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To all of those that have written to Bliley and Bilirakis, your efforts are beginning to pay off. Upton approached Bliley and Bilirakis and finally got their agreement to take the NIH revitalization bill to the House floor. (That's the two forward) however, when they approached Chris Smith of Trenton, NJ. , he refused to go along with the compromise and scuttled this attempt to bring the bill to the House floor. PAN doesn't feel that writing or calling Smith will be effective, so I'm suggesting we attempt to get the more reasons members of the right to life coalition to attempt to persuade Smith to go along with the compromise. That compromise being: pass the NIH revitalization bill for one year instead of 3 and debate the contentious issues next year. I suggest you convey your appreciation to Bliley and Bilirakis and encourage them to keep looking for a way to get this bill passed in the house.