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Cancer Research and Prevention Programs When Congress returns to Washington on September 13, there will only be a few weeks until the start of 2011 fiscal year (FY2011). With time short and much work remaining on the annual appropriations bills, FY2011 will begin under a Continuing ... until some time after Election Day in November.     The delay in final decisions on FY 2011 spending levels underscores the need for ACS CAN advocates to continue making the case to Congress on the importance of funding cancer research and prevention. Even though there is a preliminary sense of what the funding levels for these programs will be in FY ...

... and VPs), Corporate Center Functional Leaders, Community Engagement and Partner Relationships Senior Directors, All Health Systems Staff, ACS CAN Field Staff and ACS CAN National Staff.   Midtem Election Update Election Outcomes Last week, elections for several federal, state, and local ... picked up 8 seats for a 53-46 majority. They are favored to win in Louisiana and could end up with a 54-46 seat majority. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans picked up an estimated 15 seats. If current margins hold, Republicans will head into the 114th Congress with at ... House and Senate committees crafted bills in the 113th Congress to eliminate the SGR, but failed to agree on a way to offset the $138 billion cost of the fix. The current fix expires on March 31, 2015. The doc fix is the legislative vehicle in which ACS CAN is working to tie legislation ...

ON CAPITOL HILL August is proving to be an intense and energetic time surrounding health care reform. As you are aware, members of the House of Representatives left Washington, D.C. last week to begin the August recess. The Senate is slated to wrap up its work today, but legislative ... Washington to individual congressional districts, where members will hold listening sessions or town halls to discuss health care reform. ACS CAN is activating grassroots advocacy volunteers across the country to urge lawmakers to move forward and support the enactment of meaningful ...

One Year Later: Provisions of the Law Already Helping Cancer Patients   Timed to coincide with yesterday’s one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, ACS CAN launched the Affordable Care Act Quiz , a new, interactive tool that can be found on fightcancer.org . This short, educational quiz tests your ...