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thanks Murray, for alerting us to all the information about cloning. I hope you don't mind if i post the text of one of the articles which is very important in the U.S. and might have been missed by some. --THE SENATE WILL BE VOTING MONDAY AFTERNOON ON AN AMENDMENT BY SEN. BROWNBACK TO BAN ANY RESEARCH ON CLONING FOR 6 MONTHS. If you have an opinion on this issue - call your SENATORS MONDAY MORNING!! Since the Senate Hart office building is closed while being treated for anthrax spores, it might be better to call your Senator's closest local office. Linda Friday November 30 3:59 AM ET Senate GOPs Get Cloning, Energy Bills By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Two high-priority issues for Senate Republicans - an energy bill and a temporary ban on human cloning - will be voted on next week in the Senate. The vote was scheduled for Monday afternoon on an amendment by Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., combining a six-month ban on cloning and a House-passed package of $33 billion in energy tax breaks that also includes a controversial proposal opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Although the amendment is unlikely to get the 60 Senate votes necessary, Lott said Thursday that Republicans believe the Senate should go on record on both issues before Congress recesses in December. ``In the case of energy, and in the case of cloning, if we don't do it now, we won't be able to do anything until February or March,'' Lott added. President Bush (news - web sites) and congressional Republicans have sought a vote on the energy legislation since it passed the House in July, arguing it is critical for the economy, would create jobs and would reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said earlier this week that the Senate will consider energy incentives early next year. The Senate also plans to consider human cloning issues next year, but news this week that a Massachusetts company had succeeded in cloning a human embryo led Republican conservatives to demand a temporary ban right away. Sen. Sam Brownback (news - bio - voting record), R-Kan., http://politics.yahoo.com/politics/congress/senate/list_of_members/ said his proposal would ban all human cloning for six months to give Congress time to examine the issue. ``Time out - let's hold up a little bit,'' Brownback said. ``We need to debate all of these issues.'' The amendment combining the two high-profile issues was proposed as part of yet another unrelated measure: a bill overhauling the railroad retirement system that would allow pension funds for about 1 million people to be invested in the stock market. SOURCE: Associated Press / Yahoo Daily News http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011130/pl/energy_cloning_2.html * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn