American Chemical Society Legislative Action Network

Concern is rising among the bioscience community regarding the future state of the NIH budget. The notion that the NIH was "taken care of" in the ARRA is being deeply criticized within the community. With the FY 2010 appropriation bills...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is granting California's waiver request.  This will allow California to enforce it greenhouse gas emissions standards for new automobiles.  This enforcement begins...

According to an article in The New York Times, the National Cancer Institute has spent $105 billion dollars since 1971, and the American Cancer Society, which is the largest private financer of cancer research, has spent $3.4 billion on research grants since 1946. Thus the question arises, why is the fight against cancer advancing so slowly...

The following schedule takes place for the week of June 29^th - July 3^rd. The 111^th Congress is in recess this week and will reconvene next month. The Senate reconvenes at...

Last Friday the House narrowly passed a comprehensive energy bill that focused on clean energy and green jobs.  Include in the bill is a provision to expand the ACS supported ARPA-E program.  ARPA-E was developed to preform...

I had the great opportunity to attend the 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award ceremony this past Monday.

 It's always so inspriring to hear how...

Yesterday ACS President Tom Lane sent letters to leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate HELP Committee regarding the Society's healthcare legislation concerns.  The letter was originally drafted by the ACS Committee on...

On Tuesday, June 16th the American Chemical Society sponsored a briefing, hosted by the Senate Science and Technology Caucus, that explored some of the most promising technologies for turning intermittent sources of energy into reliable...

The following schedule takes place for the week of June 22^nd -June 26^th. The 111^th Congress convenes this week on Monday, June 22^nd. The Senate convenes at 2:00 p.m. The Senate is expected to pass a...

On Wednesday a Senate committee approved an energy bill with a 15-8 vote. The Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to approve the measure with the support of four Republicans, including ranking member, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Jeff Sessions...