vetoes

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

President George W. Bush on Wednesday vetoed for a second time a bill seeking to encourage potentially groundbreaking embryonic stem cell research, saying it violates the sanctity of human life. Risking new criticism from the scientific community, Bush rejected moves by US lawmakers to overturn hi...

RNC: Wrong Prescription

...ccur and that would lead to higher malpractice premiums for health care providers, which will be passed on to consumers." (Scott Rothschild, "Sebelius vetoes Bill Sought By Doctors," The [Lawrence, KS] Journal-World , 4/21/07) SEBELIUS SUPPORTS BIG LABOR AND TRIAL LAWYERS OVER KANSAS WORKERS AND...

ACP applauds Senate to vote to pass H.R. 6331 and avert physician payment cut

... in Medicare physician payment. The bill will now go to the President for his signature, at which point it would become law. If the President instead vetoes the bill, as some of his advisers have recommended, it would require a two-thirds majority of both the Senate and House to override the veto. The Pre...

Texas Passes Bill To Halt Order Mandating HPV Vaccine for School Girls

... Chronicle reports. A Perry spokesperson declined to say if the governor would veto the measure, the Austin American-Statesman reports. If Perry vetoes the bill, the Legislature could override it with a two-thirds majority vote in each chamber before the session ends May 28. According to the Ame...

Be in Sync With Your Instincts

...ime to look properly. Instead they performed better when given almost no time to think. The conscious or top-level function of the brain, when active, vetoes our initial subconscious decision – even when it is correct – leaving us unaware or distrustful of our instincts and at an immediate disadvantage. Fal...

vetoes in Biological News

Trusting your instincts leads you to the right answer

...ime to look properly. Instead they performed better when given almost no time to think. The conscious or top-level function of the brain, when active, vetoes our initial subconscious decision ?even when it is correct ?leaving us unaware or distrustful of our instincts and at an immediate disadvantage. Falli...

To control germs, scientists deploy tiny agents provocateurs

...ctions in cystic fibrosis patients. Biofilms have long baffled researchers because of their stupefying capacity to behave like a "super-organism" that vetoes the normal characteristics of a bacterial cell in favor of new group behaviors. "It's amazing that such simple organisms as bacteria can form these su...

vetoes in Biological Technology

Doyle partially vetoes SE Wisconsin technology grant

Madison, Wis. - After months of debate and restructuring Gov. Jim Doyle has signed the Wisconsin state budget for 2005-2007 - at the expense of the Biomedical Technology Alliance . In the final budget, Doyle announced he was exercising a partial veto on a proposed grant of $2.5 million to the...

Doyle vetoes cloning ban

Madison, Wis. - Gov. Jim Doyle announced Thursday his veto of AB 499, which would have outlawed all forms of human cloning in Wisconsin. The bill would outlaw not only cloning for reproductive purposes but also what proponents call therapeutic or research cloning, in which an embryo is created...

Bush vetoes stem cell research bill

Washington, D.C. - Calling the destruction of human embryos a line that society should not cross, President Bush has vetoed a bill that would have overturned his ban on new federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, and an override attempt failed in the House of Representatives. ...

WTN Interview: Senator Ted Kanavas

...ot change. Thats what happened here. Secretary of Administration (DOA) Marotta told me that they (the administration) were going to make some of these vetoes so as to give them more flexibility to implement them. He (Gov. Doyle) just killed them (DOA) with kindness because unless you tell these agencies tha...

A budget that moves Wisconsin forward

...udgets are about making tough choices - and I chose our schoolchildren and our property taxpayers. The additional money I have set aside through my vetoes will mean that we can have a property tax freeze without forcing the kinds of cuts that the Republican budget proposed. We don't want to hear any mor...

State tax compromises prove that partisanship can be set aside for a while

... Doyle had proposed more property-tax relief in his budget, but Republicans increased the amount in their version of the two-year bill. The governor's vetoes will essentially split some of the differences. Republican leaders will be peaking under the covers to make sure Doyle's actions do what he says th...

Stem-cell debate, wireless access and other endeavors heat up

... just enough to develop stem cells, and then extract them from the embryo within the first few days. This destroys the embryo. News story: Doyle vetoes cloning ban Wisconsin Technology Council president Tom Still stood up for the governor's veto: Tom Still: Separating science fiction from r...

How's the State of the State? It depends on what numbers are crunched

...f Revenue of overriding zeal and abuses in how it taxes Wisconsin companies. The states largest business group is still smarting, as well, over Doyles vetoes of four bills that would have made it harder to sue makers of allegedly defective products. One bill would have shielded manufacturers from lawsuits i...

Biomedical alliance marks first full year

...ing and work on both infrastructure development and branding of southeast Wisconsin as a biotech center. Past articles: WTN: Doyle partially vetoes SE Wisconsin technology grant WTN: Biotech Alliance pushes ahead in SE Wisconsin with likely state funding WTN: New biomedical institute a...