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Contact Congress Immediately!

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (H.R. 3/S.5) on January 11. It is critical for you to contact your Representative now and urge him or her to vote YES on H.R. 3, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. Take action!

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Lupus is a disease that can attack and destroy any organ in the body. Fifty percent of persons with lupus have kidney involvement; some of them deteriorate to end-stage renal disease wherein the kidneys are no longer functioning and dialysis is required to sustain life. For those persons and others with organs destroyed by lupus, embryonic stem cell research holds out the promise that these organs can be repaired. There are 1.5 million Americans living with lupus; twenty percent of them will be disabled by the disease and many die.

Reps. Diana DeGette (CO) and Mike Castle (DE) and Senators Tom Harkin (IA) and Arlen Specter (PA) are reintroducing the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act with the bill numbers of H.R. 3 in the House and S. 5 in the Senate. The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R. 810) passed with strong bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate, but President Bush used his first and only veto when the bill reached his desk in July 2006. The House was 51 votes short when they tried to override the veto.

Our goal is to secure veto-proof votes in the House and Senate.

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