Senate May Vote on ESC Research Funding This Week

ChelseaEmbryonic Stem Cell Research, Politics, Pro LifeLeave a Comment

Yes, I know that tomorrow is Thursday, so the week is almost over. And I have had this information since last Friday and have failed to post it. But I haven’t seen in the news that the Senate has passed this bill so I’m posting it now. I don’t know what the schedule is for the vote so there may still be time to contact your Senators. Please especially contact Sen. Bob Casey, who replaced Sen. Santorum last year. He was planning on voting against the bill, but it was said earlier in the year that he could be a “swing vote” for the Democrats for a possible veto override. I don’t know if they are still going to vote on it this week, but the bill is S. 5, please ask your Senators to oppose it. Of course if it passed last year, it will no doubt pass this year, but I am pretty confident that President Bush will override again. When he vetoed it last year he said:

“If this bill would have become law, American taxpayers would, for the first time in our history, be compelled to fund the deliberate destruction of human embryos. And I’m not going to allow it. I have made it clear to Congress that I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line.”

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