{"id":2375,"date":"2007-04-12T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/04\/stubborn-senate-passed-stem-ce.html"},"modified":"2007-04-12T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-12T13:15:00","slug":"stubborn-senate-passed-stem-ce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/04\/stubborn-senate-passed-stem-ce.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Stubborn&#8221; Senate passed stem cell bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But it <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070412\/ap_on_go_co\/stem_cells\">didn&#8217;t have enough votes<\/a> to override a  Bush veto:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">stubborn Senate<\/span> voted Wednesday to ease restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, ignoring President Bush&#8217;s threat of a second veto on legislation designed to lead to new medical treatments.<br \/>\nThe 63-34 vote was shy of the margin that would be needed to enact the measure over presidential opposition, despite gains made by supporters in last fall&#8217;s elections.<br \/>\n&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Not every day do we have the opportunity to vote to heal the sick<\/span>,&#8221; said Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a senator less than 100 days following a tough 2006 campaign in which the stem cell controversy played a particularly prominent role. &#8220;It is a noble cause,&#8221; she added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow!  The Senate is so powerful that when they vote to fund embryonic stem cell research, it will lead to healing.  Even though it hasn&#8217;t done anything close to that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Senate\" rel=\"tag\">Senate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Bush\" rel=\"tag\">Bush<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/veto\" rel=\"tag\">veto<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/embryonic+stem+cell\" rel=\"tag\">embryonic stem cell<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But it didn&#8217;t have enough votes to override a Bush veto: A stubborn Senate voted Wednesday to ease restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, ignoring President Bush&#8217;s threat of a second veto on legislation designed to lead to new medical treatments. 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