Democrats push veto fight on stem cells
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Congressional Democrats are spoiling for their second veto fight of the spring with President Bush, this one centered on embryonic stem cell research and its disease-fighting potential.
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Bloomberg - Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats will seek a vote today on a revised version of the legislation expanding a U.S. children's health program that President George W. Bush vetoed.
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The Democratic-led Congress defied President George W. Bush on Thursday and gave final approval to legislation to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry on Monday broadened his attack on President Bush to include stem cell research when he accused his rival of ignoring science that could offer millions of sick Americans a chance at a cure.
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In a deepening conflict with the White House, Democrats pushed a revised children's health bill through the House on Thursday but lacked the votes to overcome a threatened second straight veto by President Bush.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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Mostly Republican lawmakers defeated  a Democratic bid on Wednesday to outlaw cloning of human  babies, concurring with the White House that the effort was  flawed and would still permit destruction of life because it  would allow embryos to be created for stem-cell research.
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HAMPTON, N.H.  - Democratic White House challenger  John Kerry on Monday attacked President Bush for restricting  stem cell research and accused him of ignoring science that  could offer millions of sick Americans a chance at a cure.
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The struggling economy gives Democratic lawmakers another weapon in their effort to expand a popular children's health insurance program. In the end, however, they appear to have made little headway in overcoming a presidential veto.
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The Illinois Senate voted Friday to spend state tax dollars on embryonic stem cell research, despite objections from those who argue the research destroys human life.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - Joined by the widow of paralyzed  actor Christopher Reeve, Democratic challenger John Kerry on  Thursday said President Bush's policy on stem cell research was  akin to favoring the candle lobby over electricity.
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German lawmakers are considering changes to laws on stem cell research as pressure grows for an easing of restrictions that local scientists complain prevent them from keeping up with global advances.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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President George W. Bush vetoed legislation on Wednesday that would expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research, triggering an uphill battle to override him in the Democratic-led U.S. Congress and likely pushing the issue onto the 2008 election agenda.
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House Republicans united Wednesday to reject a Democratic-backed bill to ban human reproductive cloning, a prelude to the larger battle this week over the federal funding of stem cell research.
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A child with diabetes and a paralyzed 23-year-old joined Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday in urging President Bush to loosen restraints on money for embryonic stem cell research.
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President Bush vetoed legislation this afternoon to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research, as the White House sought to emphasize scientific advances that would allow researchers to pursue the potentially life-saving work without destroying human embryos.