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Senate Democrats strip additional Act 255 funding from budget

The caucus voted to delete provisions that would increase the maximum annual amount of...

Senate approves bill to expand stem cell funding

The measure fell short of the 67 votes needed to override a veto, which would be the first veto of th...

Why the Senate should ease stem cell restrictions

announced early this year they had developed two new lines of stem cells "fed" through a culture medium free of animal proteins. The breakthrough was hailed in scientific circles because it moved stem-cell research a step closer to...

Doyle urges Senate to loosen stem cell restrictions

During a morning visit to the West Salem home of Samuel and Marcie...

Senate wants state involved in healthcare-IT partnership

Bill AB 907, which was introduced by state representative Gregg Underheim and approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday, authorizes the state to participate directly in the Wisconsin Health Infor...

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Senate assures ban on smoking

Legislators last night outlawed tobacco use in the Commonwealth's restaurants, taverns, and nightclubs, and voted to lift the state's ban on Sunday liquor-store sales as the House and Senate concluded the year's business with a last-minute flurry.// Working until nearly midnight, lawmakers also approved a sales tax "holiday" designed to spur shoppers to spend more, thereby pumping up t...

US Senate Votes against Testing of Pesticide on Humans

The US congress is considering whether to temporarily ban the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using human tests to determine whether a pesticide should be marketed//. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will soon decide whether to place a one year moratorium on the conduct and use of studies that expose participants to pesticides. In most cases, trials are conducted by companies seeking to have...

US Senate Approves Embryo-research Plan Despite President's Refusal

The US Senate voted to expand federal funding for research on new human embryonic stem cells, setting the stage for George W. Bush's first veto of his presidency.// The 63-37 vote followed two days of debate that pitted the promise of new disease cures against deep questions of conscience, especially among Bush's supporters on the religious right who view embryos as human life and opp...

Senate Committee Approves Telemedicine Mental Health Bill

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote a bill that would authorize $6 million to provide mental health services for suicide// prevention, intervention and treatment available to American Indians and Alaska Natives through expanded telemedicine systems, CongressDaily reports. Under the legislation, sponsored by committee Chair Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), five...

US Senate Passes Stem Cell Research Bill

The US Senate has passed a bill that aims to loosen President George Bush's restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research for the second time// in nine months, but has once again fallen short of the 67 votes needed to override a promised veto, media reports said. The Senate voted 63 to 34 to pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which would allow federally funded studies o...

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Senate Passes Drug-Safety Reforms to Prevent Future Vioxx-type Disasters; House Urged to Act on Strong Drug Safety Bill

First significant drug safety measure in 45 years; focus moves toHouse WASHINGTON, May 09, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senatetoday overwhelmingly passed significant prescription drug safetyreforms to give the Food and Drug Administration more power to dealwith unsafe medicines on the market, moving the issue of drugsafety to the House, where a strong bill has been introduced buth...
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