Fwd: Udall Bill Senate Passage confirmed!!!!!!!!!!. (fwd)

[Barbara Patterson <patterso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 18:26:04, -0500
From: MR ROBERT A MARTONE <Bob_Martone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: patterso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, patterso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Fwd: Udall Bill Senate Passage confirmed!!!!!!!!!!.

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Barbara Please forward this. Thanks

> Date: Thursday, 26-Sep-96 04:34 PM
>
> From: Bob Martone              \ PRODIGY:     (VRGS59A)
>
> Subject: Udall Bill Senate Passage confirmed!!!!!!!!!!.
>
> Just heard from Terry Whitling and Joan Samuelson.  It's true. Trent
Lott was
> presiding over the senate and called for unanimous consent for the NIH
> Revitalization bill and it passed in less than 90 seconds. Debra Cordy
was the
> only PD activist who made it to the chamber in time to see the vote.
The last
> minute negotiations were between Senators Kassebaum and Coates on the
use of
> fetal tissue.
> Senator Kessebaum is now acting as an advocate and has been discussing
with
> Congressman Bliley. My understanding of the situation is that  if we
don't get
> HR 1462 passed in the next few days the bill will not become law
because the
> house has not yet approved it. That means we lose a year of funding
and 50,000
> more Americans and countless others world wide will be afflicted with
yet
> another years delay in finding the cure.  Please call Bliley, Gingrich
, Armey,
> Delay and Bilarakis.  at 1-800-962-3524.
>
> Bob_Martone@xxxxxxxxxxx