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OT: Nancy Reagan Again Takes Lead on Stem Cells

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Nancy Reagan Again Takes Lead on Stem Cells By LAURIE KELLMAN (Associated Press) With Nancy Reagan’s blessing and in defiance of President Bush’s veto threat, Senate Republican leaders are making plans for a vote this summer on a bill to restore federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The House passed the measure nearly a year ago with support from 50 Republicans. Supporters contend government funding of the budding science could someday cure diseases suffered by millions of people. Opponents argue that harvesting such stem cells amounts to abortion because an embryo is destroyed in the process. President Bush in 2001 ordered sharp restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, allowing it only for stem cells created before Aug. 9 of that year. His veto threat stands, according to White House spokesman Ken Lisaius. Neither chamber of Congress has demonstrated the two-thirds support required to overcome a veto. "The president’s embryonic stem cell policy serves both science and ethics," Lisaius said. Mrs. Reagan, in a statement to Sen. Orrin Hatch (news, bio, voting record), R-Utah, a sponsor of the bill, gently urges the Senate to pass it despite Bush’s veto threat, according to aides in both parties who have seen the letter and spoke on condition of anonymity.

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> Mrs. Reagan, in a statement

 25 fucking years too fucking late lady .. should have shown some heart  in science in 1980 instead of buying million dollars  of cheap China for the ShitHouse and custom dresses for  Saturday Night Galas for 8 fucking years.  How many AIDS related deaths has she washed off her hands …. BITCH.

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> > Mrs. Reagan, in a statement >  25 fucking years too fucking late lady .. should have shown some heart >  in science in 1980 instead of buying million dollars >  of cheap China for the ShitHouse and custom dresses for >  Saturday Night Galas for 8 fucking years. >  How many AIDS related deaths has she washed off her hands …. BITCH.

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