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Advocacy Efforts from the C6
6th Annual Urology Joint Advocacy Conference
March 27 – 29, 2011
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Washington, DC
http://www.uropac.org/events/2011/default.aspx
Spend an "Afternoon on the Hill" on Wednesday, May 18th!
Attending the AUA Annual Meeting? Take advantage of being in Washington, DC, and help convey urology’s message to your Senators! Seize this unique opportunity to become an effective voice for urology and deliver the message straight to those who will affect healthcare policy in the near future. Register to meet with your Senators when you register for AUA Annual Meeting 2011. We will arrange these meetings for you and provide you with tips and training from experienced fellow urologists during a brief informational session prior to those meetings. When you register for this event, you must indicate your home and professional address. Space for this event is very limited, so register early. Urology has established great relationships with many members of the 112th Congress. With your help, UROPAC, the only political action committee for organized urology, has reached $1 million dollars. The event will begin at Noon on May 18th. For more information please e-mail GovernmentRelations@AUAnet.org or call 410-689-4059.
Dear Patients: Vote to Repeal ObamaCare
Don't believe Democrats who promise to fix the bill once they're re-elected. Read full article.
Wall Street Journal Online, September 2, 2010
Communication with your federal and state representatives and senators is more important now than ever. See how they voted below.
H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act
An act to provide a physician payment update, to provide pension funding relief, and for other purposes.
Ayes: 417 (Democrat: 247; Republican: 169)
Nays: 1 (Democrat: 1; Republican: 0)
http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2010/h/393
Bill summary
H.R. 4872 Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010
An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title 11 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
Ayes: 220 (Democrat: 220; Republican: 0)
Nays: 207 (Democrat: 32; Republican: 175)
Abstained: 3(Democrat: 1; Republican: 2)
http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2010/h/194
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