All funny stuff aside. This is serious I received the following information

from NAMI -- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI | About NAMI)

Help Restore Cuts to Mental Illness Research, Housing, and Veterans Programs

November 14, 2006

Even though the 2006 elections are now over, the 2006 congressional session is not and House and Senate members returned to Washington this week to complete unfinished business for this year, including current fiscal year funding bills covering a broad range of domestic programs including mental illness research and services, housing and veterans’ programs.

At stake is funding for current fiscal year priorities at a range of agencies including NIMH, SAMHSA, the VA and HUD. This includes efforts to restore cuts originally put forward by the President, and in some cases, to maintain increases endorsed by the Senate. Critical to this effort is restoring the overall $5.5 billion difference in overall spending authority between the Senate and the House.

Learn more about the cuts to mental illness research, housing and veterans programs.

Action Requested

NAMI therefore urges advocates to contact their members of Congress and encourage their support for restoring the $5.5 billion in spending authority recommended by the Senate for FY 2007.  NAMI is especially grateful to Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and the Representative Mike castle (R-DE) that have led efforts in the Senate and House to achieve this important goal.

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