Legislation

Sponsored — Access to Air Travel Act

Sponsored — Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2008

Cosponsored — Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.

Cosponsored — Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008

Cosponsored — Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 2008

Sponsored — Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the income limitations for qualified performing artists eligible for an above-the-line deduction for performance expenses.

Cosponsored — Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

Cosponsored — A resolution designating June 20, 2008, as “American Eagle Day”, and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States.

Cosponsored — Long Path Trail Study Act of 2008

Cosponsored — Imported Ethanol Parity Act

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms and seek to strengthen measures to conserve whale species.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating June 2008 as “National Internet Safety Month”.

Cosponsored — Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — Beach Protection Act of 2008

Cosponsored — Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and civil rights enforcer.

Sponsored — Reimbursing Our American Drivers (ROAD) Act of 2008