House Debates Stem Cell Research Bill (No. 3 on the 100 hr list

[wakeme2008]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Stem-Cells.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

January 11, 2007
House Debates Stem Cell Research Bill
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 11:47 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House kicked off debate on legislation boosting taxpayer-funded research on embryonic stem cells, but ran into a fresh veto threat from President Bush.

Despite bolstering their numbers in November's elections, supporters of the controversial research -- which holds promise for medical cures of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's -- acknowledge they lack the two-thirds margin to override another Bush veto.

The House commenced debate on the bill, the third piece of the Democrats' first 100 hours agenda, Thursday morning. Just hours before, however, the White House restated Bush's veto threat. The statement said the bill ''would use federal taxpayer dollars to support and encourage the destruction of human life for research.''

..more at link...

Wonder how many Repug will jump ship on this one...

[Webster Green]

1. Watchin now,,,,haven't seen any pukes on board..

All the pukes I've seen have offered only lies and misrepresentation.

[Bjornsdotter]

2. I saw a couple

...earlier this morning, but I don't remember their names.

Cheers