SENATE BILL: Cancer Research and Prevention Bill of 2011 (Failed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsor: AHDuke99

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I skipped the VP work bill because it might need to be transformed into an Amendment and this slot 5 can't be used for Amendments.

[bgwah]

And animals? lol

[tmthforu94]

And animals? lol

I don't see how this is funny. Duke introduced this bill shortly after the passing of his pet, who suffered from cancer. I also had a dog back when I was little who died of heart cancer.

[bgwah]

And animals? lol

I don't see how this is funny. Duke introduced this bill shortly after the passing of his pet, who suffered from cancer. I also had a dog back when I was little who died of heart cancer.

I was not aware of that, obviously... I merely found it interesting that he was allocating funds to fight animal cancer, when some of that money would likely be used to fund animal testing. But I suppose those would be mostly mice, and a large majority of animal lovers generally only care about cats and dogs.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yes, and our fuzzy friends, bgwah. I just lost my dog to cancer. It is a silent killer of both humans and animals, and the sooner we find a cure, the better. I think the cure will eventually be found in halls of our universities, and I want to give them the funds to continue their research. No one deserves to be given the news that their family, whether it be human or pet, has a disease with no cure.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Final Vote time?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I'll take that as a yes.


This bill is now at final vote, please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Aye

[bgwah]

nay

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

abstain

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Aye

[Oakvale]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I had every intention of voting for this. And was going to that is untill I saw the words "$50 billion". I have also lost a pet to cancer, but $50 billion in unfunded expenditures is too much.


Sorry, Duke.


Nay

[Napoleon]

Nay

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Sorry, I'm going to switch from "aye" to "nay".  I thought it said $50 million, not $50 billion.  Finding a cure for cancer should definately be a priority, but NC Yankee is right.  $50 billion dollars is pretty extreame.

Sorry Duke. 



Nay

[HappyWarrior]

Nay

[tmthforu94]

This could have been avoided if more people had actually read the bill and offered a compromise.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well we have had both extremes on this now. We had premature votes by senators elect and late votes by retired Senators.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Agreed with the previous concerns about the cost of the bill.

Nay

[Oakvale]

Uh, wow, I second fuzzleton's post - admittedly skimming the bill, I too thought it was $50 million.

Switching my vote from Aye to Nay, sorry. My fault.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Agreed with the previous concerns about the cost of the bill.

Nay

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I should have questioned how we would come up with $50Billion but somehow I didn't expect people to care anything about cost.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Agreed with the previous concerns about the cost of the bill.

Nay

Read what oakvale, shua, Yankee, and Fuzzybigfoot said about this being a 50 billion dollar bill.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Agreed with the previous concerns about the cost of the bill.

Nay

Read what oakvale, shua, Yankee, and Fuzzybigfoot said about this being a 50 billion dollar bill.

But... since when you are a Senator ?