Democrats Slam Bush's Stem Cell Bill Veto
Colorado Congresswoman Blasts Bush's Stem Cell Bill Veto, Calling It 'Cynical Political Gain'By JENNIFER TALHELM
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A Colorado congresswoman said Saturday that President Bush was motivated by "cold, calculated, cynical political gain" when he vetoed a bill that would expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
"The president's veto had nothing to do with morals," Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., said in the Democrats' weekly radio address, but instead "the kind of politics that snuffs out the candle of hope and that condemns the disabled and the sick."
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Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., leads a rally for stem cell research on Friday, July 21, 2006, in southeast Denver as President Bush made an appearance at a fundraising event nearby.