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Bush risks electoral fallout over stem cell veto a.. 10 June 2006 b.. c.. Magazine issue 2555 US President George W Bush could damage his party's electoral chances if he vetoes the liberalisation of stem cell regulations IF PRESIDENT George W. Bush vetoes liberalisation of stem cell regulations, as he has promised, he will risk damaging Republicans' chances in this year's congressional elections. So said Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette, speaking in London on 1 June while on a bipartisan congressional delegation investigating how the UK regulates stem cell research. The US Senate is expected to back the loosening of restrictions on stem cell research in a few weeks' time. Public support for such work is rising fast: 72 per cent of Americans now agree with it, according to recent polls. "If the president stands in the way of something that's widely supported, there will be political consequences," DeGette told a press conference in London. "It could become a big election issue if Bush vetoes the law." The idea of the proposed law, approved a year ago by the House of Representatives, is to make embryonic stem cells ... The complete article is 324 words long. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn