Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act was the name of two similar bills that both passed through the

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, but were both vetoed by President

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and were not enacted into law.

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005

The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 () was the first bill ever

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ed by

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, more than five years after his

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. The bill, which passed both houses of

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, but by less than the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto, would have allowed federal funding of

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on new lines of stem cells derived from discarded human embryos created for

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treatments.

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:. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 238 to 194 on May 24, 2005., then passed the Senate by a vote of 63 to 37 on July 18, 2006. President Bush vetoed the bill on July 19, 2006. The House of Representatives then failed to override the veto (235 to 193) on July 19, 2006.

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007

The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (), was proposed federal legislation that would have amended the

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to provide for human embryonic

. It was similar in content to the vetoed Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005. The bill passed the

on April 11, 2007, by a vote of 63–34, then passed the

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on June 7, 2007, by a vote of 247–176. President Bush vetoed the bill on June 19, 2007, and an override was not attempted.

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2009

The bill was re-introduced in the 111th Congress. It was introduced in the House by Representative

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(D-CO) on February 4, 2009. A Senate version was introduced by Tom Harkin (D-IA) on February 26, 2009. The House bill had 113 co-sponsors and the Senate 10 co-sponsors, as of November 20, 2009.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00487:, /bss/111search.html,

Legislative history

References

External links

How your senator voted
"U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes," from www.senate.gov, recorded on July 18, 2006, accessed on October 31, 2006.
How your congressman voted
"FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 388," from clerk.house.gov, recorded on July 19, 2006, accessed on October 31, 2006.
Text of the 2007 Bill
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Stem cell research pros and cons
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