TheBoss(DCA)
07-12-2006, 02:58 PM
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 5:41 PM
Subject: UPATED ACTION ALERT -- PLEASE READ BEFORE SENDING YOUR ALERT
SEAN TIPTON
PRESIDENT
CAMR
Hello All,
My apologies! Things are changing here by the minute. I sent you
an older draft of the action alert. Please disregard my last
message and send THIS alert to your grassroots. Thank you so much
and sorry for the confusion.
Kim Love
CAMR Legislative Consultant
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
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. Use the URL below and share with them the
folllowing message:
[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
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:
(Find their fax number at [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]))
Senator 1
Fax #:
Senator 2
Fax #:
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.
Subject: UPATED ACTION ALERT -- PLEASE READ BEFORE SENDING YOUR ALERT
SEAN TIPTON
PRESIDENT
CAMR
Hello All,
My apologies! Things are changing here by the minute. I sent you
an older draft of the action alert. Please disregard my last
message and send THIS alert to your grassroots. Thank you so much
and sorry for the confusion.
Kim Love
CAMR Legislative Consultant
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
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. Use the URL below and share with them the
folllowing message:
[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
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:
(Find their fax number at [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]))
Senator 1
Fax #:
Senator 2
Fax #:
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.