URGENT! Senate Plans Stem Cell Vote Tuesday, April 10, 2007!

To all readers of Ben's Stem Cell News:

The U.S. Senate plans to continue consideration of and possibly vote on a bill, S. 5, on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 to allow government financing of new embryonic stem cell research, defying a presidential veto threat. Here are the details on the schedule of the vote from the U.S. Senate Legislative Calendar:

Senate Floor Schedule

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
9:30 a.m.: Convene and resume concurrent consideration of S. 5 and S. 30, on stem cells.

It has been reported there are currently 66 senators planning to vote for the bill, but 67 votes are needed to override an expected Presidential veto. It is possible that

Sen. John Sununu (R - New Hamphshire)

could be the key vote to reach 67 votes. If you support stem cell research, please take a moment to complete one of the form-letters below, send it to your Senators,

and also to Senator Sununu by clicking here

, and forward it around to everyone you can telling them to do the same!

For the complete text of S. 5, see the "Federal Stem Cell Legislation" section under the LINKS column on Ben's Stem Cell News.

To find your senator, click here

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation form-e-mail to send to your senators

StemPAC form e-mail to send to your senators

Campaign to Defend the Constitution (DefCon) form-e-mail to send to your senators

HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Ben Kaplan
Publisher
Ben's Stem Cell News