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Stem cell research is back in the hands of Congress...Are you happy with your U.S. Senators vote ?

S. 5; Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 On Passage of the Bill 04/12/2007 Senate Roll Call No. 127 110th Congress, 1st Session Passed: 63-34 (see complete tally) By 63 yeas and 34 nays (Vote No. 127), Senate passed S. 5, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research, and pursuant to the order of March 29, 2007, requiring 60 votes for the passage of this bill, it is passed. On Passage of the Bill 04/12/2007 Senate Roll Call No. 128 110th Congress, 1st Session Passed: 70-28 (see complete tally) By 70 yeas and 28 nays (Vote No. 128), Senate passed S. 30, to intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines, and pursuant to the order of March 29, 2007, requiring 60 votes for the passage of this bill, it is passed. Roll Call Vote No. 128 Tally (For more information about a Member, highlight the name and click "Go") Yea : 70 Members Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Ted Stevens (R-AK) Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Richard Shelby (R-AL) Mark Pryor (D-AR) Jon Kyl (R-AZ) John McCain (R-AZ) Wayne Allard (R-CO) Ken Salazar (D-CO) Joseph Biden (D-DE) Thomas Carper (D-DE) Mel Martinez (R-FL) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Daniel Akaka (D-HI) Charles Grassley (R-IA) Tom Harkin (D-IA) Larry Craig (R-ID) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Richard Lugar (R-IN) Sam Brownback (R-KS) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Jim Bunning (R-KY) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Mary Landrieu (D-LA) David Vitter (R-LA) Edward Kennedy (D-MA) John Kerry (D-MA) Susan Collins (R-ME) Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Norm Coleman (R-MN) Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Christopher Bond (R-MO) Claire McCaskill (D-MO) Thad Cochran (R-MS) Trent Lott (R-MS) Richard Burr (R-NC) Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) Kent Conrad (D-ND) Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Ben Nelson (D-NE) Judd Gregg (R-NH) John Sununu (R-NH) Pete Domenici (R-NM) John Ensign (R-NV) Sherrod Brown (D-OH) George Voinovich (R-OH) Tom Coburn (R-OK) James Inhofe (R-OK) Gordon Smith (R-OR) Robert Casey (D-PA) Arlen Specter (R-PA) Jack Reed (D-RI) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Jim DeMint (R-SC) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) John Thune (R-SD) Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Bob Corker (R-TN) John Cornyn (R-TX) Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Robert Bennett (R-UT) Orrin Hatch (R-UT) John Warner (R-VA) James Webb (D-VA) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Robert Byrd (D-WV) Michael Enzi (R-WY) Craig Thomas (R-WY) Nay : 28 Members Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) Bill Nelson (D-FL) Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Richard Durbin (D-IL) Barack Obama (D-IL) Evan Bayh (D-IN) Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Carl Levin (D-MI) Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Max Baucus (D-MT) Jon Tester (D-MT) Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Harry Reid (D-NV) Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Charles Schumer (D-NY) Ron Wyden (D-OR) Bernard Sanders (I-VT) Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Patty Murray (D-WA) Russ Feingold (D-WI) Herbert Kohl (D-WI) John Rockefeller (D-WV) Not Voting : 2 Members Christopher Dodd (D-CT) Tim Johnson (D-SD)

Public Comments

1. Actually the votes per Senator in the official list disagrees with the one you have showing. Here is the official list as displayed in the U.S. Senate's official website: Alphabetical by Senator Name Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Nay Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burr (R-NC), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Clinton (D-NY), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Nay Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Craig (R-ID), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Not Voting Dole (R-NC), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Graham (R-SC), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Nay Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Not Voting Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Nay Obama (D-IL), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Salazar (D-CO), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Nay Tester (D-MT), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Nay Thune (R-SD), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Nay Warner (R-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea So I would agree with my Senators (California) in the way they voted as Stem cell research IMO should be a desired goal for the purpose of finding cures - besides, most if not all of the embryos are going to be thrown away and are considered the "property" of the labs, not individuals - therefore if someone wants one of these frozen embryos I suggest they be allowed to legally file to do so - but until then, I say let's get on with this mission once and for all. Very good question as usual, George.