This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_903475460_boundary Content-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From Mike Claeys Parkinsons Action Network, [log in to unmask] >Action Update >August 11, 1998 > > >APPROPRIATIONS: > > Funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which includes >the majority of federal research funding for biomedical research including Parkinson's >disease, are set by the Appropriations Committee, beginning with the Labor- Health >& Human Services- Education (Labor-HHS) Subcommittee. The Democrats and Republicans >on the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee are currently engaged in a contentious >partisan struggle on a variety of non-Parkinson's related issues in the FY99 spending >bill and both sides are threatening to block its passage. > > >*House of Representatives: > > The House adjourned for its traditional August recess on August 7. Due to >continuing disputes over several provisions of the Labor-HHS FY99 spending bill, >no new action was taken before the August recess. > > The House is expected to continue its consideration of the bill when it returns >on September 9. However, amendments may be added to the bill on the floor in order >to gain the 218 votes needed for passage. Only 14 days of legislative business >will remain between September 9, when the House returns from recess, and the start >of the new fiscal year when funding for federal programs runs out. > > >*Senate: > > The Senate returns to Capitol Hill on August 31. It is expected that the >Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations bill will be marked up by the Subcommittee on September >1 and by the full Committee on September 3. >Parkinson*s Action Network > >[log in to unmask] --part0_903475460_boundary Content-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-ya03.mx.aol.com ([172.18.144.195]) by air-ya01.mail.aol.com (v48.1) with SMTP; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:53:44 -0400 Received: from relay2.smtp.psi.net (relay2.smtp.psi.net [38.8.188.2]) by rly-ya03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id QAA22286 for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:53:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [38.229.2.2] (helo=basshowes.com) by relay2.smtp.psi.net with smtp (Exim 1.90 #1) for [log in to unmask] id 0z8sl9-00060g-00; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:53:40 -0400 Received: from BASS&HOWES-Message_Server by basshowes.com with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:54:04 -0500 Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:53:48 -0500 From: Kelly Abbett <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Barbara Schirloff Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Action Update August 11, 1998 APPROPRIATIONS: Funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which=0A= includes the majority of federal research funding for biomedical research= =0Aincluding Parkinson's disease, are set by the Appropriations Committee= ,=0Abeginning with the Labor-Health & Human Services- Education (Labor-HH= S)=0ASubcommittee. The Democrats and Republicans on the Labor-HHS Approp= riations=0ASubcommittee are currently engaged in a contentious partisan s= truggle on a=0Avariety of non-Parkinson's related issues in the FY99 spen= ding bill and both=0Asides are threatening to block its passage. *House of Representatives: The House adjourned for its traditional August recess on August 7. = Due=0Ato continuing disputes over several provisions of the Labor-HHS FY9= 9 spending=0Abill, no new action was taken before the August recess. The House is expected to continue its consideration of the bill when= it=0Areturns on September 9. However, amendments may be added to the bi= ll on the=0Afloor in order to gain the 218 votes needed for passage. Onl= y 14 days of=0Alegislative business will remain between September 9, when= the House returns=0Afrom recess, and the start of the new fiscal year wh= en funding for federal=0Aprograms runs out. *Senate: The Senate returns to Capitol Hill on August 31. It is expected tha= t the=0ASenate Labor-HHS Appropriations bill will be marked up by the Sub= committee on=0ASeptember 1 and by the full Committee on September 3. ------------------------------------ Parkinson*s Action Network [log in to unmask] --part0_903475460_boundary--