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Ray, Santorum is hurting in the Pa. polls and I think that the suggestion of a compromise and a photo of him with Spector and coverage in the Phila. Inquirer might be expected by the Santorum people to be of some help. I don't recall the details now of the "compromise" but it was not in our best interest. Spector is quoted in the article as saying his first choice is HR 810. Santorum opposes ESCR. Spector's office is more receptive to e-mails and calls from Pa. residents (which I'm not) so I left a message for him in his capacity as head of the judiciary committee, and got through to Frist's office after a couple of trys. Incidentally, I don't think the democratic party candidate in Pa. is pro ESCR either. Dolores rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dolores: I called Frist's office yesterday asking what was up re HR 810 and was told that there were "other issues . . ..", you know, like gay marriage which was defeated today. HR810 as far as I know doesn't even contain cutting edge research like SCNT, but leftover IVF embryos. Somebody correct and clarify this info if I am wrong. What could be left to HR 810 after a compromise? Santorum is as bad for our health as Brownback. Today I think it is flag burning in the Senate and in the House there is a "pledge of allegiance" issue, which maybe somebody can explain. Maybe we should just die quietly or really rebel. The cruelest, most base elements of the human race now determine our fates. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores Gross" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: Sen. Frist and HR 810 > During the debate today on a constitutional amendment re same-sex marriage > Sen. Harry Reid pointed out that there are so many important issues which > the majority leader is NOT allowing to be addressed by the senate, > particularly stem cell research. Sen Frist responded by saying he's > working on a compromise. This may be the compromise proposed by Sen Rick > Santorum who opposes ESCR and to which Sen Arlen Spector said he would go > with, if HR 810 is not acceptable, even though he prefers HR 810. The > Santorum compromise which was reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer during > the past 2 weeks is a smoke screen and not what the Parkinson community is > looking for. > > Please phone Senators Frist and Spector and tell them no delays, no > amendments - Bring HR 810 to the senate for a yes or no vote. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn