When Democrats take control of the House and Senate next year, they will reintroduce legislation to expand federal funding for embryonic stem- cell research, a move that could be a boost to UW-Madison scientists.
But they’ll have an uphill battle changing the mind of President Bush, who earlier this year vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have lifted restrictions on using federal money for such studies, or generating a veto-proof majority, observers and advocates said.
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