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in Final Bill</font></b></font></div>
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18px;="" size="><span class=pple-style-span">Today at 10:07am</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">February 12, 2009</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">Dear Friends,</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">VICTORY! YOU DID IT!</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">Late last night, we got word that
the $50 Billion in taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors
and "clean coal" plants has been stripped from the final economic
stimulus bill!</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">Your actions made a huge
difference.</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">To recap, you:</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">*sent more than 7,600 letters to
your Senators in one week</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">*sent more than 3,000 letters to
your Representatives in the House in three days</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">*sent more than 1100 letters to
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just yesterday afternoon
(unfortunately, most letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were
blocked; we'll work on that problem with our Congressional database
service).</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">*made thousands of phone calls to
your Senators and Representatives</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">*brought needed attention to the
issue through your blogs, letters to the editor, your Facebook and
Myspace pages, and much more.</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">The final bill should be voted on
in the House later today, and in the Senate probably tomorrow. The
final bill almost certainly will pass, and there will be no amendments
on this final bill, so the taxpayer money for the dirty and dangerous
nuclear/coal industry will stay out of the bill.</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">Take a moment to celebrate today!</font></font></div>
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grande;="" color:="" #333333="" color="#333300" face="ucida"><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">But make no mistake: the nuclear
industry and its Congressional backers will try again, and sooner
rather than later. Two days ago, for example, they began a new push to
have nuclear power declared a "renewable" energy source in Senate
Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman's (D-NM) upcoming Renewable
Portfolio Standard bill, which is intended to increase renewable energy
production in the U.S. (although first indications are that the bill is
much weaker than it should be). This is likely to become a major issue
in March.</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">And there will be new efforts to
set up a federal "clean energy bank" to finance nuclear reactors with
taxpayer dollars in the coming weeks and months.</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">In other words, we'll have to stay
vigilant and active, and continue growing this movement if we are to
attain the safe, clean, nuclear-free, carbon-free energy future our
nation and planet needs.</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">You have now proven your
effectiveness, but we can and must do even more. President Obama's
campaign was successful in large part because of the support of a
constantly growing number of ordinary people, taking action and making
small donations, that built into an enormous political force. We are
taking the same approach: in the past three months, NIRS contact lists
have grown by more than one-third--a key element of today's success.
Let's continue building this movement!</font></font></div>
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our secure servers so we can continue our outreach and build on this
success. Your support is gratefully appreciated and every penny is used
as wisely as possible.</font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 18px;=""
size="><span class=pple-style-span">And from all of us at NIRS: THANK
YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!</font></font></div>
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