This is an update from the Federal Legislation Department of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), issued September 30, 2004.  Please forward this e-mail to any appropriate lists.
 
The 108th Congress (2003-04) is nearing its end.  On October 8 or soon thereafter, Congress will r ecess so that lawmakers can go home to campaign.  A "lame duck" session is planned for mid-November in order to deal with a few issues, including a number of appropriations bills.
 
There has been a great deal of important activity on pro-life and anti-life legislation during the 108th Congress.  Several major NRLC-backed initiatives were enacted into law, while all new legislative proposals by anti-life forces have failed.  We have posted on the NRLC website a report summarizing what has happened with pro-life and anti-life legislation during the 108th Congress so far.  To read the report, click =http://www.nrlc.org/Federal/L... href="http://by2fd.bay2.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL?curmb ox=F000000001&a=100f8 a4afd545eb8f0715c031f3784 7b" target=_blankhere.
 
Complete congressional voting records for the 108th Congress (and back through 1997) also are posted at the Legislative Action Center on the NRLC website, under "NRLC Congressional Scorecards," =http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/ho... href="http://65.54.246.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang= EN&lah=2e97f7364415d0 51760c0e2cbf62e888&la t=1096584796&hm___act ion=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eca pwiz%2ecom%2fnrlc%2fhome% 2f" target=_blankhere.
 
Lists of cosponsors of major pro-life and anti-life bills, arranged by state and updated daily, are posted under "=http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/is... href="http://65.54.246.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang= EN&lah=f1f78fde843105 6d3eb31a8637b68691&la t=1096584796&hm___act ion=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eca pwiz%2ecom%2fnrlc%2fissue s%2f" target=_blankIssues and Legislation."  You can review how any specific member of Congress has voted, and what key measures he or she has cosponsored, by clicking on the tab "=http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/db... href="http://65.54.246.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang= EN&lah=6992b905136c06 6da6444a040ab06bf2&la t=1096584796&hm___act ion=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eca pwiz%2ecom%2fnrlc%2fdbq%2 fofficials%2f" target=_blankElected Officials."