Jul 25 2008
Tell Your Senators to Vote YES on Advancing America’s Priorities Act
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Earlier this week, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced the Advancing America’s Priorities Act (S. 3297), an omnibus bill that combines nearly three dozen non-controversial, bipartisan measures which have been blocked from full Senate consideration due to objections from Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn.Among the measures included in this omnibus legislative package are two bills which are important to brain injury prevention and care in this country. These two bills are The STOP Stroke Act (S. 999/H.R. 477) and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act (S. 1183/H.R. 1727).
The STOP Stroke Act is bipartisan legislation by Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) that would help ensure that all stroke patients are treated as quickly and effectively as possible. Among other things, the STOP Stroke Act would authorize a grant program to help provide states with resources to ensure that patients have access to quality stroke education, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services by establishing coordinated stroke care systems.
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act is a non-controversial, bipartisan bill which is primarily about two things: 1 - Advancing collaborative research in paralysis and 2 - Improving the quality of life today for people living with paralysis and mobility impairments from any cause — stroke, traumatic brain injury, ALS, spinal cord injuries, and others.
Please click on the “Take Action” link in the upper right-hand corner of this email to call your Senators TODAY and urge them to vote YES on S. 3297 when it is considered the week of July 27, 2008.
