Our colleagues at the American Psychological Association just sent this not= ice out. Our earlier message from Research!America to FUNnet got scrambled= , so we hope this one from the APA will get to you. Forwarded to you by the Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Committee. Thanks for your consideration, Julio ********************************************************** Julio J. Ramirez, Ph.D. R. Stuart Dickson Professor Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience Department of Psychology Watson Building, Room 202 P.O. Box 7017 Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina 28035-7017 V: 704-894-2888 F: 704-894-2512 ________________________________ Contact Your Senators to Protect Federal Funding for Critical Programs BEFO= RE Wednesday, March 3 Take Action! Thanks to those of you who contacted your member of Congress last week. AP= A members and many others flooded the Capitol switchboards, but unfortunate= ly it didn=92t turn the tide. The House of Representatives approved H.R. 1= on February 18 with $60 billion in cuts to the current fiscal year=92s spe= nding, including cuts of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of Health = and defunding of programs to implement the new health care reform law, refe= rred to as =93the Affordable Care Act.=94 A link to how Members voted on H= .R. 1 is available at: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll147.xml Senate will likely act on H.R. 1 early during the week of February 28 (next= week). While the Senate is not expected to approve identical spending cuts= , its bill will likely also reduce spending through this fiscal year, which= ends September 30, 2011. What happens next week will set the stage for fu= ture budget debates. The federal government is operating now on temporary funding, the authoriza= tion for which will expire on March 4. Given that the Senate and the House= are unlikely to agree on the same funding levels before that bill expires,= another Continuing Resolution will likely come to both Houses even as H.R.= 1 is being debated. The Senate would prefer that this temporary, two-week= measure continue the current level of funding, while the House leadership = is pressing for the temporary bill to cut funding by $4 billion. That bill= will also have to pass both chambers of Congress to be enacted, just as H.= R. 1 will. It is very important that your Senators hear from you BEFORE WEDNESDAY, MAR= CH 3, about your concern about the programs under attack. TAKE ACTION=97Call your two U.S. Senators today. [http://capwiz.com/apapolicy/utr/i1/CUKWOVERSI/6537044356/img/capwizlogo.gi= f]