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BYRD 202 224 3954 304 342 5855 PRYOR- 202 224 2353 501 324 6336 MS. LANDRIEU 202 224 5824 504 589 2427 NELSON 202 224 6551 402 441 4600 LUGAR 202-224-4814 317 226 5555 BOND 202 224 5721 573 634 2488 Domenici 202 224 6621 505 346 6791 rayilynlee wrote: > Congress . Washington . stem cells > Posted on: July 12, 2006 7:10 PM, by Nick Anthis > It has been announced that the highly anticipated debate and vote in the > Senate on HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, will take > place on > July 17th and 18th (next Monday and Tuesday). This is great news, but > there's a catch. > Although supporters of the bill (i.e. 70% of Americans) have already been > troubled by Bush's continued stubborn insistence on vetoing the bill > when it > reaches his desk, there are now worries that HR 810 may not have the 60 > votes it needs to pass, as Michael Stebbins reports at Sex Drugs & > DNA. He's > urging his readers to call their Senators' offices to express their > support > for HR 810, and he's also asking everyone to contact the following > senators, > who are particularly on the fence right now: Robert Byrd (D-WV), Mark > Pryor > (D-AR), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Richard Lugar (R-IN), > Christopher Bond (R-MO), and Pete Domenici (R-NM). Contact information > for > Senators is available here. > It's time to act, people! This will just take a couple of minutes, and it > could make a huge difference. I know that there has been quite a bit of > reporting here and elsewhere lately on HR 810 and its upcoming vote on > it in > the Senate, but there's good reason for all of this--stem cell > research in > the US is suffering under the current unscientific restrictions. The > ban on > federal funding for embryonic stem cell research needs to end right > now by > the passage of HR 810. It has made impressive progress considering its > small > but vocal opposition, but it still has a few hurdles left to scale. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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