Hi,
...The conference report will go back to Congress, but not to start all over -
just to tinker with it until an agreement is reached with the President.
You never say never in politics, but if Members of Congress are hearing from
the Parkinson’s community it is very, very unlikely they will alter or omit
any of the Parkinson’s-related language.....
Can you tell us what is at least purported to be in the report:
language from Senate bill, colloquy, size of NIH increase, and so
on? When we last heard, unless I'm missing something, we don't know
what/who's language is in or not in the report for PD.
Are they likely to finish "tinkering" this fall, or is it more likely
that this will drag on for months. The Dem's are saying, researchers
can't wait 11 months to carry on vital work, while Repub's are
pretending to not spend SSec, and are insisting on a spending cut.
The Repub's want a spending cut of 1-3% to pay for it, and they're
saying they have given the NIH much more money than the President
requested to carry out research, and all the rest of the political
posturing.
Do you have any confidence that we will get the NIH increase from the
Senate's bill, and ANY language regarding spending on PD?
Does anyone have any idea of whether or not the House's anti-stem-cell
or fetal-tissue language is in the report?
Please--the troops are growing restless.
Thanks,
Charlotte
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Mette Adams wrote:
> The following is a message from Michael Claeys, Policy Coordinator for the
> Parkinson’s Action Network.
>
> Camilla Flintermann wrote:
> “I heard today that the president will veto the bill that contains ‘our’
> funding---because the Congress wanted to make cuts (in other areas) he
> objects to.....so it's back to the drawing board?”
>
> No, not at all. The President is vetoing the Labor/HHS conference report
> for matters unrelated to NIH or Parkinson’s research funding.
>
> The conference report will go back to Congress, but not to start all over -
> just to tinker with it until an agreement is reached with the President.
> You never say never in politics, but if Members of Congress are hearing from
> the Parkinson’s community it is very, very unlikely they will alter or omit
> any of the Parkinson’s-related language.
>
> The Labor/HHS conference report will eventually be signed into law, but when
> and whether it will be as a free-standing bill, attached to some other bill,
> or part of a large omnibus bill remains to be seen. Of course, we will be
> closely monitoring the developments and passing them along to the community.
>
> This is a brief response to Camilla’s specific question. Please continue to
> look for updates from the Network in the coming days and weeks.
>
> Any questions or comments can be referred to the Network at (800) 850-4726
> or [log in to unmask]
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael Claeys
> Policy Coordinator
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Charlotte Mancuso
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