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Linda, Thank you for once again setting the record straight. This is the best backgrounder I have seen on the period leading up to the President's announcement of his embryonic stem cell policy in August 2001. The Parkinson's community is lucky to have you helping to lead the fight to find a cure for this cruel disease. I intend to send this around to everyone I know. Thanks again, Greg Wasson Linda J Herman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Theresa Rehtom wrote: <this issue to get in office? They were not funding stem cell research, in fact they had a ban on this research. >> I believe all political viewpoints should be heard, but let's get the facts straight please. The Democrats did not impose a ban on stem cell research. During Clinton' s administration, Republican Repressentatives attached an amendment to the Appropriations bill each year to prohibit NIH funding for research using embryos. During Clinton's administration, the NIH studied the issues, composed guidelines for ethical research using stem cells - and was about to start funding the research. This funding was squashed as soon as George W. Bush took office. Over the last 3 years Bush's limitations on federal funding has slowed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn the progress of the research.####