Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln

Recent Activity

• Jan. 25 Cosponsored SRES397: A resolution relative to the death of Charles McCurdy ("Mac") Mathias, Jr., former United States Senator for the State of Maryland.

• Jan. 24 Cosponsored S1709: A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services, and for other purposes.

• Jan. 20 Cosponsored SJRES26: A joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the endangerment finding and the cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.

• Jan. 19 Cosponsored S2936: A bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

• Dec. 22 Sponsored S2926: A bill to amend the XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of a consistent Medicare part B premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner for 2010, to provide an additional round of economic recovery pa…

• Dec. 21 Cosponsored S2917: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the penalty for failure to disclose certain reportable transactions and the penalty for submitting a bad check to the Internal Revenue Service, to modify certain rules relating to Federa…

• Dec. 20 Cosponsored SRES383: A resolution designating January 2010 as "National Mentoring Month".

• Dec. 17 Cosponsored SRES380: A resolution designating January 2010 as "National Mentoring Month".

• Dec. 13 Cosponsored S1611: A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.

• Sponsored SRES374: A resolution recognizing the cooperative efforts of hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and State wildlife, health, and food safety agencies to establish programs that provide game meat to feed the hun…

• Dec. 06 Cosponsored S1775: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for members of the Armed Forces on active duty regardless of the date of disbursement.

• Cosponsored S1518: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune.

• Cosponsored S1939: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 03 Sponsored S2837: A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to examine and improve the child welfare workforce, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored SRES370: A resolution relative to the death of Paula F. Hawkins, former United States Senator for the State of Florida.

• Dec. 02 Cosponsored S2794: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat.

• Nov. 19 Cosponsored S2810: A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency disaster assistance to certain agricultural producers that suffered losses during the 2009 calendar year.

• Nov. 17 Cosponsored SRES354: A resolution commending Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia.

• Nov. 16 Sponsored S2785: A bill to provide grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs, and for other purposes.

• Nov. 09 Sponsored SRES351: A resolution designating the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week.