Brownback's antics aside, HR 810 passed today 63-37, not enough to overide any veto Bush wants to throw in the way. It's wonderful how someone who shows all signs of having slept his way through science classes gets to override the general public, the scientific community and the Senate on this issue, all for a few votes come November.
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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…
AP is reporting that Bush has indeed vetoed the stem cell bill:
President Bush cast the first veto of his 5 1/2-year presidency Wednesday, saying legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research "crosses a moral boundary" and is wrong.
"This bill would support the…
Press release follows:
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific organization, tonight urged U.S. President George W. Bush to uphold the U.S. Senate's approval of H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.
"We in the scientific…
On the 29th of June, the Senate finally announced an upcoming vote on HR 810, a bill which would overturn President Bush's current prohibitions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. As I reported before, the announcement has been anticipated for some time, and many were disappointed…
I would suggest that people who live in districts and states where their reps and senators voted against this measure contact them, ASAP. It's an election year, if they receive enough email/mail/phone calls calling for them to reverse their position, it could override Bush's veto in the Senate.
Something like 60 Republican votes and/or 18 Democrats would be needed in the House.
Just four votes would be needed in the Senate.
CALL, EMAIL/MAIL them, early and often. Get your friends and family to contact them, early and often. Convince them that this isn't an emotional "non-issue" that they can use to garner religious right support while not angering the majority of voters. Just about everyone knows someone who has suffered (or will suffer) from Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, etc., this is an issue that should be important, not a political BS argument that they can use to wrap up bible thumper support through lies and misrepresentation.