The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S1977-S1978 on March 30, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 13
At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
S. 206
At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to reauthorize the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, and for other purposes.
S. 210
At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 210, a bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of Congress.
S. 244
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 244, a bill to enable States to opt out of certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. 325
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 325, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provision of behavioral health services to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment readiness and fitness standards, and for other purposes.
S. 395
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 395, a bill to repeal certain amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to lighting energy efficiency.
S. 418
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 418, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
S. 431
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 431, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first Federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.
S. 504
At the request of Mr. DeMint, the names of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 504, a bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
S. 520
At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were added as cosponsors of S. 520, a bill to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.
S. 545
At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 545, a bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to strengthen the quality control measures in place for part B lung disease claims and part E processes with independent reviews.
S. 554
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
S. 555
At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 555, a bill to end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.
S. 560
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 560, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare program.
S. 567
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 567, a bill to amend the small, rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
S. 570
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 570, a bill to prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.
S. 600
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 600, a bill to promote the diligent development of Federal oil and gas leases, and for other purposes.
S. 634
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.
S. 646
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 646, a bill to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs, and for other purposes.
S. 671
At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 671, a bill to authorize the United States Marshals Service to issue administrative subpoenas in investigations relating to unregistered sex offenders.
S. RES. 99
At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 99, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.
AMENDMENT NO. 197
At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Risch), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 197 proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 220
At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from New Hampshire
(Ms. Ayotte) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 220 intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 241
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 241 intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 267
At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 267 intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
=========================== NOTE ===========================
On page S1978, March 30, 2011, in the middle column, the following appears: AMENDMENT NO. 267 At the request of Mr. TESTER, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 267 intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
The online Record has been corrected to read: AMENDMENT NO. 267 At the request of Mr. TESTER, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 267 intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
========================= END NOTE =========================
____________________