I'm all for a new Prez, but Candidates, we need you in DC to vote!

From the Sierra Club's Pop News:
"As you know, back in June, the House of Representatives passed its FY 2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2674).The bill included a critical amendment, the "Lowey Amendment", introduced by Chairwomen Nita Lowey (D-NY), to exempt contraceptives from the Global Gag Rule. This would allow foreign NGO's to receive US-donated contraceptives, even if the organizations are ineligible for other US assistance under the rule. The Lowey Amendment passed by a vote of 223-201.
Then in early September, the Senate passed its version of the FY 2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. The Senate bill already included key provisions identical to the House-passed bill -- exempting contraceptives from the Global Gag Rule.

However, the Senate went a step further and voted to nullify the Gag Rule entirely. The Boxer-Snowe amendment to fully repeal the Gag Rule was adopted by a vote of 53-41.

The House and Senate votes mark the first time since the Global Gag Rule has been in force -- from 1984 to 1993 and again since 2001 -- that both Chambers of Congress have passed legislation to repeal or modify the restriction that has wreaked havoc on family planning efforts!"
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Hillary and Barack, we need you voting in DC!