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Camilla, Please keep up the phone calls to Bilirakas and Bliley. The Senate looks very positive right now but the house still needs encouraement. A soft posture , that recognizes the minority view, on use of elective aborted fetal organs is the one remaining road block to HR 1462 sailing through the House. Even though the bill is silent on this issue, there is a small minority that can't separate the abortion issue from the organ transplant (fetal tissue) issue. The possibility of a floor debate could prevent the House from doing its job of representing the majority of their constituents. Congressman Bilirakis is in that minority. If the house fails, we still may succeed through a process called conference where the Senate and house members come together to iron out differences. This conference would be on the Senate version of the NIH Reauthorization Bill which currently contains the Parkinson request for $80 million. [log in to unmask]