Folks, I was advised by those who are in the know that when you call your Senator or Rep's office to tell them you want them to support the stem cell issue, that helps but you really should take it further. Each Senator and each Representative has Aides/Assistants in his/her office. [If you watch the show "West Wing" on NBC TV, you already know how these Aides/Assistants work to advise the President]. These are people they choose to be around them to advise them. There job is to gather information and to inform him on particular issues. Each office will have a specific Aide/Assistant for Health issues...this is the guy to educate and convince. This is the guy to get to understand the real issue. Convincing an Assistant to a Senator is one step better than a letter or a phone call to go into a "count pile". Hope this info is helpful, Gail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn