US Senate votes to lift restrictions on funds for stem cell research

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US Senate votes to lift restrictions on funds for stem cell research [1]

On April 11, 2007, the us Senate voted to lift a key restriction by us president George W Bush on the federal funding of stem-cell research. Ignoring Bush's threat of a second veto, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed the Stem Cell Enhancement Act of 2007. But it failed to get the two-third majority required to override an expected presidential veto (see

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14/05/2007

Source: Down to Earth [2]

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