[Mla-cds] [Fwd: [mla-grc] Fwd: ACTION ALERT]

[Julie Schneider]

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Subject: 	[mla-grc] Fwd: ACTION ALERT
Date: 	Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:52:33 -0500
From: 	Mary Langman <mlaedo2 at mlahq.org>
To: 	mla-legis-tf at mlahq.org, MLA-GRC at mlahq.org, lwatson at umn.edu, 
janeblum at umich.edu



> *MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION / ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
> LIBRARIES
> *ACTION ALERT*
> SUPPORT FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
> PLEASE RESPOND TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK
> *
>
> Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) have announced 
> that they are going to offer an amendment to the Senate FY09 Budget 
> Resolution (Senate Concurrent Resolution 70) which would provide 
> significant new funding for the NIH.
>
> The amendment would authorize an additional $2.1 billion for the NIH 
> in FY09, bringing the agency's total funding level up to $32.2 
> billion. If adopted, the House and Senate appropriations committees 
> would still have to provide this additional funding in the FY09 
> appropriations bill that funds NIH, but including it in the budget 
> resolution would be a significant first step.
>
> A vote on the Specter/Harkin amendment could occur anytime in the next 
> few days. MLA/AAHSL members are encouraged to contact their two 
> senators and do the following:
> 1) Identify yourself as a constituent and ask to speak with the 
> senator's health legislative assistant.
> 2) Make the case for additional funding. Remind your senators that NIH 
> has been flat-funded in recent years.
> 3) Ask that the senator "/vote yes on the Specter/Harkin amendment to 
> increase funding for the NIH in the FY09 budget resolution."
> / 4) Give the aide your contact information and ask to be kept 
> informed of the senator’s actions on your request.
>
> You will likely receive the aide’s voicemail, so leave a message, be 
> persistent, and follow-up.
> If you don’t know who your two senators are or how to get in touch 
> with them, please visit www.senate.gov <http://www.senate.gov/> or 
> call the Senate switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Thank You!

Mary M. Langman, Coordinator
Information Issues and Policy
Medical Library Association
65 E. Wacker Pl., Ste. 1900
Chicago, Illinois 60601-7246

ph 312/419-9094, ext. 27
fax 312/419-8950
mlaedo2 at mlahq.org

*Plan to attend MLA'08 Connections: BridgingtheGaps
/ May 16-21 Chicago




/*


-- 
Julie Schneider
Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications

UW-Madison, Ebling Library
Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 2373
750 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-2221
PHONE: 608-263-5755
FAX: 608-262-4732
jschneider at library.wisc.eduu