For the second time in less than a year, Congress has approved a bill expanding federal support for stem-cell research despite President Bush’s promised veto. The House of Representatives sent the bill to Mr. Bush on Thursday by a vote of 247 to 176, well short of the two-thirds majority required to override a veto.
The bill (S 5) was approved by the Senate in April by a tally, 63 to 34, that came closer to the two-thirds majority in that chamber. Mr. Bush confirmed in a statement after the House vote that he would veto the bill.