STABENOW, DEBBIE (a Senator from Michigan)
Amendments
Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1181 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5591 [15SE]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1591 [12MR]
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), S2978 [13MY], S3037 [14MY], S3082, S3095, S3096, S3101, S3102, S3114, S3117, S3143 [15MY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815 [18JN]
Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4276 [8JY], S4419 [10JY]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6454 [9DE]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S292 [13JA]
Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1181 [26FE]
Appointments
Committee on Taxation (Joint), S2167 [3AP]
Committee to escort the President, H1473 [28JA]
Committee to escort Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko into the House Chamber, H7680 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: establish a comprehensive policy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to and the affordability, reliability, and sustainability of power (see S. 2508), S4663 [21JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S6627 [11DE]
Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S1234 [27FE]
——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 2687), S5134 [30JY]
——— improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (see S. 2276), S2613 [1MY]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1982), S891 [11FE]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see S. 1844), S291 [13JA]
Armenia: observe anniversary, support an equitable relationship with Turkey based on acknowledgment of facts, and ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding relative to the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 410), S5376 [8SE]
Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 494), S4154 [26JN]
Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 363), S1174 [26FE]
Canada: ensure that the Canadian government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (see S. Res. 565), S5783 [18SE]
Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 404), S1819 [27MR]
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]
——— provide for youth jobs (see S. 2832), S5629 [16SE]
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]
Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S3029 [14MY]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 865), S2614 [1MY]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see S. Res. 502), S4503 [15JY]
Conservation of natural resources: support voluntary, incentive-based, private land conservation in order to sustain natural resources to meet the needs of a growing population (see S. Con. Res. 39), S4904 [24JY]
Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 1733), S2162 [3AP] (see S. 2599), S4454 [14JY]
Denton, Jeremiah: tribute (see S. Res. 407), S1871 [31MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish an emergency watershed protection disaster assistance fund to provide assistance for any natural disaster (see S. 2163), S2380 [10AP]
Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see S. 1468), S69 [7JA]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2292), S2718 [6MY] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN]
——— establish Innovation Inspiration school grant program (see S. 1067), S1282 [4MR]
——— simplify the college financial aid application process in order to maximize eligibility and increase income threshold to qualify for maximum Pell Grant funding (see S. 2340), S3545 [10JN]
Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see S. 466), S2424 [28AP]
——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see S. 1251), S4503 [15JY]
——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see S. 641), S5508 [10SE]
Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S2470 [29AP]
Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 2964), S6205 [20NO]
Dept. of State: 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), S3720 [17JN]
Dept. of the Interior: increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds (see S. 2621), S5508 [10SE]
——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 2188), S3939 [24JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: reauthorize the State Small Business Credit Initiative (see S. 2285), S2614 [1MY]
Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see S. 2591), S5919 [12NO]
Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see S. 1239), S3075 [15MY]
——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 539), S4763 [23JY]
——— improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see S. 908), S4404 [10JY]
——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see S. 1091), S3939 [24JN]
Dixon, Alan J.: tribute (see S. Res. 496), S4224 [7JY]
Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (see S. 2198), S1923 [1AP]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 19), S2912 [12MY]
Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S3864 [19JN]
EPA: publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see S. 2785), S6262 [2DE]
FDA: incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for Ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S6149 [19NO]
FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see S. 1846), S326 [14JA]
Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S3864 [19JN]
Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 1875), S1282 [4MR]
Great Lakes: establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges (see S. 571), S2327 [9AP]
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 545), S5588 [15SE]
Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see S. 1761), S3425 [4JN]
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]
Iraq: protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see S. Res. 530), S5135 [30JY]
Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization), condemn and call for an end to such attacks, and dissolve Palestinian Authority unity Government with Hamas (see S. Res. 498), S4455 [14JY]
——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see S. 2673), S4997 [28JY]
Jeffords, James M.: tribute (see S. Res. 539), S5434 [9SE]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 474), S3668 [12JN]
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), S6023 [17NO]
——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 1992), S1693 [24MR]
Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 562), S1001 [24FE]
——— develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S5052 [29JY]
——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (see S. 2783), S5507 [10SE]
——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2491), S4004 [25JN]
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 162), S764 [4FE]
Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S3343 [2JN]
Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S28 [6JA] (see S. 2223), S2327 [9AP]
Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1150), S2327 [9AP]
MotorCities National Heritage Area: extend authorization (see S. 2221), S2406 [11AP]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 557), S5698 [17SE]
National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S2912 [12MY]
National Native American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 590), S6205 [20NO]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 481), S3898 [23JN]
National Teacher Day: observance (see S. Res. 440), S2875 [8MY]
Native American Heritage Day: observance (see S. Res. 590), S6205 [20NO]
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), S4336 [9JY]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S4763 [23JY]
Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see S. Res. 433), S2720 [6MY]
NOAA: conduct assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters of the Great Lakes (see S. 2556), S4154 [26JN]
North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see S. 2595), S4404 [10JY]
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), S3605 [11JN]
Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY]
Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1456), S1366 [6MR]
Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2516), S3938 [24JN]
Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see S. 2737), S5376 [8SE]
SBA: reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2693), S6262 [2DE]
Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 2363), S4155 [26JN]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1694), S1316 [5MR]
——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see S. 1507), S1417 [10MR]
——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 501), S3342 [2JN]
——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 1645), S2719 [6MY]
——— limit interest expense deduction to prevent earnings stripping of domestic corporations involved in corporate inversion (see S. 2786), S5507 [10SE]
——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 2360), S3184 [20MY]
——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 1395), S5919 [12NO]
——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2569), S4271 [8JY]
——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 506), S3342 [2JN]
Travel Promotion Act: extend (see S. 2250), S4405 [10JY]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see S. 2077), S1585 [12MR]
Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S891 [11FE] (see S. 2413), S3341 [2JN]
VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see S. 2782), S5920 [12NO]
Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 573), S5784 [18SE]
Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S3898 [23JN]
——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see S. 942), S2424 [28AP]
World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see S. 2714), S5786 [18SE]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see S. 1862), S2380 [10AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Corps of Engineers: carry out projects necessary to separate the hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River to prevent interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species (see S. 3002), S6626 [11DE]
FERC: review decisions of the North American Electric Reliability Corp., affecting cost allocation under system support resources agreements (see S. 2929), S6022 [17NO]
National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 555), S5698 [17SE]
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 536), S5325 [1AU]
National Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 386), S1653 [13MR]
Parkinson’s Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 408), S1923 [1AP]
Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see S. Con. Res. 33), S1234 [27FE]
Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2562), S4154 [26JN]
World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 386), S1653 [13MR]
Cloture motions
Adegbile, Debo P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S1223 [27FE], S1295 [5MR]
Adler, Robert S.: nomination to the CPSC, S6187 [20NO], S6242 [2DE]
Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S619 [30JA], S689 [3FE]
Alonso, Jorge L.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]
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]
Arleo, Madeline Cox: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6138 [19NO]
Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S812 [6FE], S846 [10FE]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]
Barron, David J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3064 [15MY], S3211 [21MY]
Beetlestone, Wendy: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6138 [19NO]
Birotte, Andre, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S4545 [16JY], S4671 [22JY]
Blakey, John R.: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]
Blinken, Antony J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S6799 [13DE], S6896 [16DE]
Bolden, Victor A.: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6139 [19NO]
Bough, Stephen R.: nomination to be district judge, S6806 [13DE], S6905 [16DE]
Bowen, Sharon Y.: nomination to the CFTC, S3285 [22MY], S3353 [3JN]
Burroughs, Allison Dale: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]
Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S3286 [22MY], S3398 [4JN]
Byron, Paul G.: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3891 [23JN]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5488 [10SE]
——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2179 [7AP], S2299 [9AP]
Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2763 [7MY], S2899 [12MY]
Cooper, Christopher R.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1745 [26MR]
Dept. of Defense: provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), S1349 [6MR]
——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), S1336, S1348 [6MR]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5322 [1AU], S5366 [8SE]
Friedland, Michelle T.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2230 [8AP], S2336 [10AP]
Gayles, Darrin P.: nomination to be district judge, S3654 [12JN], S3680 [16JN]
Gilliam, Haywood S., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]
Griggsby, Lydia K.: nomination to be U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, S6294 [3DE], S6319 [4DE]
Harpool, M. Douglas: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]
Honorable, Colette Dodson: nomination to the FERC, S6801 [13DE], S6897 [16DE]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4451 [14JY], S4535 [16JY]
Krause, Cheryl A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3925 [24JN], S4102 [26JN]
Leeson, Joseph F., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S6294 [3DE], S6319 [4DE]
Leitman, Matthew F.: nomination to be district judge, S1359 [6MR], S1500 [11MR]
Levy, Jon D.: nomination to be district judge, S2403 [11AP], S2435 [29AP]
Levy, Judith E.: nomination to be district judge, S1359 [6MR], S1500 [11MR]
Mamet, Noah B.: nomination to be Ambassador to Argentina, S6186 [20NO], S6229 [1DE]
Mazzant, Amos L., III: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]
McHugh, Carolyn B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1359 [6MR], S1376 [10MR]
McHugh, Gerald A., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]
Mehta, Amit P.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]
Michelson, Laurie J.: nomination to be district judge, S1360 [6MR], S1501 [11MR]
Moritz, Nancy L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2463 [29AP], S2581 [1MY]
Pappert, Gerald J.: nomination to be district judge, S6228 [1DE], S6278 [3DE]
Parker, Linda V.: nomination to be district judge, S1360 [6MR], S1501 [11MR]
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), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]
——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2850 [8MY], S2930 [13MY]
——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]
Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Nashua, NH: designate (S. 540), S933 [12FE]
Pepper, Pamela: nomination to be district judge, S6080 [18NO], S6137 [19NO]
Pitman, Robert L.: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]
Rodriguez, Leon: nomination to be Dept. of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, S3856 [19JN], S3911 [24JN]
Rosenberg, Robin L.: nomination to be district judge, S4545 [16JY], S4672 [22JY]
Sannes, Brenda K.: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6137 [19NO]
Santos, Daniel J.: nomination to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, S6802 [13DE], S6850 [15DE]
Schroeder, Robert W., III: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3654 [12JN], S3712 [17JN]
Smith, Christopher A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Fossil Energy, S6806 [13DE]
Smith, Edward G.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1747 [26MR]
Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4298 [9JY], S4377 [10JY]
——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), motion to proceed, S3997 [25JN], S4210 [7JY]
Stivers, Gregory N.: nomination to be district judge, S6293 [3DE], S6318 [4DE]
Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4988 [28JY], S5082 [30JY]
——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4650 [21JY], S4728 [23JY]
Ukraine: support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), motion to proceed, S1642 [13MR], S1686 [24MR]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S311 [14JA]
Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]
White, Ronnie L.: nomination to be district judge, S4451 [14JY], S4519 [16JY]
Wilkins, Robert L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S209 [9JA]
Yandle, Staci M.: nomination to be district judge, S3653 [12JN], S3679 [16JN]
Lists
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) subcommittee assignments, S1230 [27FE]
Remarks
Agriculture: milk price support program, S721 [4FE]
——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S666, S685 [3FE], S721, S730, S735, S736 [4FE]
Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S870 [11FE]
Bowen, Sharon Y.: nomination to the CFTC, S3347, S3352, S3361 [3JN]
——— suitability to be CFTC member relative to actions as Securities Investor Protection Corp., Acting Chair in judgment against Stanford Financial Group, S3352 [3JN]
Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (S. Res. 404), S1862 [31MR]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5401, S5402 [9SE], S5480 [10SE]
——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2223 [8AP]
Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (H.R. 724), S3307 [22MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S688 [3FE], S730–S734 [4FE]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S5401 [9SE], S5480 [10SE]
——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S5608, S5609, S5610, S5611, S5612, S5614 [16SE]
——— make Federal student loans more affordable, S2760 [7MY]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1558 [12MR]
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 (S. 2422), S3385 [3JN]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S3163 [20MY]
EPA: proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S3347 [3JN]
Equal Pay Day: observance, S2223 [8AP]
Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (S. 2270), S3383 [3JN]
Giancarlo, J. Christopher: nomination to the CFTC, S3347, S3361, S3383 [3JN]
Immigration: reform (S. 744), S6120 [19NO]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S5401 [9SE], S5481 [10SE]
Koch, Charles: impact of contributions on Republican causes and candidates, S3162–S3164 [20MY]
Koch, David H.: impact of contributions on Republican causes and candidates, S3162–S3164 [20MY]
Leitman, Matthew F.: nomination to be district judge, S1499 [11MR]
Levy, Judith E.: nomination to be district judge, S1499 [11MR]
Massad, Timothy G.: nomination to be CFTC Chairman, S3347, S3361 [3JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1855, S1856, S1862 [31MR]
Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S1855, S1856, S1862 [31MR]
Michelson, Laurie J.: nomination to be district judge, S1499 [11MR]
Minimum wage: increase, S5401 [9SE]
——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S2149 [3AP]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 460), S2069–S2071 [2AP]
National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 464), S3384 [3JN]
Natural gas: impact of U.S. export of natural gas to the Ukraine on manufacturing jobs in the U.S., S1682 [24MR]
Obama, President: use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S6120 [19NO]
Parker, Linda V.: nomination to be district judge, S1499 [11MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2148 [3AP]
——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1217 [27FE], S1763 [26MR], S2069 [2AP]
——— improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1354 [6MR]
Senate: legislative priorities, S5401 [9SE]
——— legislative program, S3385 [3JN]
——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act, S734 [4FE]
Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom, and urge inclusion of freedom of religion when drafting new constitution (S. Res. 453), S3384 [3JN]
Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S5401 [9SE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6506 [10DE]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S6506–S6508 [10DE]
——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2562), S5481 [10SE]
——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S5082 [30JY], S5401 [9SE]
——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4640 [21JY], S4681 [22JY], S4727 [23JY]
Ukraine: support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), motion to proceed, S1682 [24MR]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S2148 [3AP]
Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S870 [11FE]
Votes: position on missed, S6016 [17NO], S6230• [1DE], S6278• [3DE]
Webster University: anniversary (S. Res. 465), S3385 [3JN]
Reports filed
Nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to the CFTC: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S2239 [8AP]
Nomination of Lisa A. Serwah Mensah To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5697 [17SE]
Nomination of Sharon Y. Bowen to the CFTC: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S2239 [8AP]
Nomination of Timothy G. Massad To Be CFTC Chairman: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S2239 [8AP]
Tennessee Wilderness Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1294), S2239 [8AP]
Tributes
Begich, Senator, S6599 [11DE]
Cochran, Senator, S685 [3FE]
Dingell, Representative, S6939• [2JA]
Ford, Gerald R., S2606 [1MY]
Hagan, Senator, S6938• [2JA]
Harkin, Senator, S6711 [12DE]
Johnson, Senator Tim, S6937• [2JA]
Landrieu, Senator, S6937• [2JA]
Levin, Senator, S6703 [12DE]
Pryor, Senator, S6443 [9DE]
Rockefeller, Senator, S6345 [4DE]
Tester, Senator, S671 [3FE]
Udall, Senator Mark, S6938• [2JA]
Wege, Peter M., S4262 [8JY]