So I posted late last week that the Senate was supposed to vote on the ESC research funding bill. It turns out that they aren’t going to vote on it until April now. So you still have time to make some phone calls and write letters in opposition to the bill (S.5). As far as I’m concerned they can put it off for as long as they want.

A few Senators are also working on an alternative bill that would allow funding for research on adult stem cells and other alternatives. The bill hasn’t been finalized, so I’m not quite sure what they’re asking for. But if it’s anything like the alternatives bill that went through last year, the House will be likely to vote against it just to show their anger at the Presidential veto of the ESC funding bill. It’s ESC research or no research for these guys.