Sens. Harkin, Specter Remove Spending Bill Provision That Would Have Expanded Federal Funding For Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) on Wednesday removed a provision from the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (S 1710) that would have expanded funding for human embryonic stem cell research in hope that President Bush would drop his veto threat, CQ Today reports. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Stem Cell Research on October 20th, 2007