An emotional battle erupted in the Wisconsin Assembly Tuesday night as Republicans voted to bar firms probing new embryonic stem-cell lines from proposed new research and development tax credits.
The bill, passed by the Assembly 59-36 and sent to the Senate for approval, is one of the legislative linchpins in the Assembly Republicans’ “100- day agenda” for job creation. The Assembly also passed five other bills designed to improve Wisconsin’s business appeal with regulatory and legal changes.