In what may be a futile exercise, representing Diana DeGette (D-CO) this week reintroduced his bill that would codify 09 political restrictions easing of the Obama administration on federal funding of research on human embryonic stem cells. She also found a Republican to replace earlier Cosponsors Bill Mike Castle (R-DE), who lost a bid for the Senate last fall: Charlie Dent (R-PA). Dent said The Hill that "this area of research is important to find breakthroughs in a number of areas."
A previous version of DeGette bill passed Congress twice but was vetoed by then-President George W. Bush. the bill should not go anywhere in the Republican-led House, however. in any case, if the exact same bill as before, as says his spokesman, it would not resolve a conflict that Circuit judge US Royce Lamberth said exists with the Dickey-Wicker law. This law prohibits federal funding for research that destroys embryos. Lamberth, who ordered a temporary ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research last August an appeals court overturned later, should make a final decision on the issue this summer.
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