58 Senators Seek Looser Stem-Cell Rules

[No2W2004]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=20&u=/ap/stem_cells

WASHINGTON - Fifty-eight senators are asking President Bush (news - web sites) to relax federal restrictions on stem cell research, and several said Monday that the late President Reagan's Alzheimer's disease (news - web sites) underscored a need to expand the research using human embryos.

We would very much like to work with you to modify the current embryonic stem cell policy so that it provides this area of research the greatest opportunity to lead to the treatments and cures for which we are all hoping," the senators wrote Bush.

The letter was signed by 43 Democrats, the Senate's one independent and 14 Republicans, among them conservatives who oppose abortion. In April, 206 House members sent a similar letter to Bush.

Signers include Democratic Sens. John Kerry and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Tom Harkin of Iowa, and Republicans Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Orrin Hatch of Utah and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.

And the responce from the Big White Chimp House?

"The president remains committed to exploring the promise of stem cell research but at the same time continues to believe strongly that we should not cross a fundamental moral line by funding or encouraging the destruction of human embryos," Lisaius said. The president does not believe that life should be created for the sole purpose of destroying it. He does believe we can explore the promise and potential of stem cell research using the existing lines of stem cells."

I don't wish Alzheimer's on anyone, including shrub...I'll just put my faith in "what comes around, goes around".

[bluedog]

1. his father in law

had it.......laura said:

I know how hard it is to lose someone to Alzheimer's disease. I lost my father seven years ago, so this subject is never far from my heart. My parents were members of the great generation honored here tonight.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/03/20040324-13.html


I didn't know this till I read it on the yahoo board.seems to me like she would fight to get the research done on this seeing her dad died of it............

[tom_paine]

2. Emperors DON'T change their Royal Minds

Watch. Those Senators might have just as well petitioned caligula.

Ok, ok, that's an exaggeration. Caligula would have killed those 58 Senatrs for their impudence. Bunnypants* will let them live.

[pinto]

5. they will be raped for insubordination.

<sarcasm aside?>

Hope 60 Sen's line up so they can push the issue beyond a fillibuster.

[tom_paine]

6. LOL!

Yes, I'd like to see that, too. (not the rape, the filibuster) But they'd better brace for some serious repercussions if they tried that!

The Imperial Family is VERY aggressive and VERY CRUEL with NO REMORSE. Murder, I think, means little to the highest ranks of the Imperial Family, though character assassination and other non-violent paybacks are their specialty, the times and technology being what they are.

[Cheswick2.0]

3. Good, Democrats need to get right out in front on this legislation

They can call it the Ronald Reagan memorial Stem Cell Reaserch Bill. They should shame all the Reagan worshipers and Ronathon obssesives into getting on board.

[Kipepeo]

4. I think this is great

and Dems need to keep talking about it and ALL that Bush has done to prevent Stem Cell Research. I just saw a poll on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/ So far 81% are saying they want Bush to relax restrictions. Bush is responsible for those restrictions! I hope we keep emphasizing that during this Reagan lovefest.