House Rejects Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
(AP)WASHINGTON — The House rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on Tuesday, a setback that conservatives hope to turn to their advantage in the fall elections.
"Be assured that this issue is not over," said House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.
The vote was 236-187 with one member voting "present," a slight improvement over the last House vote just before the 2004 election but still 47 short of the two-thirds majority needed to advance a constitutional amendment.
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And, then there is this. Will we see a veto from Bush?
Senate Approves Expanding Funds for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
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WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill Tuesday allowing federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
The vote was 63-37. President Bush has vowed to veto the measure, the first of his five-and-a-half year old administration.
"The simple answer is he thinks murder's wrong," said White House spokesman Tony Snow. "The president is not going to get on the slippery slope of taking something living and making it dead for the purposes of scientific research."
Snow said the president had issued 141 veto threats during his time in the White House, often against spending increases for domestic programs. None came to fruition after deals were cut with lawmakers to avoid that outcome. This was the first time no deal could be cut, Snow said.
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