Subject: WE EXPECT A VOTE ANY DAY ON HR 810 AND NEED YOUR HELP ASAP!

From: "CAMR" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:08:38 GMT

Dear Friends,

We have learned that the Senate debate and vote on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, H.R. 810, may occur as early as the latter part of this week. This is the moment we have been waiting for since the bill passed the House of Representatives on May, 24, 2005. This is our one and only chance to get the bill passed by the Senate and we need you to act NOW!

Shortly before the Fourth of July recess, Senator Frist successfully obtained what is called “unanimous consent” from his Senate colleagues to move forward with a vote on a package of bills that includes H.R. 810. The other bills in the package are the Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act, S. 2754, and the Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006, S. 3504. Under the agreement, amendments will not be permitted and each bill will have a separate vote and will need at least 60 votes to pass. Our friends in the Senate tell us to expect to be prepared for a vote any day.

We will not be taking a position on the other two bills; our goal is to get H.R. 810 passed. We do not believe the other bills change anything or allow for anything new. We estimate that both other bills will pass overwhelmingly. It is a vote for H.R. 810, and this bill alone, that will move stem cell research forward in our country. ALL correspondence to and discussion with the Senate must be clear that a vote in favor of H.R. 810 is the only pro-patient, pro-cure, pro-research vote that Senators can take. We all must be consistent with our message that Senators VOTE FOR H.R. 810 and that a vote for the other bills will absolutely NOT be sufficient. Some Senators will try to hide behind the other bills and claim that they are pro-stem cell research. We cannot allow them to do that. We all must emphasize that a Senator's votes will only be acceptable if she or he VOTES FOR H.R. 810, and that a vote against H.R. 810 is a vote against 100 million patients and against moving forward with research.

ACTION PLAN CHECK LIST

Please do as many of the following as you can:

ACTION #1

Pick up the telephone NOW and call your Senators urging them to vote in favor of H.R. 810.

Call your senators at the following numbers and share with them the message below:

Senator Dianne Feinstein

Telephone #: (202) 224-3841

Senator Barbara Boxer

Telephone #: (202) 224-3553

Message:

“I strongly support the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (H.R. 810) and ask that you vote in favor of it. Only a vote in favor of H.R. 810 is a vote in favor of moving stem cell research forward in our county. Please work to pass H.R. 810 immediately.”

ACTION #2

Send a letter in support of H.R. 810 to your Senators. These letters must be sent via fax or hand-delivery AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Don't worry about personalizing the letter if that will hold you up - just send our suggested letter with your name and address! Our supporters will use them as they make the case for the bill, and those who are not yet with us need to hear from each of you.

Suggested Letter:

“Dear Senator,

I strongly support the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (H.R. 810) and ask that you vote in favor of it. Only a vote in favor of H.R. 810 is a vote in favor of moving stem cell research forward in our county. A vote against H.R. 810 is a vote against 100 million patients and against progress for research. I will not accept your vote for any other bill as support for stem cell research.

H.R. 810 is the only bill that is pro-patient, pro-cure, and pro-research. Please work to pass H.R. 810 immediately.

Sincerely,

Your Name

Address”

Fax your letters to:

Senator Dianne Feinstein

Fax #: (202) 228-3954

Senator Barbara Boxer

Fax #: (202) 228-2382

ACTION #3

Reach out to your family, friends, and neighbors and urge them all to call, fax and email their Senators in support of H.R. 810. This is the time to pull out all the stops; we will not have another opportunity for a Senate vote on H.R. 810.

ACTION #4

Make in-person appointments with the staff of Senators who are not cosponsors of H.R. 810 to make the case in support of the bill. This will be most feasible if you live in the Washington, DC area, but if you are based outside of DC and plan to come to town for meetings on stem cell research, NOW is the time.

The following is a list of the cosponsors of the Senate version of H.R. 810. If you do NOT see your Senator’s name on this list, then please work as hard as you can to make contact with that office.

SUPPORTERS of H.R. 810:

Akaka, Daniel K. [HI]

Baucus, Max [MT]

Bayh, Evan [IN]

Bingaman, Jeff [NM]

Boxer, Barbara [CA]

Cantwell, Maria [WA]

Carper, Thomas R. [DE]

Chafee, Lincoln [RI]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY]

Collins, Susan M. [ME]

Dayton, Mark [MN]

Dodd, Christopher J. [CT]

Dorgan, Byron L. [ND]

Durbin, Richard [IL]

Feingold, Russell D. [WI]

Feinstein, Dianne [CA]

Harkin, Tom [IA]

Hatch, Orrin G. [UT]

Inouye, Daniel K. [HI]

Jeffords, James M. [VT]

Johnson, Tim [SD]

Kennedy, Edward M. [MA]

Kerry, John F. [MA]

Kohl, Herb [WI]

Landrieu, Mary L. [LA]

Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ]

Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]

Levin, Carl [MI]

Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT]

Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR]

Menendez, Robert [NJ]

Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD]

Murray, Patty [WA]

Obama, Barack [IL]

Reed, Jack [RI]

Reid, Harry [NV]

Schumer, Charles E. [NY]

Smith, Gordon H. [OR]

Snowe, Olympia J. [ME]

Stabenow, Debbie [MI]

Your prompt and active participation is critical to achieving the success we all want. Thank you for doing your part to get H.R. 810 passed by the Senate.

Thank you,

Sean Tipton
President

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