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Jim Moody emailed the list last week about this amendment.
Here's your chance to express your opinion on something that really  
matters.

SW



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bob Stout <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: May 18, 2006 12:01:59 PM EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Legislative Alert from the Federation
> Reply-To: Bob Stout <[log in to unmask]>
>
> This Week's News and Reflections
>                       (05/17/06: Special Edition)
>
> The Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, & Cognitive Sciences
> 750 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002
> 202-336-5920 (voice); 202-336-5812 (fax)
> http://www.thefederationonline.org/
>
>
> ALERT TO VOTE "NO" ON HUTCHISON AMENDMENT: PLEASE HELP ASAP!
>
> PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE AS YOU SEE FIT*
>
> As most of you know, and as covered in last week's Federation  
> newsletter,  Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) has been strongly  
> suggesting, in various places, that the National Science Foundation  
> should limit its funding to certain sciences, and has expressed  
> some strongly negative opinions of the behavioral and social  
> sciences.  While a number of advocacy groups in DC are working on  
> this issue (those in the biological, behavioral and social science  
> arenas primarily), something has arisen suddenly that we could use  
> your support on ASAP!
>
> If your Senator is listed below, please contact that person TODAY  
> regarding a proposed amendment by Hutchinson that would instruct  
> the NSF to fund only the "physical sciences, technology,  
> engineering, and mathematics."  This amendment will be taken up  
> tomorrow, Thursday, May 18 when the Senate Commerce Committee marks  
> up S. 2802.  In opposition, Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ) will offer an  
> amendment that would eliminate any language prescribing research  
> priorities to the NSF.  Of course we know that "cherry picking"  
> which sciences should be funded at NSF is NEVER a good idea, and we  
> expect that all in the science community will stand with those of  
> us who are currently in the "endangered" sciences' list.  When you  
> call your senator's office:
>
> ASK YOUR SENATOR TO VOTE "NO" ON THE HUTCHISON AMENDMENT AND VOTE  
> "YES" ON THE LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT.
>
> Senators on the Senate Commerce Committee are listed below.   
> (IMPORTANT: If you do not live in one of those states, but you have  
> colleagues who live there, please forward this message to them with  
> haste):
>
> Ted Stevens (R-AK), 202.224.3004
>
> John McCain (R-AZ) 202.224.2235
>
> Conrad Burns (R-MT) 202.224.2644
>
> Trent Lott (R-MS) 202.224.6253
>
> Olympia Snowe (R-ME): 202.224.5344
>
> Gordon Smith (R-OR) 202.224.3753
>
> John Ensign (R-NV) 202.224.6244
>
> George Allen (R-VA) 202.224.4024
>
> John Sununu (R-NH) 202.224.2841
>
> Jim DeMint (R-SC) 202.224.6121
>
> David Vitter (R-LA) 202.224.4623
>
> Daniel Inouye (D-HI) 202.224.3934
>
> John Rockefeller (D-WVA) 202.224.6472
>
> John Kerry (D-MA) 202.224.2742
>
> Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 202.224.2551
>
> Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 202.224.3553
>
> Bill Nelson (D-FL) 202.224.5274
>
> Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 202.224.3441
>
> Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202.224.6551
>
> Mark Pryor (D-AR) 202.224.2353
>
> Also, here is the link to all contact information on all senators:  
> http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
>
> While an email or fax would be good, it would be great if you would  
> call and talk to the staff and/or leave a message.  It would be  
> terrific if you would let me know if you made the call and how it  
> transpired, just for our purposes here in DC.
>
> THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!  MORE INFO AND AN UPDATE WILL APPEAR IN THE  
> FEDERATION NEWSLETTER ON FRIDAY, MAY 19.
> Barb
>
>
>
> Barbara A. Wanchisen, Ph.D.
>
> Executive Director
>
>
>
> Robert L. Stout, Ph.D., Director
> Decision Sciences Institute
> 120 Wayland Avenue, Suite 7
> Providence, RI  02906
> 401-751-1314 extension 2101
> 401-751-1592 fax


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