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Time's Up - Hold a Vote on Stem Cell Research!
Target: Senator Bill Frist, Senate Majority LeaderSponsored by: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
On May 24th 2005, a bipartisan majority of the House took an important step to helping extend or save the lives of millions of Americans by passing H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. Leading the Democrats on this bill is Diana DeGette from Colorado's 1st district. Rep. DeGette began working to expand federal support for stem cell research in 2001, before President Bush imposed strict limitations on stem cell lines eligible for funding.
It's now been one year - ONE YEAR - since Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist said he had changed his mind and would support expanding stem cell research beyond President Bush's stifling limitations. That was a moment when millions of Americans suffering from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease, spinal cord injury, diabetes, and other tragic illnesses found renewed hope for a cure - if not for them, for generations to come.
All Senator Frist had to do was schedule a vote on expanding stem cell research. Nobody demanded that he do anything more. One simple vote on the bill that had already passed easily through the House, and it would be placed on President Bush's desk to test his veto threat.
Senator Frist may think that we've forgotten his promise - we need to make clear that we have not. The radical right wing cannot be allowed to trump the will of the vast majority of Americans again. This is far too important.
Tell Senator Frist: Time's Up, Hold the Vote on Stem Cell Research!
It's now been one year - ONE YEAR - since Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist said he had changed his mind and would support expanding stem cell research beyond President Bush's stifling limitations. That was a moment when millions of Americans suffering from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease, spinal cord injury, diabetes, and other tragic illnesses found renewed hope for a cure - if not for them, for generations to come.
All Senator Frist had to do was schedule a vote on expanding stem cell research. Nobody demanded that he do anything more. One simple vote on the bill that had already passed easily through the House, and it would be placed on President Bush's desk to test his veto threat.
Senator Frist may think that we've forgotten his promise - we need to make clear that we have not. The radical right wing cannot be allowed to trump the will of the vast majority of Americans again. This is far too important.
Tell Senator Frist: Time's Up, Hold the Vote on Stem Cell Research!
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We signed the “Time's Up - Hold a Vote on Stem Cell Research!” petition!
# 150:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
Joyce Buck, Illinois
# 149:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
James Elliott, Pennsylvania
# 148:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
Rhonda McNurlan, Wisconsin
# 147:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
Deborah DeGeorge, Michigan
# 146:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
Kathy Ryan, Colorado
There are too many people suffering from diseases that can only be treated and not cured. Don't take away the chances of survival for these people!
There are too many people suffering from diseases that can only be treated and not cured. Don't take away the chances of survival for these people!
# 145:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
Eric Barnard, California
# 144:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
Patricia Friedmann, Louisiana
# 143:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
J.Valery Mix, Georgia
Please don't let us down,
Please don't let us down,
# 142:
12:45 pm PDT, May 24,
Nicole Hopper, Arizona
# 141:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Debbie Magyar, Wisconsin
# 140:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Debbie Gardinier, California
Just Do it!
Just Do it!
# 139:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Dawn Painter, Kentucky
# 138:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Loyd Nolen Dunaway, Oklahoma
# 137:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Mercy Drake, Arizona
An embryo is not a person, nor is it a fetus, and stem cell research can help many people that would have no help otherwise,
An embryo is not a person, nor is it a fetus, and stem cell research can help many people that would have no help otherwise,
# 136:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Aletha Hicks, Texas
Now is the time to act! Please give Alzheimer's patients and others hope for a cure.
Now is the time to act! Please give Alzheimer's patients and others hope for a cure.
# 135:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Powers Foss, Colorado
# 134:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Mark Mills, Oklahoma
# 133:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Lisa Mastalier, Michigan
# 132:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 131:
12:44 pm PDT, May 24,
Charles Hale, California
# 130:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Amy Bullock, Massachusetts
# 129:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Jacqueline Entrekin, Oregon
# 128:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Tim Marsh, California
# 127:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Rosalie West, Oregon
I live with two autoimmune diseases myself, type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Don't disable me further by curtailing necessary research for me and many more like me!
I live with two autoimmune diseases myself, type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Don't disable me further by curtailing necessary research for me and many more like me!
# 126:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Kimberly Didia, Michigan
# 125:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Beverly McLain, New York
Stem Cell research should not be restricted based on our narrow-minded President's religious views. Allowing his opinion to dictate policy is forbidden by our Constitution. Please work to restore funding to this potentially life-saving research.
Stem Cell research should not be restricted based on our narrow-minded President's religious views. Allowing his opinion to dictate policy is forbidden by our Constitution. Please work to restore funding to this potentially life-saving research.
# 124:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Elaine Fischer, Texas
# 123:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Venus Thornton, Texas
# 122:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Carla Holusha, New Jersey
# 121:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Madeleine Lav, California
# 120:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, Florida
Stem cell research is IMPORTANT for ALL AMERICANS, especially those who were not born of wealth and privlege. Those who could not afford the best care money could buy. Those that now need for you to keep your promise. Hold that important vote on Stem Cell Research NOW! American lives are depending on it.
Stem cell research is IMPORTANT for ALL AMERICANS, especially those who were not born of wealth and privlege. Those who could not afford the best care money could buy. Those that now need for you to keep your promise. Hold that important vote on Stem Cell Research NOW! American lives are depending on it.
# 119:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Damon Howze, Texas
# 118:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Shelley Chinnan, Georgia
# 117:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Cindy Holt, North Carolina
I have severe MS and no health insurance,, so I am a lost cause waiting for death (I'm 50 years old), but I do want stem celll work to continue and expand so someday someone can benefit. Thank you, Cindy Holt
I have severe MS and no health insurance,, so I am a lost cause waiting for death (I'm 50 years old), but I do want stem celll work to continue and expand so someday someone can benefit. Thank you, Cindy Holt
# 116:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 115:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Shannon Lc Cate, Illinois
# 114:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Stephanie Marchewka, Illinois
# 113:
12:43 pm PDT, May 24,
Barbara Hadenfeldt, California
# 112:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Sharon Anderson, Minnesota
Cures are waiting to be unleashed. It's time to move forwrad.
Cures are waiting to be unleashed. It's time to move forwrad.
# 111:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Bianca Constance, New Jersey
# 110:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Elizabeth Krasucki, Maryland
Don't you realize that baby-boomers will be at risk for Alzheimer's in the decades to come and without a cure the numbers of people affected will make this an epidemic?!! The average lifetime cost of Alzheimer's disease is $174,000!! I'm just 31 years old and I see the urgent need to fund research.. why don't you?
Don't you realize that baby-boomers will be at risk for Alzheimer's in the decades to come and without a cure the numbers of people affected will make this an epidemic?!! The average lifetime cost of Alzheimer's disease is $174,000!! I'm just 31 years old and I see the urgent need to fund research.. why don't you?
# 109:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Jared Ainsworth, Texas
# 108:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Robert Bell, Indiana
Time's Up now!!! What are you scared of? Progress or the knowledge that you are way outdated as a doctor and politician? Hold a Vote on Stem Cell Research!
Time's Up now!!! What are you scared of? Progress or the knowledge that you are way outdated as a doctor and politician? Hold a Vote on Stem Cell Research!
# 107:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Richard Vreeland, Washington
# 106:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Reese Forbes, Missouri
# 105:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
William Gerhart, Washington
Don't stand in the way of scientific research.
Don't stand in the way of scientific research.
# 104:
12:42 pm PDT, May 24,
Sherrill Cox, New Jersey
# 103:
12:41 pm PDT, May 24,
Carol Thompson, Pennsylvania
# 102:
12:41 pm PDT, May 24,
Margarida Mac Cormick, California
# 101:
12:41 pm PDT, May 24,
Linda Martin, Michigan