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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Will Bush Veto Stem Cells?
George W. Bush has yet to veto a single piece of legislation while in the White House, though there are indications that he opposes this year's transportation bill due to excessive costs. Another bill soon to hit the House floor might also draw the President's ire, reports The Hill's Patrick O'Connor:
A fight between centrist and conservative Republicans over a bill to expand federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research has intensified in the past week as the House moves closer to a promised vote.Despite the White House's opposition to further embryonic stem-cell research, it will be very difficult for the President to veto the bill given the support of a majority of Republicans for further investment. Trying to please mainstream Republicans and the conservative Christian base might yet prove an impossible task for even the deft political minds in the Bush administration.
With 199 co-sponsors, supporters of the bill are confident that they have enough votes to pass it when leadership brings it to the floor this month, furthering the possibility that this legislation will become the first veto of President Bush’s tenure in the White House.
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