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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 58

At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 58, a bill to amend
title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed
Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel
on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as
retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such
aircraft.

S. 382

At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 382, a bill to
amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against
animal fighting, and for other purposes.

S. 484

At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.

S. 756

At the request of Mr. Bennett, the names of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were
added as cosponsors of S. 756, a bill to amend the Public Health
Service Act to enhance public and health professional awareness and
understanding of lupus and to strengthen the Nation's research efforts
to identify the causes and cure of lupus.

S. 832

At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 832, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayer protection and
assistance, and for other purposes.

S. 908

At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, a bill to allow
Congress, State legislatures, and regulatory agencies to determine
appropriate laws, rules, and regulations to address the problems of
weight gain, obesity, and health conditions associated with weight gain
or obesity.

S. 914

At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr.
Harkin) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as
cosponsors of S. 914, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to
establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary
medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in
public health practice and biomedical research.

S. 932

At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 932, a bill to provide for
paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health
needs and the health needs of their families.

S. 941

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill
to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a
program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to
preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban
sprawl.

S. 960

At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr.
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to amend the
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-
competitive forward contracts.

S. 983

At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 983, a bill to amend the
National Labor Relations Act to protect employer rights.

S. 1060

At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for
the purchase of hearing aids.

S. 1112

At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to make
permanent the enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified
tuition programs enacted as part of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001.

S. 1139

At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin)
were added as cosponsors of S. 1139, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare
Act to strengthen the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to
regulate the pet industry.

S. 1167

At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1167, a bill to provide
that certain wire rods shall not be subject to any antidumping duty or
countervailing duty order.

S. 1173

At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1173, a bill to
amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees
to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations
Board.

S. 1263

At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1263, a bill to amend the
Small Business Act to establish eligibility requirements for business
concerns to receive awards under the Small Business Innovation Research
Program.

S. 1294

At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1294, a bill to
amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the
ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and
services.

S. 1353

At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1353, a bill to amend the
Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.

S. 1354

At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1354, a bill to establish
commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding
injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans,
and Jewish refugees during World War II.

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S. 1357

At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1357, a bill
to protect public health by clarifying the authority of the Secretary
of Agriculture to prescribe performance standards for the reduction of
pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and poultry products
processed by establishments receiving inspection services and to
enforce the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System
requirements, sanitation requirements, and the performance standards.

S. 1449

At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1449, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the eligibility of
veterans for mortgage bond financing, and for other purposes.

S. 1495

At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1495, a bill to prohibit
Federal agencies from obligating funds for appropriations earmarks
included only in congressional reports, and for other purposes.

S. 1516

At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from North Dakota
(Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1516, a bill to reauthorize
Amtrak, and for other purposes.

S. 1524

At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from New
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1524, a bill to
repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for
individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital
gain rates.

S. 1723

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to amend
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to
establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial
fisherman, and for other purposes.

S. 1791

At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms.
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1791, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for qualified timber
gains.

S. 1800

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr.
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1800, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax credit.

S. 1807

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1807, a bill to provide
assistance for small businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina or
Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes.

S. 1821

At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1821, a bill to amend the
Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for an influenza
pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, and for other
purposes.

S. 1841

At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator
from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as cosponsors of S.
1841, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
extended and additional protection to Medicare beneficiaries who enroll
for the Medicare prescription drug benefit during 2006.

S. 1864

At the request of Mr. Burns, his name was added as a cosponsor of S.
1864, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat
certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for
purposes of depreciation.

S. 1900

At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1900, a bill to amend
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize the amount of the
medicare part B premium.

S. 1907

At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1907, a bill to promote the
development of Native American small business concerns, and for other
purposes.

S. 1915

At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr.
Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 1915, a bill to amend the
Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving,
delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of
horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and
for other purposes.

S. 1930

At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1930, a bill to expand the
research, prevention, and awareness activities of the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel
disease.

S. 1934

At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1934, a bill
to reauthorize the grant program of the Department of Justice for
reentry of offenders into the community, to establish a task force on
Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders
into the community, and for other purposes.

S. 1956

At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new three-
tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that
is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other
purposes.

S. 1966

At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1966, a bill
to establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible
institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and
parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting
students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth
or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for
adoption.

S. 2084

At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084, a bill
to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations
concerning the safety and labeling of portable generators.

S. 2123

At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2123, a bill to
modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program under title I
of the National Housing Act.

S. 2128

At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from
Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added
as cosponsors of S. 2128, a bill to provide greater transparency with
respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes.

S. 2154

At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from
New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum)
were added as cosponsors of S. 2154, a bill to provide for the issuance
of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S.
2154, supra.

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S. 2158

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2158, a bill to establish a
National Homeland Security Academy within the Department of Homeland
Security.

S. 2170

At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to provide for
global pathogen surveillance and response.

S. 2178

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of
S. 2178, a bill to make the stealing and selling of telephone records a
criminal offense.

S. 2179

At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator
from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr.
Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2179, a bill to require
openness in conference committee deliberations and full disclosure of
the contents of conference reports and all other legislation.

S. 2180

At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were
added as cosponsors of S. 2180, a bill to provide more rigorous
requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of ethics and
lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Jeffords, his name was added as a cosponsor of
S. 2180, supra.
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a
cosponsor of S. 2180, supra.
At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, his name was added as a cosponsor of
S. 2180, supra.

S. 2183

At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from
Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of
S. 2183, a bill to provide for necessary beneficiary protections in
order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D
prescription drug program.

S. CON. RES. 69

At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added
as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 69, a concurrent resolution supporting
the goals and ideals of a Day of Hearts, Congenital Heart Defect Day in
order to increase awareness about congenital heart defects, and for
other purposes.

S. RES. 182

At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 182, a
resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness,
treatment, and research.

S. RES. 236

At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 236, a resolution recognizing the need
to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure
for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the goals and ideals of
National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, and for other
purposes.

S. RES. 320

At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added
as cosponsors of S. Res. 320, a resolution calling the President to
ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects
appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to
human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United
States record relating to the Armenian Genocide.

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