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Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA) have included a provision in the Senate version of the FY 2008 Labor-HHS funding bill that would essentially overturn the President's veto of the stem cell research legislation (S. 5) that was passed earlier this year and make additional embryonic stem cell lines available for federal funding.
The language would allow federal research funding on stem cell lines derived before June 15, 2007; current Bush Administration policy allows for federal funds to only be used for research on embryonic stem cell lines derived prior to August 9, 2001.
Because the Senate will be considering this language this week, now is the time for all research advocates to contact their Senators and tell them to: support the expansion of federally funded stem cell research; support and the provision in the Labor-HHS funding bill; and oppose any anti-stem cell and anti-research amendments introduced during the debate.
To send an e-mail to your Senators, simply complete the "Take Action" information to the right. ASH's on-line advocacy system provides the message and link to your Senators' offices. We encourage you to customize the message to your Senators as much as possible, emphasizing (1) your positive feelings about embryonic stem cell research, and (2) how expanding this research beyond the number of currently approved lines will benefit patients. We also encourage you to forward this message to colleagues and friends to increase participation.
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