Bush pressured on embryonic stem cell funding

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8405236/

Proponents of embryonic stem cell research are trying to build public pressure on President Bush to persuade him to not make good on his veto threat against a bill providing federal funding for the research.

Democrats are also using the issue to marshal anti-Bush sentiment in the run-up to next year’s congressional elections.

Next month the Senate will debate a bill already passed by the House providing for taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research.

A bipartisan group of senators rallied Wednesday on Capitol Hill to urge Bush to sign, not veto, the bill if the Senate enacts it.

[FloridaPat]

1. Why exactly do these people need federal money to do research?

This is what the fight is about. Not whether they can do the research or not. Can't these people get their own funding?

[Frances]

2. Are you serious?

nt

[FloridaPat]

3. Yes. If they find ways to make sick people healthy, there will be tons

of companies & people intersted in investing. Just look at the human genome companies.