Email Hackery, Working for the little guy, who’s going neg?, uniter means bipartisan, targeting voters, and a list of candidates’ legislative work

1)If you’ve followed the Sarah Palin email story at all, you know an email account registered to her was hacked and personal information spread around the net. (BTW, I know a few people who refuse to have an email account because of this very thing. )

Anyway, Michelle Malkin (I know, I know) has an interesting piece today. Someone explains exactly how all this happened. It is interesting from a technical standpoint – and a warning to use good passwords – but also from a psychological one. The hacker himself said he found nothing of interest in the email.

Please note a warning for language. Also, the story is a little involved and I cannot adequately excerpt it. I do suggest you read the explanation to see how this kind of thing is done and why using a good password will help you out.

Read the rest ->

I missed the original incident, but monitored the discussion and repostings afterward to see what I could learn about what had happened and who was responsible.
There are several misconceptions and errors in most accounts of this story, including your post. Most significantly, the perpetrator(s) were not members of an infamous group of hackers.
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Sarah Palin’s email account was hacked by one person. Not a group.
This person read her emails, then posted the username and password on /b/. This happened at about 4 in the morning on Tuesday. The idea was that the sea of Anonymous /b/tards would download the emails, upload porn, and cause all manner of mischief. Anonymous is not a group of hackers. Anonymous is more like gremlins. They are hyperactive adolescents in search of amusement and joy, which they often get by upsetting people and making messes. That’s what was happening here. Anonymous did not hack the account. A hacker tried to throw Sarah Palin to Anonymous. Not all of Anonymous was having it. One person threw a crowbar in the works. Other /b/tards were displeased to miss a chance at the lulz. The moderators stepped in. The thread was deleted.

Hey gang, change those passwords. Use a mix of numbers and letters at least without including phone numbers, birthdates or zip codes.

2)At The Week, David From has an interesting take on the candidates and the current financial crisis. First, he reminds us that the crisis isn’t bad for everyone.

Is it 1932 yet?

That’s what many Democrats are hoping! In the wake of this week’s market turmoil, you see smiles on the faces of three groups of people: short sellers, vulture buyers, and Democratic strategists. Wall Street has laid an egg, as Variety famously quipped in 1929, and that means that happy days will soon be here again.

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Crisis does not bring out the best in Barack Obama. His instinct is to equivocate and temporize. We saw that tendency in August, when the Russians invaded Georgia and Obama had to work through a gamut of soft-line stances before arriving at the same position that John McCain had announced immediately.
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As we shift from crisis management to the tough work of devising a longer-term response to the mortgage debacle, we’ll be reminded of another big fact about Obama. He is a classic big-city welfare-state politician. He has lots of ideas about how to share wealth created by others—but very few about how to ensure that wealth is created in the first place.

In attributing the mess on Wall Street to “Bush McCain” policies, Obama omits a key point: the specific policy underlying the mess is one he has enthusiastically endorsed throughout his career—the use of public loan guarantees to stimulate private home construction.

As a state legislator, Obama famously championed “public-private partnerships” to renovate slum housing. On a very small scale, he was advocating the same approach that has stuck the taxpayer with liability for uncounted tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac obligations. It didn’t work any better in Chicago than it worked in Washington and New York.

[It] is probably right that the novelty and charm of the Sarah Palin selection will likely fade. When it does, voters will confront again the same choice they have faced since early summer: Between the old veteran and the young neophyte, between the would-be reformer and the product of the Chicago machine, between the moderate conservative and the candidate whose core beliefs nobody seems to know, including very possibly the candidate himself.

The usual rules suggest that the challenger ought easily to win this election. But when voters meet this actual challenger, the polls suggest they react exactly as the challenger himself does in a crisis: They hesitate.

I have been wary of public/private partnerships and if this is what Obama is proposing, I’m leery. It always seems as if the public part gets to pay the bills while the private part walks away. Rezko, anyone?

3) The NYPost has an angry piece today about Charles Rangel. As more information drips out about his finances, he looks less and less like a person to trust with any financial responsibility. The writer starts by saying this year was supposed to be a great one for Democrats.

That was before Rangel launched his “Monument to Me – The Rangel Center at CUNY” – with your money and greedily grabbed four rent-stabilized apartments, using a system designed to help less fortunate New Yorkers from getting squeezed out onto the street.

That was before the most powerful committee chairman in the country got caught hiding from Congress and the public the $75,000 in rental income from his Caribbean slice of beachside paradise.

And, of course, that was before the highest tax-writer in the land got caught cheating on his taxes on that income he now claims he didn’t know about.

Try telling people in this economy that you just discovered a loose $75,000 you didn’t know you’d made. For most people, that’s called the lottery.

Again, a quote from Andrew Bacevich in an interview with Bill Moyers:

. . . one of the great lies about American politics is that Democrats genuinely subscribe to a set of core convictions that make Democrats different from Republicans.

Rangel is one Democrat who has sworn to be different from other politicians. The man looking after the little guy, etc. Well, as RRRA might say, whoop-de-frikkin-doo. It’s worth remembering that when Republicans commit adultery, we all smirk because that is supposed to be the party of “family values,” and those adulterers deserve it. But it is also true that Democrats claim to be the party of the “little guy,” and when its members deliberately line their own pockets at the expense of the little guy, well, they are betraying their principals as well.

If they have any to begin with. I’m thinking Bacevich is right and we can only look at the individual in question. Oh, and btw? Rangel has parking problems too. . .

4)WaPo has a story about campaign advertising. A study out today shows that Obama has been using more negative advertising than McCain since the end of the Republican convention.

Despite perceptions that Sen. John McCain has spent more time on the attack, Sen. Barack Obama aired more negative advertising last week than did the Arizona Republican, says a study released yesterday.

Seventy-seven percent of the Illinois Democrat’s commercials were negative during the week after the Republican National Convention, compared with 56 percent of the spots run by McCain.

Ken Goldstein, who directed the study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project, based at the University of Wisconsin, says the pattern was a reversal from earlier months, in which McCain’s advertising was consistently more negative than Obama’s.

A straightforward article, it goes on to talk about what states both campaigns are buying air time in. The author also says the campaign is shaping up to be a very familiar one – with familiar battleground states and methods.

I think it will be interesting, after the fact, to see how Obama’s plan of using non-traditional methods played out. At this point, it’s easy to see that those methods did not fundamentally change the outlines of the race. But I wonder what the impact ultimately will be?

5) USAToday has an op-ed where they say McCain is a better “uniter” than Obama.

Social Security and health care remain unreformed, and whether the next president is Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, he’ll need help from members of the other party to address these and other pressing issues. So it’s reasonable to ask whether either of them — both self-styled change agents who tout their ability to cross political lines — have shown they can do this.

McCain, in Congress for 26 years to Obama’s four, has the longer record of producing bipartisan alliances on tough issues. He has bucked his party again and again to do just that — on immigration, federal judges and campaign finance, to name three on which he enraged many Republicans by defying the party position and working with Democrats. McCain-the-maverick has reverted to party orthodoxy on taxes and other issues this year, which will put him in a bind if elected: Would he stick with those new positions, or compromise with the Democratic Congress he’d likely be working with?

As McCain points out on the campaign trail, Obama has a much thinner record of bucking his own party. With the exception of tough fights for ethics reforms in the Illinois Senate and in Washington — where he angered Democratic colleagues by insisting on the disclosure of lobbyists who bundle campaign donations — Obama has rarely challenged party dogma on the sort of big, contentious issues he’d face as president. As a U.S. senator, he has taken liberal Democratic positions on most issues. Studies by Congressional Quarterly show Obama has voted with his party almost 97% of the time, vs. about 85% for McCain.

6) Bloomberg has a story about how the Democrats can target swing voters. Interesting if you are a wonk in this area.

Ickes, a Democratic media consultant and former Clinton adviser, has spent four years and $15 million building Catalist, a database that scores 200 million Americans according to their likelihood to vote for party candidates. Illinois Senator Obama, 47, is one of his biggest clients.

“We have lost because we did not have the technical capability of finding voters that we needed to find and get them out to vote,” Ickes said.

The model is VoterVault, a 12-year-old store of voter information that gave Republicans the edge in 2000 and 2004. In 2000, Bush lost the popular vote, though he carried the election by winning Florida by a margin of 537 votes out of more than 5.8 million cast. The 2004 race was equally close, with Iowa, New Mexico and even Ohio decided by less than 1 percent of the vote.
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Catalist collects and stores millions of pieces of information from public records and commercial sources. In addition to voting rolls and tax information, it also has data about voters’ magazine subscriptions and their cars. Campaigns also contribute e-mails, cell-phone numbers and even times when people are likely to be home.

Ickes, 69, said that by using Catalist the Obama campaign is able to generate data as detailed as lists of swing voters who are home in the afternoon in a six-block neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. The list can even suggest which voters would be receptive to a pitch based on Obama’s “change” theme, and which may be more interested in his health-care or energy policies.
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VoterVault is owned and operated by the Republican National Committee while Catalist is a for-profit private enterprise.

You know, in a way, it’s no wonder our privacy laws have gotten so weak.

7) If you aren’t already aware of it, the Library of Congress maintains a wonderful website. Among other things, you can look at all the legislation from Congress including those bills sponsored by our two presidential candidates. Take a look at their work for you and see what you think!

Here are the most recent bills with Obama’s name attached:

Items 1 through 100 of 130
1. S.CON.RES.5 : A concurrent resolution honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of organic chemistry and the first and only African-American chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/31/2007) Cosponsors (5) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2. S.CON.RES.25 : A concurrent resolution condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (7) _Committees: Senate Foreign Relations _Latest Major Action: 6/26/2007 Held at the desk.

3. S.CON.RES.44 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/12/2007) Cosponsors (22) _Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _Latest Major Action: 10/19/2007 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.

4. S.CON.RES.46 : A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/17/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

5. S.CON.RES.96 : A concurrent resolution commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, and hope._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/29/2008) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 7/29/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

6. S.RES.133 : A resolution celebrating the life of Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/28/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

7. S.RES.268 : A resolution designating July 12, 2007, as “National Summer Learning Day”._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 7/13/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

8. S.RES.383 : A resolution honoring and recognizing the achievements of Carl Stokes, the first African-American mayor of a major American city, in the 40th year since his election as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 11/15/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

9. S.RES.600 : A resolution commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has become known as “Freedom Summer”._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/24/2008) Cosponsors (3) _Latest Major Action: 6/24/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

10. S.RES.628 : A resolution expressing support for the designation of Disability Pride Day and recognizing that all people, including people living with disabilities, have the right, responsibility, and ability to be active, contributing members of society and fully engaged as citizens of the United States._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/25/2008) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 7/25/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

11. S.J.RES.23 : A joint resolution clarifying that the use of force against Iran is not authorized by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq, any resolution previously adopted, or any other provision of law._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 11/1/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Foreign Relations _Latest Major Action: 11/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

12. S.114 : A bill to authorize resources for a grant program for local educational agencies to create innovation districts._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

13. S.115 : A bill to suspend royalty relief, to repeal certain provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain tax incentives for the oil and gas industry._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

14. S.116 : A bill to authorize resources to provide students with opportunities for summer learning through summer learning grants._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

15. S.117 : A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (15) _Committees: Senate Veterans’ Affairs _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

16. S.133 : A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

17. S.433 : A bill to state United States policy for Iraq, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/30/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Foreign Relations _Latest Major Action: 1/30/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

18. S.453 : A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/31/2007) Cosponsors (20) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Senate Reports: 110-191_Latest Major Action: 10/4/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411.

19. S.674 : A bill to require accountability and enhanced congressional oversight for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Committees: Senate Armed Services _Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

20. S.692 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in Veterans Affairs hospitals._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/27/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Veterans’ Affairs _Latest Major Action: 2/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

21. S.713 : A bill to ensure dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from injuries._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/28/2007) Cosponsors (34) _Committees: Senate Armed Services _Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

22. S.737 : A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 in order to measure, compare, and improve the quality of voter access to polls and voter services in the administration of Federal elections in the States._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/1/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Rules and Administration _Latest Major Action: 3/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

23. S.767 : A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/6/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation _Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

24. S.768 : A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/6/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

25. S.795 : A bill to assist aliens who have been lawfully admitted in becoming citizens of the United States, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/7/2007) Cosponsors (5) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 3/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

26. S.823 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/8/2007) Cosponsors (18) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 3/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

27. S.906 : A bill to prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/15/2007) Cosponsors (5) _Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works _Latest Major Action: 7/31/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

28. S.976 : A bill to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase the safety of drugs, and identify novel treatments._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/23/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 3/23/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

29. S.1067 : A bill to require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (5) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

30. S.1068 : A bill to promote healthy communities._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

31. S.1084 : A bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/10/2007) Cosponsors (11) _Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _Latest Major Action: 4/10/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

32. S.1151 : A bill to provide incentives to the auto industry to accelerate efforts to develop more energy-efficient vehicles to lessen dependence on oil._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/18/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 4/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

33. S.1181 : A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/20/2007) Cosponsors (8) _Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _Latest Major Action: 4/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

34. S.1222 : A bill to stop mortgage transactions which operate to promote fraud, risk, abuse, and under-development, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/25/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

35. S.1271 : A bill to provide for a comprehensive national research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and their families._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/2/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Committees: Senate Armed Services _Latest Major Action: 5/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

36. S.1306 : A bill to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to classify certain children’s products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/3/2007) Cosponsors (9) _Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation _Latest Major Action: 5/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

37. S.1324 : A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuel sold in the United States._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/7/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works _Latest Major Action: 5/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

38. S.1389 : A bill to authorize the National Science Foundation to establish a Climate Change Education Program._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/14/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 5/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

39. S.1430 : A bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran’s energy sector, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/17/2007) Cosponsors (37) _Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _Latest Major Action: 5/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

40. S.1513 : A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grant programs to enhance the access of low-income African-American students to higher education._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

41. S.1574 : A bill to establish Teaching Residency Programs for preparation and induction of teachers._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/7/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 6/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

42. S.1713 : A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/27/2007) Cosponsors (27) _Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _Latest Major Action: 7/13/2007 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.

43. S.1790 : A bill to make grants to carry out activities to prevent the incidence of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teens in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/16/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 7/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

44. S.1811 : A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to assess and reduce the levels of lead found in child-occupied facilities in the United States, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/18/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works _Latest Major Action: 7/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

45. S.1817 : A bill to ensure proper administration of the discharge of members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/19/2007) Cosponsors (12) _Committees: Senate Armed Services _Latest Major Action: 7/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

46. S.1818 : A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/19/2007) Cosponsors (5) _Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works _Latest Major Action: 7/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

47. S.1824 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative under the Medicare program to assess and report on health care quality in hospitals._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/19/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 7/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

48. S.1873 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish demonstration programs on regionalized systems for emergency care, to support emergency medicine research, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/25/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 7/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

49. S.1885 : A bill to provide certain employment protections for family members who are caring for members of the Armed Forces recovering from illnesses and injuries incurred on active duty._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/26/2007) Cosponsors (10) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

50. S.1977 : A bill to provide for sustained United States leadership in a cooperative global effort to prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce global nuclear arsenals, stop the spread of nuclear weapons and related material and technology, and support the responsible and peaceful use of nuclear technology._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 8/2/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Committees: Senate Foreign Relations _Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

51. S.1989 : A bill to provide a mechanism for the determination on the merits of the claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relating to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture but who were denied that determination._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 8/3/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

52. S.2030 : A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require reporting relating to bundled contributions made by persons other than registered lobbyists._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/6/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Rules and Administration _Latest Major Action: 9/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

53. S.2044 : A bill to provide procedures for the proper classification of employees and independent contractors, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/12/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 9/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

54. S.2066 : A bill to establish nutrition and physical education standards for schools._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/18/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _Latest Major Action: 9/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

55. S.2111 : A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly school-wide positive behavior supports._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

56. S.2132 : A bill to prohibit the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of children’s products that contain lead, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/3/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation _Latest Major Action: 10/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

57. S.2147 : A bill to require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/4/2007) Cosponsors (7) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 10/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

58. S.2202 : A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to increase the renewable content of gasoline, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/18/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works _Latest Major Action: 10/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

59. S.2224 : A bill to require a licensee to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the State and county in which a facility is located, whenever there is an unplanned release of radioactive substances._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/24/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works _Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

60. S.2227 : A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous curriculum with effective supports so that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and district policies and programs relating to the academic achievement of students in the middle grades, to develop and implement effective middle school models for struggling students, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/24/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

61. S.2330 : A bill to authorize a pilot program within the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development with the goal of preventing at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into homelessness, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 11/8/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _Latest Major Action: 11/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

62. S.2347 : A bill to restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 11/13/2007) Cosponsors (36) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 11/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

63. S.2392 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain a public website through which individuals may find a complete database of available scholarships, fellowships, and other programs of financial assistance in the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 11/16/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 11/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

64. S.2428 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain a public website through which individuals may find a complete database of available scholarships, fellowships, and other programs of financial assistance in the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 12/6/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 12/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

65. S.2433 : A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 12/7/2007) Cosponsors (30) _Committees: Senate Foreign Relations _Senate Reports: 110-331_Latest Major Action: 4/24/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718.

66. S.2519 : A bill to prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 12/19/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

67. S.3047 : A bill to provide for the coordination of the Nation’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/21/2008) Cosponsors (5) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 5/21/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

68. S.3077 : A bill to strengthen transparency and accountability in Federal spending._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/3/2008) Cosponsors (4) _Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _Latest Major Action: 6/3/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

69. S.3142 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/17/2008) Cosponsors (5) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 6/17/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

70. S.3358 : A bill to provide for enhanced food-borne illness surveillance and food safety capacity._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/29/2008) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _Latest Major Action: 7/29/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

71. S.3506 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for purchase of vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquefied natural gas and to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to reauthorize the Clean School Bus Program of the Environmental Protection Agency._Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/17/2008) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 9/17/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

72. S.AMDT.41 to S.1 To require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACs, or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions, and the aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/11/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 41 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

73. S.AMDT.55 to S.1 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/12/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 1/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted

74. S.AMDT.58 to S.1 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/12/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 1/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted

75. S.AMDT.188 to H.R.2 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/24/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 1/24/2007 Senate amendment submitted

76. S.AMDT.338 to S.4 To require consideration of high-risk qualifying criteria in allocating funds under the State Homeland Security Grant Program. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/5/2007) Cosponsors (7) _Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Motion to table amendment SA 338 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 – 41. Record Vote Number: 62.

77. S.AMDT.524 to S.CON.RES.21 To provide $100 million for the Summer Term Education Program supporting summer learning opportunities for low-income students in the early grades to lessen summer learning losses that contribute to the achievement gaps separating low-income students from their middle-class peers. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/21/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 3/23/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 524 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

78. S.AMDT.586 to S.CON.RES.21 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/22/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Latest Major Action: 3/22/2007 Senate amendment submitted

79. S.AMDT.599 to S.CON.RES.21 To add $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/22/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Latest Major Action: 3/23/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 599 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

80. S.AMDT.664 to H.R.1591 To appropriate an additional $58,000,000 for Defense Health Program for additional mental health and related personnel, an additional $10,000,000 for operation and maintenance for each of the military departments for improved physical disability evaluations of members of the Armed Forces, and an additional $15,000,000 for Defense Health Program for women’s mental health services. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (12) _Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Proposed amendment SA 664 withdrawn in Senate.

81. S.AMDT.684 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (7) _Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Senate amendment submitted

82. S.AMDT.809 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/28/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 Senate amendment submitted

83. S.AMDT.810 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/28/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 Senate amendment submitted

84. S.AMDT.905 to S.761 To require the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education to establish a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who are interested in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/23/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 905 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

85. S.AMDT.907 to S.761 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/23/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 4/23/2007 Senate amendment submitted

86. S.AMDT.923 to S.761 To expand the pipeline of individuals entering the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to support United States innovation and competitiveness. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 923 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

87. S.AMDT.924 to S.761 To establish summer term education programs. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 924 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

88. S.AMDT.1041 to S.1082 To improve the safety and efficacy of genetic tests. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/3/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 5/8/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 1041 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

89. S.AMDT.1045 to S.1082 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/7/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 5/7/2007 Senate amendment submitted

90. S.AMDT.1130 to H.R.1495 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/15/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 5/15/2007 Senate amendment submitted

91. S.AMDT.1185 to S.1348 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/23/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 5/23/2007 Senate amendment submitted

92. S.AMDT.1202 to S.1348 To provide a date on which the authority of the section relating to the increasing of American competitiveness through a merit-based evaluation system for immigrants shall be terminated. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Senate amendment not agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 1202 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 – 55. Record Vote Number: 200.

93. S.AMDT.1243 to S.1348 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Senate amendment submitted

94. S.AMDT.1444 to S.1348 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/6/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Senate amendment submitted

95. S.AMDT.1558 to H.R.6 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/13/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 6/13/2007 Senate amendment submitted

96. S.AMDT.1579 to H.R.6 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/14/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 6/14/2007 Senate amendment submitted

97. S.AMDT.1735 to H.R.6 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/20/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 6/20/2007 Senate amendment submitted

98. S.AMDT.1840 to H.R.6 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 6/21/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 6/21/2007 Senate amendment submitted

99. S.AMDT.2084 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Senate amendment submitted

100. S.AMDT.2085 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Senate amendment submitted

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101. S.AMDT.2086 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (12) _Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Senate amendment submitted

102. S.AMDT.2104 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Senate amendment submitted

103. S.AMDT.2106 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Senate amendment submitted

104. S.AMDT.2149 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted

105. S.AMDT.2464 to H.R.2638 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/25/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 7/25/2007 Senate amendment submitted

106. S.AMDT.2473 to H.R.2638 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/25/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Latest Major Action: 7/25/2007 Senate amendment submitted

107. S.AMDT.2519 to H.R.2638 To provide that one of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5 million or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee owes no past due Federal tax liability. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/26/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2519 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

108. S.AMDT.2588 to H.R.976 To provide certain employment protections for family members who are caring for members of the Armed Forces recovering from illnesses and injuries incurred on active duty. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/31/2007) Cosponsors (8) _Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2588 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

109. S.AMDT.2658 to H.R.2642 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/4/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/5/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2658 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

110. S.AMDT.2659 to H.R.2642 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/4/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/4/2007 Senate amendment submitted

111. S.AMDT.2690 to H.R.2764 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/6/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/6/2007 Senate amendment submitted

112. S.AMDT.2692 to H.R.2764 To require a comprehensive nuclear threat reduction and security plan. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/6/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 9/6/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2692 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

113. S.AMDT.2799 to H.R.3074 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/10/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/11/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2799 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

114. S.AMDT.3004 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/20/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 9/20/2007 Senate amendment submitted

115. S.AMDT.3026 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/24/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 9/24/2007 Senate amendment submitted

116. S.AMDT.3068 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/26/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Latest Major Action: 9/26/2007 Senate amendment submitted

117. S.AMDT.3073 to H.R.1585 To provide for transparency and accountability in military and security contracting. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/26/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3073 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

118. S.AMDT.3078 to H.R.1585 Relating to administrative separations of members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (7) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3078 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

119. S.AMDT.3137 to H.R.3222 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/2/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 10/3/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3137 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

120. S.AMDT.3234 to H.R.3093 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/4/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 10/15/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3234 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

121. S.AMDT.3331 to H.R.3043 To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/17/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 10/22/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3331 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

122. S.AMDT.4113 to S.2663 To clarify and expand requirements with respect to information in recall notices. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/5/2008) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 3/6/2008 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 4113 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

123. S.AMDT.4114 to S.2663 To require the Comptroller General of the United States conduct a study and report on the effectiveness of authorities relating to the safety of imported consumer products. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/5/2008) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 3/6/2008 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 4114 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

124. S.AMDT.4273 to S.CON.RES.70 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/12/2008) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 3/12/2008 Senate amendment submitted

125. S.AMDT.4274 to S.CON.RES.70 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/12/2008) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 3/12/2008 Senate amendment submitted

126. S.AMDT.4310 to S.CON.RES.70 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/13/2008) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 3/13/2008 Senate amendment submitted

127. S.AMDT.4330 to S.CON.RES.70 To provide an additional $5 million to the military departments’ respective Boards for Correction of Military Records to expedite review of cases in which service members with combat-related psychological injuries (such as PTSD) or closed head injuries (such as TBIs) were administered discharges for personality disorders or other discharges resulting in a loss of benefits or care and seek a correction of records or upgraded discharge. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/13/2008) Cosponsors (3) _Latest Major Action: 3/13/2008 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 4330 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

128. S.AMDT.4351 to S.CON.RES.70 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/13/2008) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 3/13/2008 Senate amendment submitted

129. S.AMDT.4441 to H.R.3221 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/7/2008) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 4/7/2008 Senate amendment submitted

130. S.AMDT.4442 to H.R.3221 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/7/2008) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 4/7/2008 Senate amendment submitted

Here are McCain’s bills:

Items 1 through 38 of 38
1. S.RES.70 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq and all United States personnel under his command should receive from Congress the full support necessary to carry out the United States mission in Iraq._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/5/2007) Cosponsors (9) _Committees: Senate Foreign Relations _Latest Major Action: 2/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

2. S.32 : A bill to reform the acquisition process of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 5/22/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Armed Services _Latest Major Action: 5/22/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

3. S.83 : A bill to provide increased rail transportation security._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (4) _Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

4. S.84 : A bill to establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Act, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation _Senate Reports: 110-28_Latest Major Action: 3/1/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 65.

5. S.85 : A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (14) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

6. S.86 : A bill to designate segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in the State of Arizona, as wild and scenic rivers._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources _Senate Reports: 110-283_Latest Major Action: 4/10/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635.

7. S.166 : A bill to restrict any State from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (7) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

8. S.192 : A bill providing greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _Latest Major Action: 2/27/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Hearings held.

9. S.327 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/17/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources _Latest Major Action: 1/30/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably._Note: For further action, see S.2739, which became Public Law 110-229 on 5/8/2008.

10. S.463 : A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/31/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Rules and Administration _Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

11. S.478 : A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/1/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Rules and Administration _Latest Major Action: 2/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

12. S.519 : A bill to modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/7/2007) Cosponsors (9) _Committees: Senate Judiciary _Latest Major Action: 2/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

13. S.531 : A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the “Bennett Freeze”._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/8/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Indian Affairs _Senate Reports: 110-462_Latest Major Action: 9/15/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 967.

14. S.663 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the statutory designation of beneficiaries of the $100,000 death gratuity under section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, and to permit members of the Armed Forces to designate in writing their beneficiaries of choice in the event of their death while serving on active duty._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Armed Services _Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

15. S.722 : A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 3/1/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources _Senate Reports: 110-173_Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 371.

16. S.744 : A bill to provide greater public safety by making more spectrum available to public safety, to establish the Public Safety Interoperable Communications Working Group to provide standards for public safety spectrum needs, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 3/1/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation _Latest Major Action: 3/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

17. S.952 : A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 3/21/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Indian Affairs _Latest Major Action: 7/31/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

18. S.1255 : A bill to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 5/1/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Committees: Senate Indian Affairs _Senate Reports: 110-460_Latest Major Action: 9/15/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 961.

19. S.1304 : A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona National Scenic Trail._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 5/3/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources _Senate Reports: 110-290_Latest Major Action: 4/10/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 642.

20. S.1900 : A bill to authorize appropriations for the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 7/30/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works _Latest Major Action: 7/30/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

21. S.2172 : A bill to impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, to prohibit the importation of gems and hardwoods from Burma, to support democracy in Burma, and for other purposes._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 10/16/2007) Cosponsors (8) _Committees: Senate Foreign Relations _Latest Major Action: 10/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

22. S.2890 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a highway fuel tax holiday._Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 4/17/2008) Cosponsors (9) _Committees: Senate Finance _Latest Major Action: 4/17/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

23. S.AMDT.19 to S.1 To include a reporting requirement. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/10/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 1/12/2007 Amendment SA 19 was incorporated into the modification of Amendment SA 4.

24. S.AMDT.28 to S.1 To provide congressional transparency. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/11/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Proposed amendment SA 28 withdrawn in Senate.

25. S.AMDT.29 to S.1 To provide congressional transparency. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 1/11/2007) Cosponsors (2) _Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Proposed amendment SA 29 withdrawn in Senate.

26. S.AMDT.650 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Senate amendment submitted

27. S.AMDT.651 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Senate amendment submitted

28. S.AMDT.1190 to S.1348 To require undocumented immigrants receiving legal status to pay owed back taxes. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (3) _Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 1190 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

29. S.AMDT.2133 to H.R.1585 To modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in the Consumer Price Index. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2133 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

30. S.AMDT.2190 to H.R.1585 To designate the positions of Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretaries of the military departments for acquisition matters as critical acquisition positions. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 7/13/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2190 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

31. S.AMDT.2918 to H.R.1585 To express the sense of Congress on Department of Defense policy regarding dwell time. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/19/2007) Cosponsors (1) _Latest Major Action: 9/19/2007 Proposed amendment SA 2918, pursuant to the order of September 19, 2007, having failed to achieve the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was withdrawn in Senate.

32. S.AMDT.2974 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/20/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/20/2007 Senate amendment submitted

33. S.AMDT.3087 to H.R.1585 To require reports on the utilization of tuition assistance benefits by members of the Armed Forces. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3087 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

34. S.AMDT.3088 to H.R.1585 To require a report on medical physical examinations of members of the Armed Forces before their deployment. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3088 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

35. S.AMDT.3089 to H.R.1585 To provide for a continuation of transitional health benefits for members of the Armed Forces pending a resolution of their service-related medical conditions. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3089 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

36. S.AMDT.3090 to H.R.1585 To enhance the computation of years of service for purposes of retired pay for non-regular service. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3090 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

37. S.AMDT.3103 to H.R.1585 To require a pilot program on commercial fee-for-service air refueling support for the Air Force. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) _Latest Major Action: 10/1/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3103 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

38. S.AMDT.3104 to H.R.1585 To express the sense of Congress on the Air Force strategy for the replacement of the aerial refueling tanker aircraft fleet. _Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (6) _Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3104 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

I’d say this is a quantity vs quality issue, wouldn’t you?