Bipartisan Bug Redux
Fri, 01/12/2007 - 2:46pm
In yet another case of "hell freezing over" moments, 2 more Texas Republicans voted yes on a bill in the Congress yesterday.
The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act was approved on a 253-174 vote in Congress. In a slightly more partisan vote than the mimimum wage, 37 Republicans voted for the bill, while 16 Democrats opposed it. The stunner is that our own Smokey Joe Barton (TX-6) and Kay Granger (TX-12) voted to pass the bill, along with their TX Democratic colleagues.
Unfortunately Kenny Marchant let me down on this round, voting against the bill, along with the remaining TX GOP colleagues. So, the bipartisanship may come and go depending on the issue in the 110th Congress.
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It's too bad the bill was
By Betsy Parchem
Sun, 01/14/2007 - 11:48am
It's too bad the bill was passed before they were able to include funding for amniotic fluid stem cell research as well. But it's great to see progress.
I don't know how to feel about the cooperation amongst the two parties, however. If this keeps up, there will be many, many political bloggers without anything to do.