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While this is not PD, I feel it is related because of the medications we take, medical care/etc., and election day is right around the corner.......I subscribe to The Public Citizen email, a national, non-profit, public interest organization. I have pasted their latest email below... By going into their site, you will be able to see how your local politicians voted this year.... all you need to do is click on that link below and put your zip code in the box....it will show you the bill and the way our politicians voted..... ( Y, N and if that vote was for/against the public interest)..Take a look at those that are representing you...did they vote the way you need them to on the issues that are so important to you or is it time to vote them out or did they do a good job and you want to vote for them again.....Personally, I found out that on two items the vote was just the OPPOSITE of what the staff had told me it would be when I called on the telephone.. The other links also give you other information such as contacting your reps, etc. Their letter says...."Public Citizen Vote Chart Rates Members of Congress on Key Health, Safety and Corporate Accountability Votes. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen recently published its election-year rating of members of Congress based on their votes on issues important to consumers during the 107th Congress (2001-2002). Public Citizen tracked more than 20 Senate and House votes dealing with campaign finance reform; prescription drugs; patient safety; food, workplace and truck safety; aviation security; energy and nuclear waste issues; fast track trade authority; the Bush tax cut and tax breaks for corporations; consumer bankruptcy; and confirmations of John Ashcroft as attorney general and John Graham as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. "These are votes on issues that affect the public's health, safety and wallets," Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook said. "Washington is full of powerful special interests seeking special favors from Congress. The best way for consumers in the states to challenge those interests is to know how their elected officials are voting." "Citizens did win an important victory this Congress with the passage of the most significant campaign finance reform in a generation," said Frank Clemente, director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch. "But, as this vote chart shows, too often members of Congress side with the patrons who fund their campaigns rather than the public who elect them to office." A copy of the vote chart and rankings is available on the Web at http://action.citizen.org/pc/issues/votes/ " Joan Hartman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn