Senate passes stem cell research bill 63-37-Not Enough To Override Veto

[kpete]

Senate passes bill expanding stem cell research. 63-37. Not enough to override a veto, which President Bush has promised.



http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/18/senate-passes-bill-expanding-stem-cell-research/
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-07-18T210211Z_01_WAT006064_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-STEMCELL.xml

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. The vote is close enough

Assuming )*( does veto the bill, it still goes back to Congress for a revote. If three more Senators can be coaxed to support the bill, the Senate can still do it.

What was the margin in the House, and is it close enough that with a bit of lobbying they could override?

[William Seger]

)*( ???

Shouldn't that be: (_*_)

[TechBear_Seattle]

14. Only when he's sitting down n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. They're debating it now,

I think they're voting by close tonight.

[librechik]

2. mission accomplished

now Bush can satisfy the christian soldiers, and the Senate can go back to their districts and sya "we tried. "

Isn't that special?

:puke:

do nothing Congress inaction in action.

[whistle]

3. That's only 99 votes, who did not vote

[MikeNearMcChord]

4. Call me a cynic (part II)

But I wonder if this will be vetoed before the November elections, only to be resurrected afterwords, and passed without the worry of PO'd fundies?

[RB TexLa]

6. Yep

It won't even be thought about then and the whole reason was to let certian Rethugs vote for it to help them win in Nov.

[kpete]

7. Ahh,

you have got their playbook...

[DanCa]

8. That seems like the chimp's GOP base's style

The love to waste tax payers time and money and mess around with people's lives. God did I tell you how much that I hate these "people." And I use the term people loosely.

[DanCa]

5. Can we start picketing the Christian Right now?

All the name calling in the world wont help. Lets harness our energy and do something productive like picketing these fools who want to dictate their doctorine onto us.

[sam sarrha]

9. rigged the vote on the only good thing they have done in decades

it will be a campaign issue for the ones that needed one good thing to run on.. and that is a lie too

[sam sarrha]

10. now they saved the babies and can now flush the embryos down the toilet

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. Careful people. This is a Rove setup, IMO

As soon as it was "announced" that the President was going to veto, all you had to do is take note of WHO made that announcement. It was Rove.

This is their Plan B to keep a majority for Bush.

[BadgerKid]

13. Finding its spine ... nah

They can't benefit from it personally one day if there aren't any advancements in treatment.