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Family Research Council
Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
Sponsored by Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE), H.R. 810 sought to overturn President Bush’s policy on funding human embryonic stem cell research by authorizing the National Institutes of Health to fund stem cell research that requires the destruction of human embryos. President Bush vetoed H.R. 810 after it passed the House and the Senate. Then the House voted to sustain the President’s veto.American Conservative Union
Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
The House failed to override President Bush’s veto of legislation providing taxpayer funds for embryonic stem cell research.Americans for Democratic Action
HR 810. Embryonic Stem Cell Research/Veto Override.
To override President Bush's July 19, 2006, veto (requiring a 2/3 majority of those present and voting, here 286) of a bill to allow use of federal funds for research on embryonic stem cell lines derived from surplus embryos at in-vitro fertilization clinics, but only if donors give their consent and are not paid for the embryos. The bill would authorize the Health and Human Services Department to conduct and support research involving human embryonic stem cells that meet certain criteria, regardless of when stem cells were derived from a human embryo.National Right to Life Committee
Funding of embryo-killing stem cell research (H.R. 810) : veto override.
President Bush vetoed H.R. 810, a bill to require federal funding of the type of stem cell research that requires the killing of human embryos. The Senate had approved the bill shown as vote no. 2 in the 2005-2006 Senate scorecard.)
2006 Vote # 2 reprint below:
On August 9, 2001, President Bush adopted a pro-life policy that prohibits federal funding of any stem cell research that requires killing human embryos. H.R. 810 was a bill to overturn the President's pro-life policy and order federal funding of such research. The bill required funding of human embryonic stem cells taken "from human embryos that have been donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in excess of the clinical need of the individuals seeking such treatment," if "it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded." Senate voted to sustain the veto. (Senate vote roll call # 206/N)
Eagle Forum
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.
President Bush vetoed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (H.R. 810), which the House tried to override.