President Bush will likely cast the first veto of his presidency if the Senate, as expected, passes legislation to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, White House aide Karl Rove said today.
"The president is emphatic about this," Rove said in a meeting with the editorial board of The Denver Post.
How is Sen. Bill Frist going to feel about this? This is off of Alternet from earlier today:
After going zero for three in "Wedge-Issue June," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) must have decided that it would look good on his resume to actually get some meaningful legislation passed in the 109th Congress. This forced Frist before the July 4 recess to agree to a deal with Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) that will on Monday start a week of debating and voting on stem cell research in the form of three bills before the Senate.
The big one -- file this under better-late-than-never, I guess -- is H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which will "amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research." The House bill would permit federal funding for research using stem cells derived from embryos originally created for fertility treatments and that were expressly donated by patients.
Is this one of those fractures I've been talking about?
Tennessee GOP candidates are hoping that the measure fails, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel (reg. required but worth it.)
CHATTANOOGA - Catering to religious conservatives, the three Republicans seeking U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's seat strongly disagree with his support for government funding of embryonic stem-cell research - a position that could cost the GOP nominee support in the fall election.
The AARP has 685,000 members in Tennessee, and spokesman Brian McGuire said opponents of stem-cell research aimed at finding treatments for Alzheimer's and other incurable diseases are out of step with the advocacy group for senior citizens.
And we all know how Nancy Reagan feels on the subject.
Fractures, I'm telling you.
¶ 7/10/2006 04:27:00 PM
If these fertilized entities were created solely for the purpose of scientific experimentation that would be one thing, but we are talking about creations THAT ARE GOING TO BE THROWN AWAY...doesn't anyone get this?
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