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On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, Rachel Balsam wrote: > I live in Washington state and wrote Senator Patty Murray asking her to > sponser the Udall bill. Her response: > > "I want you to know I believe in supporting programs which will help find > a cure to diseases like Parkinson's, and, as a member of the full > Appropriations Committee, I will continue to make Parkinson's research > one of my top appropriations priorities. Should S. 684 be allowed > consideration by the full Senate, please be assured I will keep your > support in mind." > > Did I miss something, here? Should I contact her again and what do I > need to ask/tell her? > > -Rachel Balsam ([log in to unmask]) > Welcome to Washington DC and the political two-step. The answer you received was probably written by a $30,000/year spin doctor (oops legislative aide) and says absolutely nothing. Writing again will only get a similar response. This is not to discourage you from writing (the more the better), but unless you are on a first name basis with your senator, chances are he/she will never see your letter. You will become one more checkmark in the "constituents who support the Udall Bill" column. Of course, if there are enough checkmarks in that column the aides will probably advise the senator to vote for the bill if it ever makes it to the floor. (Although I am now in the information technology field, my first degree was in government and politics.) Bruce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce G. Warr "Experience is what enables us to recognize Healthcare Informatics Lab a mistake the next time we make it." Information Systems Dept. University of Maryland Baltimore County http://umbc.edu/~warr/ (V) (410)455-3206 (F) (410)455-1073 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~