THUNE, JOHN (a Senator from South Dakota)
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), S4410, S4444, S4451 [26MY]
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S28, S57 [20JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1957, S1958, S2020, S2035, S2050, S2051 [24MR], S2132 [25MR]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), S7706, S7756 [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), S5746, S5750 [12JY], S5793 [13JY], S6446 [28JY], S6652 [3AU], S7036, S7045, S7047 [13SE], S7055 [14SE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S10411, S10415 [16DE]
Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S629, S634 [22FE]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8868 [13DE]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8245 [29NO]
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), S3173 [5MY], S3361 [6MY], S3645, S3651 [12MY], S3693 [13MY], S3909 [18MY]
Native Americans: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (H.R. 725), S5365 [23JN]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S629, S634 [22FE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S888 [1MR], S986, S996, S1091 [3MR], S4763 [9JN], S5063, S5115 [17JN]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8868 [13DE]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10514, S10522 [17DE], S10695 [18DE], S10726 [19DE], S10820 [20DE], S10932 [21DE]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H414 [27JA]
Articles and editorials
Don't Force New Start—The Treaty Should Not Be a Christmas Present for Russia, National Review (publication), S10371 [16DE]
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]
Agricultural Marketing Act: improve reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products (see S. 3656), S6584 [2AU]
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 591), S6202 [22JY]
Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Rapid City, SD: designate (see S. 3555), S5699 [30JN]
Appropriations: 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), S3908 [18MY]
Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S7421 [23SE]
Budget: provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see S. 3474), S7035 [13SE]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (see S. 3095), S1360 [10MR]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Computers: prohibit installation of certain peer-to-peer file sharing software without first providing notice and obtaining consent from the owner or authorized user of the computer (see S. 3027), S698 [23FE]
Dept. of Commerce: authorize a price analysis adjustment for propane (see S. 3409), S7035 [13SE]
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), S1229 [5MR]
Dept. of Education: extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see S. 2796), S743 [24FE]
———require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see S. 3914), S7970 [17NO]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S8063 [18NO]
Dept. of Justice: compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act (see S. 3122), S2241 [13AP]
———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. 2977), S439 [2FE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S3716 [13MY]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize certain maritime programs (see S. 3566), S5965 [15JY]
———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: exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (see S. 3246), S2587 [22AP]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 3265), S2804 [29AP]
Energy Policy Act: streamline Indian energy development, enhance programs to support Indian energy development and efficiency, and make technical corrections (see S. 3752), S6884 [5AU]
EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see S.J. Res. 26), S122 [21JA]
Families and domestic relations: recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see S. Res. 560), S5112 [17JN]
FCC: encourage continued investment and innovation in communications networks by establishing a new competition analysis-based regulatory framework (see S. 3624), S6078 [21JY]
Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 3826), S7352 [22SE]
Federal employees: make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (see S. 3790), S7134 [15SE]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S5964 [15JY]
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]
Japan: support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef and beef products (see S. Res. 452), S1458 [11MR]
Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of the Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation, and to support construction of the Marine Corps Heritage Center (see S. 4001), S8396 [2DE]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]
Members of Congress: disclose delinquent tax liability, require an ethics inquiry, and garnish wages of a Member with Federal tax liability (see S. 3791), S7134 [15SE]
———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 3074), S1169 [4MR]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 647), S7507 [27SE]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 647), S7507 [27SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 599), S6397 [28JY]
National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 512), S4573 [28MY]
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), S3536 [11MY]
National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (see S. Res. 515), S3407 [7MY]
National Safe Digging Month: support (see S. Res. 472), S2162 [26MR]
National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 540), S4442 [26MY]
OMB: provide a list of programs with unobligated stimulus funds and make recommendations to redirect such funds to assist displaced workers or spur job creation (see S. 2981), S440 [2FE]
Outer Continental Shelf: reform management of energy and mineral resources, improve oil spill compensation, and terminate moratorium on deepwater drilling (see S. 3643), S6201 [22JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: promote accountability and transparency concerning implementation (see S. 3924), S7970 [17NO]
———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see S. 3829), S7970 [17NO]
———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 3653), S7035 [13SE]
Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission for Comprehensive Resolution: establish (see S. 3648), S6245 [26JY]
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]
Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see S. 570), S482 [4FE]
———extend certain tax incentives for alcohol used as fuel and additional duties on ethanol (see S. 3231), S2477 [20AP]
Roads and highways: improve highway mobility in rural States (see S. 3485), S4938 [15JN]
Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see S. 3578), S5849 [14JY]
Small Business Development Center network: anniversary (see S. Res. 638), S7352 [22SE]
Social Security: prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 3900), S7902 [15NO]
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]
Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (see S. 2936), S123 [21JA]
———allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see S. 3989), S8298 [30NO]
———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3773), S7135 [15SE]
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), S4145 [24MY]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S7901 [15NO]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (see S. 3652), S6302 [27JY] (see S. 3779), S7089 [14SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: terminate authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2938), S51 [20JA]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: amend relative to applicability of identity theft guidelines to creditors (see S. 3987), S8298 [30NO]
———provide an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain small businesses (see S. 3416), S4211 [25MY]
National Nursing Home Week: designate (see S. Res. 518), S3407 [7MY]
Veterans: provide cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for certain survivors (see S. 3359), S3716 [13MY]
Letters
Budget reconciliation process: Senator Byrd, S1439 [11MR]
Nomination of Elena Kagan to be Supreme Court Justice: John Velleco, Gun Owners of America (organization), S6808 [5AU]
———Wayne LaPierre and Chris W. Cox, NRA, S6807, S6808 [5AU]
Motions
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S2000 [24MR]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S5064 [17JN]
Remarks
Aberdeen, SD: anniversary of Aberdeen Federal Credit Union, S47
Agar, SD: anniversary, S4883
Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending, S7707, S7708 [29SE]
———making continuing, S7707, S7708 [29SE]
Beck, Michael and Emily: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, S8056
Berwick, Donald M.: appointment as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, S5755, S5756, S5757 [13JY]
Big Stone City, SD: anniversary, S5741
Budget: allocation of funds, S4878-S4880 [14JN]
———deficit, S7109 [15SE]
———eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (S. 3652), S6303 [27JY]
———increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S28 [20JA], S96, S98 [21JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1958, S1999, S2000 [24MR]
CBO: score Federal purchases of private stock, equity, or capital investments on a fair-value basis that considers market risk, S7109 [15SE]
Dakota BUSINESS Finance (company): SBA Certified Development Company of the Year award recipient, S2800
Dept. of Defense: size and age of nuclear bomber fleet, S10790 [20DE]
Dept. of Education: condition Federal Family Education Loan Program funding on certification that no State will experience a net job loss as a result of enactment, S1959, S1999 [24MR]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), S7707, S7708 [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), S6165, S6167, S6176, S6177 [22JY], S7059 [14SE], S7108 [15SE]
———prohibit institutions that have delinquent Troubled Asset Relief Program loans from accessing funds through the Small Business Lending Fund Program, S7108-S7110 [15SE]
———terminate authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S28-S30 [20JA], S96, S98 [21JA]
Dupree, SD: anniversary, S5741
Eagle Butte, SD: anniversary, S5741
EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S4818, S4819 [10JN]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S7389 [23SE]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8462 [3DE], S8518, S8520 [4DE], S8985 [14DE]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), unanimous-consent request, S5253 [22JN]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: amend relative to applicability of identity theft guidelines to creditors (S. 3987), S8288, S8289 [30NO]
Faith, SD: anniversary, S6645
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8222 [29NO]
FDIC: establish a sunset for the Division for Consumer Financial Protection, S3694 [13MY]
———establish Division for Consumer Financial Protection, S3323 [6MY]
———remove statutory references to credit rating agencies as sources for determining creditworthiness of investments, S3323 [6MY]
Federal employees: temporarily freeze pay of civilian employees, S5061, S5062, S5063 [17JN]
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), S3323 [6MY], S3694 [13MY]
Gann Valley, SD: anniversary, S6516
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, S3502 [11MY]
Haley, McKenzie: Miss Rodeo America title winner, S8851
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S1437, S1439, S1441 [11MR], S1686, S1687 [18MR], S3853-S3855 [18MY], S5755, S5756, S5757 [13JY]
———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, S1437, S1439, S1441 [11MR], S1686, S1687 [18MR]
House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, S1687 [18MR]
Johnson, Derek: National Federation of State High School Associations National High School Spirit of Sport Award recipient, S4081
Kagan, Elena: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to positions on right to keep and bear arms, S6806, S6807, S6808, S6809, S6810 [5AU]
———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6696 [4AU], S6806, S6807, S6808, S6809, S6810 [5AU]
Lutz, Patricia: South Dakota School Transportation Association South Dakota School Bus Driver of the Year award recipient, S5740
Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S5253 [22JN]
Newell, SD: anniversary, S6879
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S1958, S2000 [24MR]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S5755, S5756, S5757 [13JY]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), unanimous-consent request, S7717 [29SE]
Senate: legislative process, S7390 [23SE]
Sioux Falls, SD: tribute to National Weather Service Sioux Falls Weather Forecast Office, S2800
Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S7059 [14SE]
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations and rescind unspent Federal funds to offset loss in revenues, S8222 [29NO]
South Dakota: tribute to Air National Guard 114th Fighter Wing, S7752
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S851 [1MR], S986, S987 [3MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4878 [14JN], S5055, S5061, S5062, S5063, S5064 [17JN], S5249, S5253 [22JN]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3793), S7390, S7391 [23SE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S7389 [23SE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8462 [3DE], S8518, S8520 [4DE], S8985 [14DE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), unanimous-consent request, S5253 [22JN]
———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8462 [3DE], S8518, S8520 [4DE], S8985 [14DE]
———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes, S7717 [29SE]
———make permanent the increase in limitations on expensing of certain depreciable small business assets, S851 [1MR], S987 [3MR]
———rates, S3323 [6MY]
———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (H.R. 4994), unanimous-consent request, S7383, S7384 [23SE]
3rd Reconnaissance Association: anniversary, S7751
Timber Lake, SD: anniversary, S5959
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): amend preamble to strike language relative to interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms, S10484, S10485 [17DE], S10674 [18DE]
———increase number of certain inspections allowed, S10797 [20DE]
———modify deployed delivery vehicle limits, S10782, S10786, S10790, S10797, S10801 [20DE]
———renewal, S10370 [16DE], S10484, S10485 [17DE], S10674 [18DE], S10782, S10784, S10786, S10790, S10797, S10801 [20DE], S10916, S10917 [21DE], S10943 [22DE]
———require Presidential certification of nuclear weapons complex and delivery systems modernization, S10943 [22DE]
———require Russian cooperation with U.S. and international efforts to prevent Iranian development of nuclear weapons capability, S10916, S10917 [21DE]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S5249, S5253 [22JN]
———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3520), unanimous-consent request, S5249 [22JN]
Votes: position on missed, S562 [11FE]
Tributes
Aker, Sarah M., S5534
Anderson, Brooke J., S2419
Bauman, Keaton J., S5534
Berry, Robert, S6516
Campbell, Abiane, S5535
Carlsen, Bailey J., S8638
Cornelius, Aimee, S6517
Curry, Edmund, S6878
Espinosa, Christopher S., S2419
Fuchs, Hayden M., S5535
Gill, Kelli, S2419
Goeden, Della M., S3161
Gregg, Senator, S8985 [14DE]
Hanson, Danielle, S6878
Haugaard, Ryun, S6879
Hill, Edward M., S8639
Kundert, Alice, S5740
Laurence, Carolyn (Jeanne), S5110
Moore, Robert D., S5109
Neff, Blake, S6879
Nesbitt, Peter, S6879
Nordgaard, Travis, S6879
Robins, Megan L., S2419
Sand, Lydia, S5696
Schieffer-Kralicek, Dorothy C., S3161
Sebade, Norbert, S8241
Toupal, Rusty, S7613
Twedt, Carol, S10302
Van Den Top, Ashley, S2800
Veurink, Jordan, S6879
Wagner, Katherine, S8639
Wolf Guts, Clarence, S5267
Zea, Tracy R., S8639