From CAN's newsletter:

We have got to do something! Ideas?

If they are celebrating, it's a clear sign of how bad it is.

When will the full vote take place?

I would ask for people in the US to contact the senators involved:
http://www.combat autism.org/s ite/c.adJCKON vFoG/b.1317953/k.AAA8/The_Co mbating_Autism_Ac t_of_200 5_Needs_Your_Help.htm (broken link)

hmm....the autism coummiunity...full of people that hate autistics and want them gone, aka curebies.  they want to combat us, and make it seem that autism is always the bad guy.  if you defeat autism...we all lose.

autism is the good guy...can is the bad guy...that sounded cheesey and lame.  but i think this is bad news for any of us that wish to have children, as our kids will probaly be taken to rot away and only cured to be considred human.

You do not know how American politics work. We left behind that democracy thing long ago, in favour of lobbies and bull**** political stunts like this. Don't waste your time. People only listen when you are directly on their doorstep. Petitioning won't do anything. So this is what we do. Let the law pass. Watch Bush sign it, then flood all of the research centers in america with petitions. Fake names, hold protests, just prepare to wage a war and put these funds to better use. But the federal government is powerless to help us. Also, you can take out a certain amount of your taxes in order to protest. The IRS will throw an unholy fit and could very well throw you in jail, but it would make a point.

1 - I would advise that nobody tax evades - this is a rather stupid idea
2 - We need to take action NOW, not after it's already passed.

I think they mis-typed this line, they missed out "tremendous victory against the entire"

or, victory for the cure autism community.

I didn't advise that people do it, I told them that it would be effective if they chose. Not to mention the fact that the American justice system is very slow. The hospital and research system relies on grants from people, and is thus more likely to listen.

If the bill does pass, this might be a good course of action, but I don't see why we shouldn't try to prevent the bill from passing in the first place.

Because you can plan now, while right now this won't work. I would place an extrodinary amount of money that the bill passes with over 2/3 of the Congress supporting it.

I actually think it's a good idea to try to direct the research once the money gets to the research stations.  But, that is still a few steps away at this point, and there are strong possibilities that the money will arrive with precise instructions on how it should be used.  We don't have a bill yet, so now is the time to try to shape the bill.

Sometimes voices are heard.  It's a little too early to be cynical.  Your experience may be all negative, but mine isn't.  Yes, it is about how to play the game.  I'm part of the NT world; trust me that I have some clue how to play it.  What I don't have is the time to do it myself.  But, there are others here who might have that time.  I CAN try to help someone like that get heard.  A few tips might go a long way.

Ok then Mr. Smith, you go along and try to make your difference. Once this whole thing fails, I get to laugh my *** off and we can go for the research centers.

This isn't my issue.  It's yours.  I think a lot less cynicism and a lot more effort would get you all a lot closer to the results you want.  You can choose to throw jabs from outside of the process, or you can try to make an effort to get in it, and to learn how to be successful.  It's a choice.