WASHINGTON – Madison researchers and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin hailed the passage by the House of Representatives of two bills that would relax restrictions on stem cell research.
After more than six hours of debate, the House voted Tuesday to pass two stem cell bills allowing federal funding for researchers to explore umbilical cord cells and extending embryonic stem cell research beyond limits imposed by the Bush administration.
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing the Senate leadership to take up the bills, but President Bush has vowed to veto the kind of bills that passed Tuesday.