Legislation

Sponsored — A resolution supporting the goals of "International Women's Day".

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 101st anniversary.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project.

Cosponsored — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Guard Youth Challenge Day".

Cosponsored — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Guard Youth Challenge Day".

Cosponsored — A resolution deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and the killing of political protesters.

Cosponsored — A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program to promote construction of environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Representative John P. Murtha, of Pennsylvania.

Cosponsored — A bill to extend the increase in the FMAP provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for an additional 6 months.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector.

Cosponsored — A bill to combat international violence against women and girls.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, in the wake of its Centennial, and its programs and activities.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Charles McCurdy ("Mac") Mathias, Jr., former United States Senator for the State of Maryland.

Cosponsored — A resolution to enable each newly constituted Senate to carry out its responsibility to determine the Rules of its Proceedings at the beginning of each Congress.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.

Cosponsored — A bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.