"The Michigan Chamber represents over 6,500 job providers throughout the
state who work everyday in their communities to provide good jobs for
employees and better products and services for their customers," said Morrall
Claramunt, Chair of the Michigan Chamber's Board of Directors and Executive
Vice President + Secretary of Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company in
Frankenmuth, Michigan.

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"A substantial majority of Chamber members surveyed identified
four high priority issues: attracting new jobs and business; making health
care more affordable; keeping taxes down; and handling the state budget
deficit.S.

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S. In August of
2001, the Bush Administration announced that federal funding would be
available for limited embryonic stem cell research, on just a few stem cell
lines that were developed before that date. Researchers are now saying that
this policy is hampering the advancement of science, slowing the search for
cures to a wide range of diseases , and that President Bush should expand it to
allow access to additional stem cell lines. JDRF also supports the International Society for Stem Cell Research
(http://www.

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Michigan Chamber of Commerce Announces Legislative Priorities for 2005-2006

More than 80 percent of JDRF' expenditures
directly support research and education about research.

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Rather, they are intended to communicate to
businesspeople , the news media, the legislature and administration what state
government's top legislative and regulatory priorities should be to encourage
job creation and economic growth.com . "Embryonic stem cell research has shown great promise for
understanding the basic biology of disease, and may hold the key to new
treatments and therapies for a host of diseases including type 1 diabetes.

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, The Michigan Chamber of Commerce
announced today its legislative priorities for the 2005-2006 legislative
session.

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"In 2004 the Michigan Chamber conducted a benchmark membership survey in
which members were asked to identify which economic issues should be a top
priority for the Michigan legislature," said Michigan Chamber President + CEO
Jim Barrett.

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JDRF Praises Congressional Leaders of Both Parties For New Legislation That Will Expand Bush Administration's Embryonic Stem Cell Policy

Senate and the House of Representatives to expand the Bush
Administration's current stem cell policy.

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For a copy of the booklet, contact Betty McNerney, Director of
Communications at (517) 371-7663 or via email at: bmcnerney@michamber.
JDRF appreciates the leadership shown by the pro-research Members of Congress
who introduced today's legislation and all of the cosponsors who joined them. If not donated
for research, the frozen embryos would otherwise be discarded."
With stem cell research partnerships in the Australia, Belgium, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Singapore, Sweden and the UK, as well as the
United States, JDRF is a global leader in direct support of stem cell
research.

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JDRF's mission is
constant: to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the
support of research.

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com . Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Tom
Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Senate bill along with colleagues, Orrin Hatch
(R-UT), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Edward Kennedy (D-MA ), and Dianne Feinstein
(D-CA).
"President Bush's present stem cell policy, while well-intentioned , must
be expanded in order for scientists to effectively pursue cures not only for
diabetes, but a range of diseases afflicting millions of Americans," added Mr.org) as a critical means for the world 's top stem cell
scientists to communicate and build collaborations focused on developing stem
cell therapies. Since inception, JDRF has provided more than $800 million to
diabetes research worldwide .

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LANSING, Mich. Bipartisan Approach Reflects Broad and Deep Support
for Expansion of Current Policy

WASHINGTON, The Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation (JDRF), the world's leading charitable supporter of research into
type 1 diabetes and its complications , supports today's efforts within both
the U.

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These priorities were reviewed and approved January 18th by the
Michigan Chamber's 87-member Board of Directors, which consists of business
leaders from throughout the state."
The Michigan Chamber's 2005-2006 legislative priorities are available on
the Chamber's web site at: http://www.
"The call for an expansion of the federal stem cell policy reflects what
scientists have learned since the President's August 2001 announcement -- that
the current policy needs to be expanded to move this emerging field of medical
research forward as fast as possible," said Peter Van Etten, President and CEO
of JDRF. The stem cells are created from frozen embryos in
fertility clinics, donated by couples that no longer want or need the embryo
because they have finished with their fertility treatments.org) was founded in 1970 by the parents of children
with juvenile diabetes -- a disease that strikes children suddenly, makes them
insulin dependent for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating
complications.

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Van Etten.jdrf .

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Representatives Michael
Castle (R-DE) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced the House version of the
bill along with over 150 cosponsors.

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"The Chamber's legislative priorities for 2005-2006
are intended to help lawmakers and administration officials continue to build
on the progress we've made during the past few years to strengthen and
diversify Michigan's economy.

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U. "Our understanding of stem cell science has expanded significantly
since the August 2001 announcement, and based on our increased knowledge of
the NIH-approved stem cell lines, it is time to adjust the federal policy so
that it accurately represents the latest understanding of the science.isscr.

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We are in full support of the goals presented in both bills, and we encourage
other Senators and Representatives to do the same.

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Embryonic stem cells are special cells that can develop into every type of
cell in the human body.

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"The voting record of State Senators and State Representatives on these
priorities and other key issues that may emerge over the next two years will
become the Chamber's 2005-2006 Job Providers Index, the Chamber's main basis
for determining legislative campaign endorsements, " explained Bob LaBrant,
Senior Vice President of Political Affairs and General Counsel for the
Michigan Chamber.

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michamber. The Michigan Chamber was established in 1959 to be an
advocate for Michigan's job providers in the legislative, political and legal
process.

Includes regional government, law and military information (e.

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A printed booklet of
the Michigan Chamber's legislative priorities will be available later this
month.

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"Any legislator seeking re-election to the same office who
has a 75 percent or better voting record with the Michigan Chamber will be
eligible to receive an earned endorsement for election in 2006.
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is a statewide business organization
which represents approximately 6,500 employers, trade associations and local
chambers of commerce .

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The Michigan Chamber's legislative priorities are not intended to be a
catalog of the Chamber 's position on every important issue that might come up
over the next two years.

JDRF (http://www.

Branches of Government, Law, Military, Taxes).

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Job providers were directly involved in establishing the Michigan
Chamber's 2005-2006 legislative priorities which address 10 issue areas:
education quality; energy; environmental quality; health care; human
resources; lawsuit abuse; school restructuring; taxes; technology +
telecommunications; and transportation.

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