STABENOW, DEBBIE (a Senator from Michigan)

Amendments

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), S5706, S5713 [30JN], S7091 [14SE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8402, S8421 [2DE], S8806 [10DE], S8872, S8873, S8884 [13DE], S9023 [14DE], S10304 [15DE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8129 [19NO]

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), S3479 [10MY], S3654 [12MY], S3788 [14MY], S3838 [17MY], S3943 [18MY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S955, S969 [2MR], S1002, S1090, S1102, S1107 [3MR], S1190 [4MR], S4699 [8JN], S4755 [9JN], S4944, S4948 [15JN]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8402, S8421 [2DE], S8806 [10DE], S8872, S8873, S8884 [13DE], S9023 [14DE], S10304 [15DE]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H414 [27JA]

President's Export Council, S1563 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Marketing Act: improve reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products (see S. 3656), S6737 [4AU]

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), S1620 [16MR] (see S. 4023), S8853 [13DE]

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans (see S. Res. 441), S1169 [4MR]

———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]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 3293), S5850 [14JY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 29), S4145 [24MY]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see S. 259), S1619 [16MR]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 477), S2208 [12AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 3772), S7034 [13SE]

Conservation of energy: improve energy efficiency of appliances, lighting, and buildings (see S. 3059), S1312 [9MR]

———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]

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), S2020 [24MR]

———authorize loans to certain entities to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce home energy use (see S. 3102), S2020 [24MR]

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

Dept. of Commerce: authorize a price analysis adjustment for propane (see S. 3409), S6078 [21JY]

———promote coastal jobs creation and sustainable fisheries and fishing communities, and revitalize waterfronts (see S. 3528), S7090 [14SE]

———provide cost-sharing assistance to improve access to foreign markets for energy efficiency and renewable energy products exported by small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. (see S. 3395), S4082 [20MY]

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see S. 3519), S5787 [13JY]

Dept. of Education: award grants to State educational agencies for activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 curriculum and to measure efficacy of engineering education (see S. 3043), S5786 [13JY]

———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see S. 3293), S5850 [14JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a uniform efficiency descriptor and accompanying test methods for water heaters (see S. 2908), S123 [21JA]

———establish the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program (see S. 3434), S4528 [27MY]

———improve energy conservation and efficiency standards for certain appliances and other consumer products (see S. 3925), S7970 [17NO]

———promote research and development of technologies and best practices for the safe development and extraction of natural gas and petroleum resources (see S. 3509), S5320 [23JN]

———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]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see S. 3320), S5320 [23JN]

———improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1445), S4658 [8JN]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see S. 2750), S1459 [11MR]

———provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (see S. 4035), S10410 [16DE]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S945 [2MR]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (see S. 1651), S3984 [19MY]

———reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 1703), S6025 [20JY]

———reform management of energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 3516), S5320 [23JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S4212 [25MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow amounts under the Troubled Assets Relief Program to be used to provide legal assistance to homeowners to avoid foreclosure (see S. 3979), S8642 [8DE]

———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 3134), S1670 [17MR]

Dept. of Transportation: promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road (see S. 4013), S8599 [7DE]

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

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S2241 [13AP]

———improve the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 3447), S4990 [16JN]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see S. 2760), S743 [24FE]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S4990 [16JN]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see S. 1966), S3908 [18MY]

Diseases: reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see S. 3493), S4938 [15JN]

Education: establish an Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers, principals, librarians and other school personnel on the job (see S. 3206), S2295 [14AP]

EPA: assist planning and construction of treatment works to intercept, transport, or treat municipal and sanitary sewer overflows, and update guidance used to implement certain clean water programs (see S. 854), S620 [22FE]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (see S. 3036), S1312 [9MR]

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), S3536 [11MY]

Financial institutions: establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that institutions could access in order to mitigate risk associated with such loans (see S. 2824), S1874 [23MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 485), S10304 [15DE]

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 493), S2477 [20AP]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (see S. 3073), S1169 [4MR]

Haiti: authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (see S. 3317), S5994 [19JY]

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

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 3213), S2377 [15AP]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see S. 3709), S6882 [5AU]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3737), S8641 [8DE]

Housing: 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), S7090 [14SE]

———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), S4659 [8JN]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2982), S537 [9FE]

Insurance: extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 3548), S5538 [29JN]

Japan: support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef and beef products (see S. Res. 452), S1671 [17MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 2747), S3473 [10MY]

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]

Medicare: ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see S. 1221), S1359 [10MR]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see S. 3211), S2377 [15AP]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 3244), S2587 [22AP]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 1012), S3407 [7MY]

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

National Endowment for the Oceans: establish (see S. 3641), S7352 [22SE]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1553), S5744 [12JY]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 631), S7509 [27SE]

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]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 530), S3782 [14MY]

Native Americans: establish health promotion and disease prevention education, outreach, and workforce development programs for tribal colleges and universities (see S. 633), S482 [4FE]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women's Health (see S. Res. 695), S8554 [6DE]

Oil Pollution Act: require polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills (see S. 3305), S3984 [19MY] (see S. 3472), S4745 [9JN]

Olympic Day: designate (see S. Res. 552), S5203 [21JN]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see S. 1353), S5744 [12JY]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: require leases to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil (see S. 3497), S5700 [30JN]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see S. 3157), S1873 [23MR]

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), S3165 [5MY]

Power resources: encourage implementation of thermal energy infrastructure (see S. 3626), S8244 [29NO]

———extend certain tax incentives for alcohol used as fuel and additional duties on ethanol (see S. 3231), S3644 [12MY]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 3813), S7353 [22SE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (see S. 2899), S7206 [20SE]

———provide triple credits toward a renewable electricity standard for renewable energy produced on brownfields (see S. 3329), S7969 [17NO]

SBA: reauthorize the National Small Business Tree Planting Program (see S. 3279), S2802 [29AP]

———waive non-Federal share requirement under certain programs (see S. 3165), S3007 [30AP]

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

———recruit, support, and prepare principals to improve student academic achievement at high-need schools (see S. 2896), S7268 [21SE]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see S. 3946), S7899 [15NO]

Small Business Act: improve contracting provisions (see S. 2989), S3717 [13MY]

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), S1312 [9MR]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see S. 3293), S5850 [14JY]

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

Taxation: allow a credit for the conversion of homes using heating oil fuel to using natural gas or biomass feedstocks (see S. 1643), S6549 [30JY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 405), S858 [1MR]

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

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S6201 [22JY]

———expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see S. 3324), S3537 [11MY]

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

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see S. 3398), S4443 [26MY]

———facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 3865), S7786 [29SE]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for industrial energy efficiency in the areas of water reuse, advanced motors, and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chillers (see S. 1639), S1619 [16MR]

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see S. 3146), S3165 [5MY]

———provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see S. 3716), S7901 [15NO]

———provide an investment tax credit for biomass heating property (see S. 3188), S6078 [21JY]

———provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 3621), S6202 [22JY]

———provide special rules for treatment of low-income housing credits (see S. 3141), S1750 [18MR]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see S. 3339), S4530 [27MY]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see S. 1610), S4144 [24MY]

Terrorism: 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), S6025 [20JY]

Trade Act: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 4055), S11037 [22DE]

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

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 3981), S8244 [29NO]

Veterans: expand homeless veterans with special needs grant program to include males with minor dependents and establish program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see S. 1237), S5786 [13JY]

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 Veterinary Year: designate (see S. Res. 583), S7422 [23SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S699 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

China: prohibit purchases by the U.S. Government of Chinese goods and services until China agrees to the Agreement on Government Procurement (see S. 3505), S5112 [17JN]

Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins (see S. 3553), S5699 [30JN]

———take action on the Chicago waterway system to prevent migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan (see S. 2946), S122 [21JA]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see S. 3662), S6397 [28JY]

Japan: remedy trade violations relative to not applying incentives for U.S. automobile imports under the Japan Eco-Friendly Vehicle Purchase Program (see S. Res. 388), S52 [20JA]

Medicare: provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see S. 3674), S6520 [29JY]

Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see S. 4038), S10410 [16DE]

Motor vehicles: modify certain tax incentives for alternative vehicles and establish a Dept. of Energy battery insurance program (see S. 3715), S6883 [5AU]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 550), S4850 [10JN]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 555), S4989 [16JN]

Parkinson's Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 474), S2162 [26MR]

Senior citizens: support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation (see S. Res. 553), S4939 [15JN]

Social Security: ensure continued access to Medicare for seniors and people with disabilities and to TRICARE for military families (see S. 3965), S8062 [18NO]

Taxation: allow companies to utilize existing alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain U.S. jobs (see S. 3014), S620 [22FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 3520), S5268 [22JN]

———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]

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]

Becker, Craig: nomination to the NLRB, S527 [9FE]

Bernanke, Ben S.: nomination to be Federal Reserve Board Chair, S246 [26JA]

Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S174, S175 [25JA]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), motion to proceed, S7454 [24SE], S7585 [28SE]

———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), motion to proceed, S2099 [25MR], S2200 [12AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8391 [2DE], S8528, S8529 [4DE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8049 [18NO], S8229 [29NO]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 3992), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (S. 3991), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8626 [8DE]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), House amendment, S10386 [16DE], S10666 [18DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]

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]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8391 [2DE], S8528, S8529 [4DE]

Privilege of the floor

Aussenberg, Randy, S2165 [26MR]

English, Ivie, S2165 [26MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4487 [27MY]

Budget: deficit, S778 [25FE], S2143 [26MR]

———establish an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill returning spending levels to 2007 levels, S5083, S5084 [17JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1850 [23MR], S2158 [26MR]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S2143 [26MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S5078 [17JN]

Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins, S5304 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), return to the House, S5456 [24JN]

———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 3134), S7477 [27SE]

———make a certification when making purchases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program (H.R. 5551), S5456 [24JN]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S776, S778 [25FE], S853 [1MR], S917 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2101 [25MR], S2135, S2137, S2140, S2143 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent request, S2138 [26MR]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, S8314-S8316 [1DE]

———importance of job creation, S2137 [26MR]

———prohibit use of taxpayer funds to bailout State and local governments, S3861 [18MY]

———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, S5905, S5906 [15JY]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, S9013 [14DE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S9013 [14DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S10255 [15DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), unanimous-consent request, S5253, S5256, S5258 [22JN]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4915), unanimous-consent request, S2140 [26MR], S8328 [1DE]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 3347), unanimous-consent request, S5252 [22JN]

———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, S2675 [27AP]

Goldsmith, Mark A.: nomination to be district judge, S5186 [21JN]

Gulf of Mexico: impact of response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion on the environment and future offshore drilling policies, S5078-S5080 [17JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S2142 [26MR]

Insurance: extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage, S853 [1MR]

Kagan, Elena: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S4956 [16JN]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: authorize subpoena power (H.R. 5481), S5456 [24JN]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S2142 [26MR]

Real estate investment trusts: anniversary of establishing legislation, S7081 [14SE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, S9013 [14DE]

Securities: comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system, S5905, S5906 [15JY]

Senate: authority of officials during adjournment, S5424 [24JN]

———legislative program, S2135 [26MR], S5456 [24JN]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S8328 [1DE], S9014 [14DE]

Small Business Act: improve contracting provisions, S5424 [24JN]

Taxation: allow companies to utilize existing alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain U.S. jobs, S1001 [3MR], S1151 [4MR]

———create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed, S7477, S7493 [27SE], S7581 [28SE]

———expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit (S. 3324), S8328 [1DE]

———expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit (S. 3324), unanimous-consent request, S8328 [1DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1001 [3MR], S1151 [4MR], S4488 [27MY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S5078, S5081, S5083, S5084 [17JN], S5246, S5248, S5249, S5250, S5251 [22JN], S5384, S5424, S5426, S5430 [24JN], S5677 [30JN], S6046, S6047, S6048 [21JY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S9013 [14DE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S10255 [15DE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), unanimous-consent request, S5253, S5256, S5258 [22JN]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4915), unanimous-consent request, S2140 [26MR], S8328 [1DE]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S9013 [14DE]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3773), S8328 [1DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S776, S778 [25FE], S853 [1MR], S917 [2MR], S2137, S2140, S2143 [26MR], S4487 [27MY], S5246, S5248, S5249, S5250, S5251 [22JN], S5384-S5386, S5424, S5426, S5430 [24JN], S5677 [30JN], S5773 [13JY], S6046, S6047, S6048 [21JY], S9013 [14DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3520), S5260, S5261, S5262 [22JN]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3520), unanimous-consent request, S5249, S5260 [22JN]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3981), S8324 [1DE], S8375 [2DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3981), unanimous-consent request, S8315 [1DE]

———provide emergency unemployment compensation and extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes for previously unemployed individuals and credit for their retention (S. 3706), unanimous-consent request, S7697 [29SE]

Tributes

Byrd, Robert C., S5518, S5530 [29JN]

Cantwell, Senator, S6502 [29JY]

Harwell, William E. (Ernie), S3134 [5MY]

Kaufman, Senator, S7696 [29SE]