Life in the Autoimmune Lane » Senate http://arimayasheart.com move over! I wanna change lanes.... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:52:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Arthritis and the Economic Stimulus Bill http://arimayasheart.com/2009/02/12/arthritis-and-the-economic-stimulus-bill/ http://arimayasheart.com/2009/02/12/arthritis-and-the-economic-stimulus-bill/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:33:25 +0000 Michelle http://arimayasheart.com/?p=255 Whenever I receive an update or an alert from the Arthritis or Lupus foundations, I pass it on here.  This evening I was checking my email and saw this from yesterday.  I was talking to my husband about what’s going on right now with the Senate yanking the 5.8 billion [...]]]> http://arimayasheart.com/2009/02/12/arthritis-and-the-economic-stimulus-bill/feed/ 9 Lame Duck Session http://arimayasheart.com/2008/11/29/lame-duck-session/ http://arimayasheart.com/2008/11/29/lame-duck-session/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:26:57 +0000 Michelle http://arimayasheart.com/?p=215

What a fitting title, lame duck.  We are going to have to wait until next month or possibly next year to see what happens with the Arthritis act. There was no Senate consideration of the bill during the November session.  But let’s not get discouraged.  Thanks to all of you who [...]]]> http://arimayasheart.com/2008/11/29/lame-duck-session/feed/ 0 Arthritis Act; Last Chance To Be Heard http://arimayasheart.com/2008/11/12/arthritis-act-last-chance-to-be-heard/ http://arimayasheart.com/2008/11/12/arthritis-act-last-chance-to-be-heard/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:36:37 +0000 Michelle http://arimayasheart.com/?p=209 Directly from the Arthritis Foundation:

Take Action Today! Last Chance to Pass the Arthritis Act (H.R. 1283)

Take Action!

Contact Your Senator Today!

As you know, the House-passed Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act (HR 1283) continues to await Senate action.  The Senate will return the week of November 17 for a short [...]]]> http://arimayasheart.com/2008/11/12/arthritis-act-last-chance-to-be-heard/feed/ 6 ADA Amendments Act of 2008 http://arimayasheart.com/2008/09/22/ada-amendments-act-of-2008/ http://arimayasheart.com/2008/09/22/ada-amendments-act-of-2008/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:21:52 +0000 Michelle http://arimayasheart.com/?p=173 Woot Woot!!! How’s that for an educated sentence?  The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 passed.  What does this mean for you and me?  Let’s have a read

** The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (S. 3406, passed by the Senate unanimously on September 11, 2008):

Overturns the erroneous Supreme Court decisions [...]]]> http://arimayasheart.com/2008/09/22/ada-amendments-act-of-2008/feed/ 2