i don't really believe in the democratic process... but
>> Your Victory on the McCain Bill
>>
>> We did it!
>>
>> It's all thanks to the action that you took.
>>
>> Hundreds of thousands of messages poured into the Senate opposing
>> Senator McCain's bill, the bill that would have wiped out current
>> legislative protections for dietary supplements. More and more
>> messages were arriving by the day. The entire Congress began to take
>> note. Senator McCain was embarrassed by our ad whose headline pointed
>> out that he was misrepresenting and did not seem to understand his own
>> bill.
>>
>> Word is now racing around Capitol Hill that Senator McCain met with
>> Senator Orin Hatch, a champion of natural medicine, and told him that
>> he is withdrawing his support for the bill he authored, the so-called
>> Dietary Supplement Safety Act (S 3002). This means that the bill as
>> written is now dead.
>>
>> Is this the end of the story? No. Having given his word to a fellow
>> senator, McCain is not likely to resume his support for the bill. But
>> we do need to see a declaration from McCain himself. We will need to
>> see if McCain will try to offer some modified version of the bill. And
>> there has also been no word from the other co-sponsor of the bill,
>> Senator Dorgan.
>>
>> We will keep you posted. In the meantime, it is time to celebrate your
>> accomplishment. The democratic process worked. The people spoke and a
>> powerful senator reversed course. It was all because of you, the
>> active citizens willing to take time and make the effort to defend
>> natural and sustainable forms of health and healthcare in the often
>> hostile environment of Washington, DC. As we all know, Washington is
>> ringed today with special commercial interests. They have millions of
>> dollars of campaign contributions to hand out and gigantic lobbying
>> budgets. But in the end, politicians have to answer to the people.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Gretchen DuBeau, Executive Director
>> Hunter Lewis, President
>>
>> Alliance for Natural Health USA
VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck you big pharmaceuticals
>>
>> We did it!
>>
>> It's all thanks to the action that you took.
>>
>> Hundreds of thousands of messages poured into the Senate opposing
>> Senator McCain's bill, the bill that would have wiped out current
>> legislative protections for dietary supplements. More and more
>> messages were arriving by the day. The entire Congress began to take
>> note. Senator McCain was embarrassed by our ad whose headline pointed
>> out that he was misrepresenting and did not seem to understand his own
>> bill.
>>
>> Word is now racing around Capitol Hill that Senator McCain met with
>> Senator Orin Hatch, a champion of natural medicine, and told him that
>> he is withdrawing his support for the bill he authored, the so-called
>> Dietary Supplement Safety Act (S 3002). This means that the bill as
>> written is now dead.
>>
>> Is this the end of the story? No. Having given his word to a fellow
>> senator, McCain is not likely to resume his support for the bill. But
>> we do need to see a declaration from McCain himself. We will need to
>> see if McCain will try to offer some modified version of the bill. And
>> there has also been no word from the other co-sponsor of the bill,
>> Senator Dorgan.
>>
>> We will keep you posted. In the meantime, it is time to celebrate your
>> accomplishment. The democratic process worked. The people spoke and a
>> powerful senator reversed course. It was all because of you, the
>> active citizens willing to take time and make the effort to defend
>> natural and sustainable forms of health and healthcare in the often
>> hostile environment of Washington, DC. As we all know, Washington is
>> ringed today with special commercial interests. They have millions of
>> dollars of campaign contributions to hand out and gigantic lobbying
>> budgets. But in the end, politicians have to answer to the people.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Gretchen DuBeau, Executive Director
>> Hunter Lewis, President
>>
>> Alliance for Natural Health USA
VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck you big pharmaceuticals