Forwarded: ASA on the Combating Autism Act

[Guest guest]

The Combating Autism Act has stalled in the House of Representatives. Despite

widespread support for this bill, Chairman Barton is keeping it from becoming

law. We need to go over his head to Speaker Hastert and Majority Leader Boehner

and ask them to bring the Combating Autism Act up for a vote.

As you know, S. 843 passed the Senate on August 3rd, and the House version of

the bill, HR 2421, has 227 bipartisan cosponsors -- more than half of the House

of Representatives. The fastest way for this bill to become law, however, is

for the House to pass the Senate version of the bill. Unfortunately, Chairman

Barton has steadfastly refused to bring S. 843 up for a vote. ASA will not give

up the fight on this issue.

We need you -- ASA’s advocates -- to call, email, and meet with your

Representatives (especially your Republican representatives) now that they are

home to campaign. Tell them about autism, what it means to you and your family,

and how important it is that we invest in additional autism related research.

Ask them to talk to Speaker Hastert and Leader Boehner, and urge them to bring

the CAA up for a vote. Tell them that you'll be watching come Election Day --

after all, the best way to make autism a priority is to elect Representatives

who care about our issues.

Use this link to act today:

http://www.autism-society.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage & page=UserAction & id\

=149 & autologin=true

M. Guppy

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