SANDERS, BERNARD (a Senator from Vermont)

Amendments

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1052 [25FE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2882 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S4510 [15JY], S4715, S4716 [22JY], S5711 [17SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1616, S1665 [13MR]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S4006 [25JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3101, S3114 [15MY], S3187 [20MY]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (S. 2685), S6101 [18NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815, S3819 [18JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4782 [23JY], S4923, S4924 [24JY]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1052 [25FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act, S964 [12FE]

——— H.R. 3230, Veterans’ Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, S3805 [18JN]

Articles and editorials

Bank’s Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills, Eric Lipton and Ben Protess, New York (NY) Times, S6720 [12DE]

Fighting ISIL Is Not America’s War—Other Countries Should Lead Coalition Against Islamic State, Doug Bandow, Forbes (publication) (excerpt), S5736 [18SE]

Kuwait, Ally on Syria, Is Also the Leading Funder of Extremist Rebels, Karen DeYoung, Washington (DC) Post (excerpt), S5736 [18SE]

Overloaded Vets Bill Would Be a Costly Letdown (excerpt), S1147 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S2614 [1MY]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S1282 [4MR]

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 2687), S5334 [5AU]

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 494), S4154 [26JN]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 363), S1174 [26FE]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see S. 2475), S3719 [17JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S2196 [7AP]

Climate: express that global climate change is occurring and will continue to pose ongoing risks and challenges (see S. Res. 524), S4997 [28JY]

Colleges and universities: provide for higher education reform (see S. 1969), S599 [29JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 865), S1366 [6MR]

Community development: create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements (see S. 2900), S5783 [18SE]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 2625), S4620 [17JY]

Credit: enhance accuracy, ensure consumers receive information, improve transparency of agencies, and provide a means to dispute errors relative to credit reporting (see S. 2224), S2326 [9AP]

——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see S. 1837), S3898 [23JN]

Denton, Jeremiah: tribute (see S. Res. 407), S1871 [31MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S5630 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see S. 2070), S3368 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2292), S2718 [6MY] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2194), S5325 [1AU]

——— increase income allowance for working students receiving need-based Federal financial aid (see S. 2796), S5630 [16SE]

——— promote environmental education (see S. 1306), S1692 [24MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 719), S4154 [26JN]

Dept. of Labor: restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see S. 2472), S3939 [24JN]

——— rename the Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and provide for an Assistant Sec., to head such Bureau (see S. 1249), S4003 [25JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 734), S487 [27JA]

Dixon, Alan J.: tribute (see S. Res. 496), S4224 [7JY]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S3424 [4JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 19), S2719 [6MY]

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S2954 [13MY]

FCC: ensure the integrity of voice communications and prevent discrimination among areas in the delivery of such communications by requiring providers to register and comply with basic quality standards (see S. 2125), S1872 [31MR]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (see S. 2476), S3719 [17JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 1349), S1002 [24FE]

Gay, Lesbian, and Allies Senate Staff (GLASS) Caucus Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 505), S4620 [17JY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY]

Jeffords, James M.: tribute (see S. Res. 539), S5434 [9SE]

Law enforcement: clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (see S. 2598), S4454 [14JY]

Mathews, Harlan: tribute (see S. Res. 444), S2953 [13MY]

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S5920 [12NO]

Medicare: increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see S. 709), S1416 [10MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S69 [7JA] (see S. 2223), S2327 [9AP]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S3296 [22MY]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 569), S5784 [18SE]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Res. 431), S2566 [30AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 2844), S5698 [17SE]

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. 987), S3719 [17JN]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see S. 2595), S4404 [10JY]

NRC: prohibit certain waivers and exemptions from emergency preparedness and response and security regulations for spent fuel stored at closed nuclear reactors (see S. 2324), S2953 [13MY]

——— require nuclear reactor operators to expand emergency planning zones and develop plans for dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel (see S. 2325), S2953 [13MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see S. Res. 455), S3294 [22MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see S. 2434), S3474 [5JN]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2516), S3938 [24JN]

——— reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 2023), S947 [12FE]

Pollution: establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see S. 2911), S5783 [18SE]

Taxation: deny tax deductions for corporate regulatory violations (see S. 1654), S655 [30JA]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 2540), S4153 [26JN]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 553), S2424 [28AP]

$2.13 Day: designate (see S. Res. 356), S948 [12FE]

Unemployment: prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see S. 1972), S599 [29JA]

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. 2258), S2424 [28AP]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see S. 2235), S2378 [10AP]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 573), S5784 [18SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S4004 [25JN]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see S. 2714), S5786 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1950), S439 [16JA] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE]

CBO: require calculation of carbon score for all legislation (see S. 2905), S5783 [18SE]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see S. 2548), S4153 [26JN]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (see S. 2832), S5629 [16SE]

Dept. of Education: establish a grant program to enable States to promote participation in high school/college dual enrollment programs (see S. 2349), S3074 [15MY]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see S. 2849), S5698 [17SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative (see S. 2412), S3341 [2JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 2411), S3341 [2JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see S. 2422), S3367 [3JN] (see S. 2450), S3507 [9JN]

Health: increase access to primary care services by supporting and expanding the primary care workforce, enhancing payments, and improving transparency of Federal training funds (see S. 2229), S2327 [9AP]

Medicaid: apply requirement that drug manufacturers that increase prices faster than inflation pay an additional rebate to State Medicaid programs to generic drug manufacturers (see S. 2948), S6204 [20NO]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (see S. 2326), S2953 [13MY]

Senate: permit collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings (see S. Res. 577), S5918 [12NO]

Solar energy: increase quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and installation of additional photovoltaic systems (see S. 2901), S5783 [18SE]

Taxation: reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 2899), S5783 [18SE]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1950), S439 [16JA] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE] (see S. 2413), S3341 [2JN]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see S. 2782), S5434 [9SE]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see S. 2918), S5918 [12NO]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5197 [31JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S4988 [28JY], S5083 [30JY]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

Baran, Jeffery M.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE], S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

Bell, Colleen Bradley: nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, S6187 [20NO], S6230 [1DE]

Blinken, Antony J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S6799 [13DE], S6896 [16DE]

Burns, Stephen G.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE]

Colvin, Carolyn Watts: nomination to be SSA Commissioner, S6798 [13DE]

Cooper, Christopher R.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1745 [26MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S5487 [10SE], S5543 [11SE]

Friedland, Michelle T.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2230 [8AP], S2336 [10AP]

Harpool, M. Douglas: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]

Harris, Pamela: nomination to be circuit judge, S4695 [22JY], S4876 [24JY]

Honorable, Colette Dodson: nomination to the FERC, S6801 [13DE], S6897 [16DE]

Lodge, Virginia Tyler: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

McHugh, Gerald A., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]

Meyer, Jeffrey A.: nomination to be district judge, S939 [12FE], S991 [24FE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2409 [28AP], S2545 [30AP]

Murthy, Vivek H.: nomination to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director, S6799 [13DE], S6849 [15DE]

Owens, John B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Santos, Daniel J.: nomination to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, S6802 [13DE], S6850 [15DE]

Smith, Edward G.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1747 [26MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4650 [21JY], S4728 [23JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S39 [7JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

Walter, Ronald A.: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

Williams, Ellen Dudley: nomination to be Dept. of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Director, S6295 [3DE], S6331 [4DE]

Essays

State of the Union: Abigail Morris, S521• [28JA]

——— Alexina Federhen, S481• [27JA]

——— Brian Townley, S482• [27JA]

——— Carly Neeld, S519• [28JA]

——— Delaney Spink, S596• [29JA]

——— Emily Martin, S595• [29JA]

——— Eric Tucker, S519• [28JA]

——— Fiona Higgins, S594• [29JA]

——— Holly Thayer, S595• [29JA]

——— Katharine Mayo, S482• [27JA]

——— Kendall Spaulding, S519• [28JA]

——— Koenig, Eric, S520• [28JA]

——— Kylee DiMaggio, S520• [28JA]

——— Madison Gilley, S520• [28JA]

——— Nick Majeski, S595• [29JA]

——— Owen Deffner, S595• [29JA]

——— Raihan Kabir, S594• [29JA]

——— Rebecca Paige, S519• [28JA]

——— Robert (Will) Aldrich, S482• [27JA]

——— Trevor McNaney, S520• [28JA]

Excerpts

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, S6721 [12DE]

Letters

Veterans health care access: several veterans organizations, S4739 [23JY], S4855 [24JY]

Memorandums

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Resource Requirements: Sloan D. Gibson, Acting Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4540 [16JY]

Motions

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1197 [27FE]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1197 [27FE]

Privilege of the floor

Dean, Jason, S1185 [26FE]

Holtmeyer, Melissa, S1420 [10MR]

Loftesnes, Grant, S3673 [12JN]

Mebust, Anna, S1420 [10MR]

Scott, Casey, S3673 [12JN]

Sferlazzo, Julia, S3673 [12JN]

Silverstein, Betsy, S3673 [12JN]

Wiitala, Douglas, S3673 [12JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S6719–S6722 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S5735 [18SE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), S3558, S3575, S3591 [11JN], S3702 [17JN], S4131–S4133 [26JN], S4248, S4249 [8JY], S4737–S4740 [23JY], S4855, S4856, S4857, S4858 [24JY]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), conference report, S5015 [29JY], S5188, S5207 [31JY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1950), S445 [16JA], S2064, S2065, S2066 [2AP], S2759, S2760 [7MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1950), unanimous-consent request, S1506, S1507 [11MR], S1759 [26MR], S2065 [2AP], S2759 [7MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S867 [11FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S867 [11FE], S1197, S1204, S1209, S1210 [27FE], S1331 [6MR], S2310, S2311, S2312 [9AP]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S1020, S1026, S1027, S1030 [25FE], S1144, S1150, S1165 [26FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), unanimous-consent request, S3264 [22MY]

Burlington, VT: tribute to Thanksgiving Community Dinner at Sweetwaters American Bistro (business), S651• [30JA]

Butternut Mountain Farm, Vermont Maple Sugar Co.: tribute, S2376• [10AP]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (S. 2548), S4158–S4160 [26JN]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (S. 2832), S5634 [16SE]

——— reduce child poverty, S1603 [13MR]

Climate: global warming, S1396 [10MR], S3495 [9JN]

——— impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, S1397 [10MR]

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate): tribute to members, S431 [16JA]

——— tribute to staff, S5208 [31JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), S6055, S6056 [18NO]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3637 [12JN]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable, S2700 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1603 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), House amendment, S6719–S6722 [12DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), S1332 [6MR], S2065 [2AP], S2310, S2311, S2312 [9AP], S2757, S2759 [7MY]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), unanimous-consent request, S1331 [6MR], S1506 [11MR], S1758, S1759 [26MR], S2064 [2AP], S2758 [7MY]

——— delay expansion of medical services to veterans with no service-connected disability or income above means-tested threshold until GAO certifies that resources can accommodate increased enrollment, S1030 [25FE], S1146 [26FE], S1205 [27FE]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S3558, S3575, S3591 [11JN], S3702 [17JN], S4131–S4133 [26JN], S4248, S4249 [8JY], S4737–S4740 [23JY], S4855, S4856, S4857, S4858 [24JY], S5015 [29JY], S5188 [31JY]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (S. 2091), S3637 [12JN]

——— investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, S2757 [7MY]

——— mental health care funding, S4539 [16JY]

——— offset increased medical services and benefits funding by capping Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations account funding, S1206 [27FE]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (H.R. 4031), S3263, S3265 [22MY]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S1805–S1807 [27MR], S2066 [2AP], S2303–S2305 [9AP]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S6508–S6510 [10DE]

——— revitalize the middle class, S6508–S6510 [10DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S5495 [10SE]

——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5360 [8SE]

EPA: impose carbon pollution fee and use proceeds to provide rebate to consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and regulate hydraulic fracturing (S. 332), S1399 [10MR]

——— proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S3495 [9JN]

FCC: restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices, S3168 [20MY]

Financial institutions: revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, S6721, S6722 [12DE]

Foreign policy: ensure equal efforts to address domestic priorities as well as global crises, S5735 [18SE]

Gibson, Sloan D.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S886 [11FE]

Haslam, Rebecca: Vermont Teacher of the Year Award recipient, S6383• [8DE]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement, S1205, S1209 [27FE]

Koch, Charles: impact of contributions on Republican causes and candidates, S2596 [1MY], S2842–S2844 [8MY], S5360 [8SE]

Koch, David H.: impact of contributions on Republican causes and candidates, S2596 [1MY], S2842–S2844 [8MY], S5360 [8SE]

McDonald, Robert A.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4737 [23JY], S5015 [29JY]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2597 [1MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S6244 [2DE]

Olympic Games: tribute to Vermont participants, S817 [6FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S2758 [7MY]

Pensions: reform multiemployer pension plan system, S6719 [12DE]

Postal Service: impact of closure and consolidation of mail processing facilities, S6324 [4DE]

——— restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service, S6324 [4DE]

Power resources: promote clean energy sources to combat climate change, S1398 [10MR]

Social Security: protect system and improve benefits, S6834 [15DE]

——— solvency, S6834 [15DE]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S2842 [8MY], S5360 [8SE], S5495 [10SE]

——— decision in McCutcheon v. FEC on contribution limits for individual political campaign donors, S2066 [2AP], S2303–S2305 [9AP]

Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S5735 [18SE]

Taxation: eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, S6835 [15DE]

——— extend production and investment tax credit, S1399 [10MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S123 [8JA]

Veterans: benefits funding, S3264–S3266 [22MY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1950), S445 [16JA], S2064, S2065, S2066 [2AP], S2759, S2760 [7MY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1950), unanimous-consent request, S1506, S1507 [11MR], S1759 [26MR], S2065 [2AP], S2759 [7MY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S867 [11FE], S1197, S1204, S1209, S1210 [27FE], S1331 [6MR], S2310, S2311, S2312 [9AP]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S1020, S1026, S1027, S1030 [25FE], S1144, S1150, S1165 [26FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), unanimous-consent request, S3264 [22MY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 2413), S3457, S3459 [5JN]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 2258), S5570 [11SE]

Reports filed

Nomination of Leigh A. Bradley To Be Dept. of Veterans Affairs General Counsel: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S6388 [8DE]

Nomination of Linda A. Schwartz To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S439 [16JA]

Nomination of Robert A. McDonald To Be Sec. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S4762 [23JY]

Nomination of Sloan D. Gibson To Be Deputy Sec. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S439 [16JA]

Older Americans Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1562), S27 [6JA]

Statements

Student Loan Debt: Several Individuals, S3637 [12JN]

Texts of

S. 2422, Ensuring Veterans Access to Care Act, S3370–S3379 [3JN]

Tributes

Harkin, Senator, S6715 [12DE]

Hoff, Philip H., S4606, S4607 [17JY]

Holtmeyer, Melissa, S1420 [10MR]

Levin, Senator, S6706 [12DE]

McCain, Senator, S5208 [31JY]

Mebust, Anna, S1420 [10MR]

Shinseki, Eric K., S5015 [29JY]

Smith, Jacob, S1420 [10MR]