by DemFromCT
Is there any question George Bush is on the wrong side of a potent political issue? Bush is denying Nancy's Wish to millions of Americans. In the end, this is a short term victory, long term defeat for Republicans everywhere, despite the bipartisan support for the bill.
Just one man – President George W Bush – now stands in the way of widening US federal funding for stem-cell research, following a vote in the Senate.
On Tuesday, senators voted by 63 to 37 for legislation that would overturn current rules that severely restrict federal funding for research on human embryonic stem cells (ESCs). But the votes in favour fell four short of the two-thirds majority needed to override Bush’s right to veto the law.
A substantial majority of the US public backs research on ESCs, and there could be a backlash in November’s elections against candidates who support Bush’s line. The issue is expected to loom large both in congressional campaigns and in several races for state governor.
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Scientists around the world are hoping US President George W. Bush will not veto the expansion of stem cell research.
"Millions of patients across the world could suffer" and international collaboration would become even more difficult if a presidential veto succeeded, Britain's national academy of sciences, the Royal Society, warned on Tuesday.
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In a rare rebuke, Congress defied President Bush on Tuesday, sending him legislation giving scientists broader access to embryonic stem cell lines for federally funded research into an array of illnesses and conditions, from spinal cord injuries to Alzheimer's, diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
Without ceremony, the president is expected to veto the measure Wednesday. It would be Bush's first veto during 5 1/2 years in office, though he has threatened to exercise that power 141 times. An effort to override the veto Wednesday night is likely to fall short, said House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio).****
The president left little doubt that he would reject the bill, despite late appeals from fellow Republicans Nancy Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"The simple answer is, he thinks murder's wrong," said White House spokesman Tony Snow. "The president is not going to get on the slippery slope of taking something living and making it dead for the purposes of scientific research."
Senate supporters of the bill likened that logic to opposition suffered by Galileo and others who were rebuked in their time but vindicated later. Polls show that as much as 70% of the public supports embryonic stem-cell research.
The Republican war on science has real consequences. This is a part of it (unfettered global warming is another). It would be one thing if this were an honest disagreement about facts, but that's far from the case. This is Family Research Council-driven opposition led by Sam Brownback, where distortion is allowed in the name of politics. The American public should take note and act accordingly.
[UPDATE]: The overwhelming Democratic Senate (and editorial) support is chronicled here.
see this helpful map from the WaPo.
it's surprising how many states have placed restrictions despite public sentiment. NE is one, source of the only D vote againt the bill Bush vetoed.
Posted by: DemFromCT | July 19, 2006 at 15:33
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
Posted by: Daniel DiRito | July 19, 2006 at 15:37
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