743, S8744, S8774-S8776, S8778-S8781 [10DE], S8992 [14DE]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, S8740-S8742 [10DE]

———impact of economic conditions on Vermont citizens, S8771-S8774 [10DE]

———impact of failure to extend Bush administration tax cuts, S7077 [14SE], S7342 [22SE], S8273 [30NO]

———importance of job creation, S8754-S8757 [10DE]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S8769-S8771 [10DE]

Education: national policy to improve system, S8759-S8761 [10DE]

———Pell Grants funding, S8754 [10DE]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, S8765-S8768, S8780 [10DE]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S4801 [10JN]

———disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26), unanimous-consent agreement, S4785 [9JN]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8520 [4DE], S8735-S8781 [10DE], S8992, S9278 [14DE], S10245 [15DE]

Federal employees: tribute, S8735 [10DE]

Financial institutions: address concept of ``too big to fail'' through stricter limits on leverage and liabilities and through improved capital assessment and financial reporting, S2625 [26AP]

———address the concept of ``Too Big To Fail'' through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (S. 2746), S8768 [10DE]

———awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S8739 [10DE]

———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), S2362 [15AP], S2446 [20AP], S2792 [29AP], S3016 [3MY], S3135 [5MY], S3329, S3333, S3334 [6MY], S3490 [11MY]

———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, S2621, S2625 [26AP], S2685 [27AP], S2733, S2734, S2735 [28AP]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking, S2446 [20AP]

FRS: increase transparency and accountability, S1608 [16MR], S1662-S1664 [17MR], S2446 [20AP]

———reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported, S3490 [11MY]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S2362 [15AP]

———require GAO audit of the FRS Board of Governors and publication of information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S2686 [27AP], S2733 [28AP], S3016 [3MY], S3135 [5MY], S3329, S3333, S3334 [6MY], S3490 [11MY]

Gulf of Mexico: impact of response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion on the environment and future offshore drilling policies, S3016 [3MY]

Oil Pollution Act: authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (S. 3473), S4785 [9JN]

Olympic games: tribute to Vermont participants, S935 [2MR]

Paterson, Katherine: Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature designee, S856 [1MR]

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, S6288 [27JY], S7342 [22SE]

Power resources: national energy policy, S8743 [10DE]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2270 [14AP]

Senate: legislative program, S4786 [9JN]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment, S925 [2MR], S978, S993-S995, S1009 [3MR]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S6288 [27JY]

Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed, S7486 [27SE]

———encourage investments in infrastructure, S8737, S8742, S8758, S8777, S8780 [10DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S925 [2MR], S978, S993, S1009 [3MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4712, S4739 [9JN], S4911, S4912, S4922, S4923, S4924 [15JN], S5250 [22JN], S6053 [21JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8617, S8627 [8DE], S8739, S8744, S8746, S8778 [10DE]

———extend estate tax relief, S8761, S8776 [10DE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8520 [4DE], S8703, S8704 [9DE], S8735-S8781 [10DE], S8992, S9278 [14DE]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8520 [4DE], S8703, S8704 [9DE], S8735-S8781 [10DE], S8992, S9278 [14DE], S10245 [15DE]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3773), S7077 [14SE]

———permanently extend estate tax relief, S5250 [22JN]

———provide a temporary payroll tax reduction, S8736, S8745, S8762, S8777 [10DE]

———reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes (S. 3533), S5761 [13JY], S6007 [20JY], S6054 [21JY]

———repeal certain oil and gas related tax incentives and use savings to fund the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, S4712-S4714, S4739-S4741 [9JN], S4911, S4912, S4922, S4923, S4924 [15JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S780, S781, S789, S790 [25FE], S5250 [22JN], S6053 [21JY], S8737, S8747, S8763, S8778 [10DE]

Vermont: tribute to National Guard, S5740 [12JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Schonberg, et al. v. Sanders, et al (S. Res. 398), S260, S261 [26JA]

———authorize representation in Sollars v. Reid, et al. (S. Res. 467), S1921 [23MR]

Reports

Estimated Health Care Savings Resulting From the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Geiger-Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, George Washington University, S1964 [24MR]

Tables

Exxon Mobil Corp., notes to consolidated financial statements relative to income, sales-based, and other taxes as reported to SEC, S4740 [9JN], S4924 [15JN]

Texts of

S. Res. 398, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Schonberg, et al. v. Sanders, et al, S256, S261 [26JA]

S. Res. 467, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Sollars v. Reid, et al., S1878, S1921 [23MR]

Tributes

Atkins, Lindol, Jr., S4524 [27MY]

Pownal, VT: anniversary, S47 [20JA]

Wilson, James, S192 [25JA]