Alert: President Bush Vetoes LHHS Appropriations

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Please forward this email to all your contacts. This is very important and

needs action today.

Kathy

From: National Patient Advocate Foundation's Virginia Advocates

On

Behalf Of Malcomson

Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007

1:19 PM

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Subject: [sPAM] Action Needed

TODAY - Call your Members of Congress!

Importance: High

Dear Advocate,

Yesterday, President Bush vetoed the

Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services (Labor-HHS)

appropriations bill (HR 3043) that Congress passed last week. The Labor-HHS

appropriations bill would not only reverse the President's planned

$480 million cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), it

provides a modest 3.1% increase in the NIH budget and a 2.7% increase in

funding for the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

ACTION NEEDED:

Contact your U.S. Senators

and Representative and urge them to override the President's veto of the FY

2008 Labor-HHS bill. Tell them in your own words how essential NIH and NCI

funding are in sustaining progress in the fight against cancer. They

will be voting to override the veto tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 15th) so it's

especially critical that you contact your Members of Congress TODAY by 5pm

ET.

If you are unsure who your Senators and

Representative are, go to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov to look them up - then commit

them to memory!

Thank you for all that you do!

Dixon Malcomson

National Volunteer Coordinator

National Patient

Advocate Foundation

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From: Research!America

Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007

9:06 AM

To: Meade

Subject: [sPAM] Alert: President

Bush Vetoes LHHS Appropriations

President Bush Vetoes LHHS

Appropriations Bill

Override Vote

Expected Thursday

Urge Congress to

Override

President

Bush vetoed the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS)

appropriations bill (H.R. 3043) yesterday. The bill is now back in the hands

of Congress. Please contact your Representative and Senators immediately and

urge them to override the veto of the LHHS appropriations bill. The override

vote is expected to take place tomorrow.

If

your Representative or Senators are Republican, it is especially important to

let them know that health is a priority for you. Ask them to serve the

best interests of Americans by overriding the veto.

Congress

agreed to a 3.1% increase for the National Institutes of Health and a 6.6%

increase for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the LHHS

conference report. Help secure these vital increases in funding at the NIH

and CDC by writing to Congress now!

Link for email or phone numbers http://www.visi.com/juan/congress