I'm on vacation right now, but I had to come out of hiding for this one. HR 810 passed in the senate today, 63-37. That was enough to meet the 60 vote mark for passage, but it won't be enough (four votes short) to override the presidential veto that Bush is still promising. The future of stem cell research in America still very much hangs in the balance.
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Brownback's antics aside, HR 810 passed today 63-37, not enough to overide any veto Bush wants to throw in the way.
The Senate voted in favor (63-37) of increasing federal funding to embryonic stem cell research, and the vote is now to Bush.
AP is reporting that Bush has indeed vetoed the stem cell bill:
Could be time for "red staters" to write their Senators to get them to ignore the drooling Fundamentalists and vote to over-ride the veto.
To see the stem cell debate explained with visuals and how the political argument put forth by the President is ultimately an absurd manipulation of the facts...link here:
www,thoughttheater.com