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jener8er
10-26-2005, 01:49 PM
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-- SPECIAL EDITION --
URGENT ACTION NEEDED

American Cancer Society
Cancer Action Network
Newsletter

CONGRESS CONSIDERING $100 MILLION CUT IN CANCER RESEARCH FUNDING

Act Now to Tell Them No!

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a proposal that would cut cancer research funding by nearly $100 million.

A $100 million cut to cancer research funding would have a devastating effect on the future of cancer care. It would mean delays in new cancer drugs, new cancer screenings and life-saving cancer treatments.

This would be the first time in more than a decade the federal government has actually reduced its support for cancer research, and it comes at a time when the opportunity for new cancer breakthroughs has never been greater.

We cannot let this happen. You cannot let this happen.

Please take two minutes to send an email to your lawmakers by clicking here. (http://capwiz.com/acs-national/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=8166056)

Our only chance at avoiding massive cuts is if thousands of volunteers just like you email their Representatives and let them know it is unacceptable to cut cancer research funding by nearly $100 million.

While our lawmakers are deciding how the federal budget – our tax dollars – should be spent, they need to hear from us. Some in Congress say we can’t afford to spend more on cancer research. We say we can’t afford NOT to.

Just last month, 92 U.S. Senators and 275 U.S. Representatives signed a letter in support of the Bush Administration’s goal to eliminate suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015. However, this goal will only become a reality if lawmakers take the right steps. Cutting cancer research funding is a step in the wrong direction.

While the House is considering a cut, the U.S. Senate has proposed a $1 billion increase in medical research funding that will lead to increased cancer research. We support this proposal as a step in the right direction. The House of Representatives should take note.

Tell your Representative we want to move forward, not backward. Click here to send a quick email insisting that your U.S. Representative oppose cuts to cancer research funding. (http://capwiz.com/acs-national/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=8166056)


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House GOP Leaders Set to Cut Spending

October 17, 2005
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Email Your Congressman NOW! (http://capwiz.com/acs-national/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=8166056)



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sanhenry
10-26-2005, 03:42 PM
Thanks for sending this. I had not seen it so have done it and hopefully, my friends will do it for us. hugs, Sandy

mamacze
10-27-2005, 03:26 AM
Jen thank you for the alert; it is so important that they hear from all of us;however, I don't like that they have a "canned" message; I think our own stories are much more powerful.
Kim from CT

bonnie
10-27-2005, 09:08 AM
They do have a space to put in your personal story. What I did was leave a few spaces before and after the canned message, stating at the beginning "PERSONAL STORY" so it would stand out from the rest of the email.

Bonnie

Kim in CA
10-27-2005, 09:58 AM
Jen,


Thanks for the heads-up on this one. I emailed my representative and also forwarded the form to everyone else I could think of. There is a place at the bottom of the form for those of you who want to add your personal message.

Thanks again, Kim

sarah
10-29-2005, 09:40 AM
Congress people's assistants only read the 1st sentence and then put it in a pro or con count that is why is you ever write them, make your point in the first sentence.