The one President Bush vetoed and Congress failed to override was H.R. 810: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-810
The other bill was S. 2754: Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-2754
Here is the transcript of what President Bush actually said (not just the sound bytes used on the news) in cased you missed it.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060719-3.html
This is a testimony to Congress by the Chair of the NIH Stem Cell Task Force
2006.06.27: Research on Alternative Sources of Pluripotent Stem Cells, http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t060627.html
This mentions "Puripotent Stem Cells from Nonviable Embryos" as one of the sources. I believe I heard Dr Kerr mention this as possible source for his research. I'll have to watch the video from the symposium (when it's ready) to be sure I heard that.
Jim
At 08:59 PM 7/24/2006, Vietzke wrote:
Jim, do you have a link that provides more information on the 2 other bills noted in your e-mail below?
Darian Vietzke
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- Jim is absolutely right about the first stem cell bill killed in the house. Those who voted against that bill should be ashamed of themselves. I also know that there are some forms of stem cell research that DON'T GET PRESS or any amount of discussion. Take cord blood stem cells. Lets talk about that. How much chatter do we hear about the thousands of babies born each day whose life saving cells contained in the cord are discarded instead of being saved for research or better yet to cure that child of all kinds of nasty stuff as he/she grows.
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- From: Jim Lubin
- Are you aware that there were 2 bills that were going through Congress? The Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act pass unanimously by the Senate but was killed by the Democrats in the House for purely political reasons (I looked up the votes). They did not want President Bush to be able to sign this one so they could claim he is against all stem cell research when he vetoed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. If it was such a simple right or wrong then Congress should have been easily able to gather enough votes to override the veto.
Jim Lubin
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