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Key Votes
HR 810 - Stem Cell Research Bill of 2005 - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen voted Nay (Override of Veto) on this Legislation.
Read statements Ileana Ros-Lehtinen made in this general time period.
Stages
- July 19, 2006 House Veto Override Failed
- July 19, 2006 Executive Vetoed
- July 18, 2006 Senate Bill Passed
- May 24, 2005 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 15, 2005 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Veto Override Failed (House) (235-193) - July 19, 2006(Key vote)
Title: Stem Cell Research Bill of 2005
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that uses human embryonic stem cells.
Highlights:
- Calls for stem cells to be taken from human embryos that were donated from in vitro fertilization clinics (Sec. 2).
- Requires that before the embryos are donated, it is established that they were created for fertility treatment, are in excess of clinical need, and otherwise would be discarded (Sec. 2).
- Stipulates that those donating the embryos give written consent and do not receive any compensation for the donation (Sec. 2).
Note:
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - July 19, 2006
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (63-37) - July 18, 2006(Key vote)
Title: Stem Cell Research Bill of 2005
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that uses human embryonic stem cells.
Highlights:
- Calls for stem cells to be taken from human embryos that were donated from in vitro fertilization clinics (Sec. 2).
- Requires that before the embryos are donated, it is established that they were created for fertility treatment, are in excess of clinical need, and otherwise would be discarded (Sec. 2).
- Stipulates that those donating the embryos give written consent and do not receive any compensation for the donation (Sec. 2).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (239-193) - May 24, 2005(Key vote)
Title: Stem Cell Research Bill of 2005
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that uses human embryonic stem cells.
Highlights:
- Calls for stem cells to be taken from human embryos that were donated from in vitro fertilization clinics (Sec. 2).
- Requires that before the embryos are donated, it is established that they were created for fertility treatment, are in excess of clinical need, and otherwise would be discarded (Sec. 2).
- Stipulates that those donating the embryos give written consent and do not receive any compensation for the donation (Sec. 2).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 15, 2005
Title: Stem Cell Research Bill of 2005
Sponsors
- Michael N. 'Mike' Castle (DE - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Neil Abercrombie (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary L. Ackerman (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas H. 'Tom' Allen (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Rob' Andrews (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Baca Sr. (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brian N. Baird (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tammy Baldwin (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Barrow (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles F. 'Charlie' Bass (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Melissa Bean (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Xavier Becerra (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Shelley Berkley (NV - D) (Out Of Office)
- Howard L. Berman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Judy Biggert (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Timothy H. 'Tim' Bishop (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- Sherwood L. 'Sherry' Boehlert (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mary Whitaker Bono Mack (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Leonard L. Boswell (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick C. 'Rick' Boucher (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Allen Boyd Jr. (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeb E. Bradley (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Brady (PA - D)
- Sherrod C. Brown (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Corrine Brown (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Virginia 'Ginny' Brown-Waite (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- George K. 'G.K.' Butterfield Jr. (NC - D)
- Lois Capps (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael E. 'Mike' Capuano (MA - D)
- Benjamin L. 'Ben' Cardin (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis A. Cardoza (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Russell 'Russ' Carnahan (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julia M. Carson (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward E. 'Ed' Case (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Albert Ben Chandler III (KY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donna Marie Christensen (VI - D) (Out Of Office)
- William Lacy Clay Jr. (MO - D)
- Emanuel Cleaver II (MO - D)
- James E. 'Jim' Clyburn (SC - D)
- John Conyers Jr. (MI - D)
- Jim Cooper (TN - D)
- Jim Costa (CA - D)
- Robert E. 'Bud' Cramer (AL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph 'Joe' Crowley (NY - D)
- Henry Cuellar (TX - D)
- Elijah E. Cummings (MD - D)
- Artur Davis (AL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Susan A. Davis (CA - D)
- James 'Jim' Davis (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Danny K. Davis (IL - D)
- Thomas M. 'Tom' Davis III (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter A. DeFazio (OR - D)
- Diana Louise DeGette (CO - D)
- William D. 'Bill' Delahunt (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (CT - D)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Dent (PA - R)
- Norman DeValois 'Norm' Dicks (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John D. Dingell (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lloyd A. Doggett II (TX - D)
- Rahm Emanuel (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY - D)
- Anna G. Eshoo (CA - D)
- Bob R. Etheridge (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lane A. Evans (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel 'Sam' Farr (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chaka Fattah Sr. (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Filner (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Foley (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Harold Ford Jr. (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barney Frank (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Gibbons (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles A. 'Charlie' Gonzalez (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bart Gordon (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kay Granger (TX - R)
- Al Green (TX - D)
- Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX - D)
- Raul M. Grijalva (AZ - D)
- Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL - D)
- Jane Harman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alcee L. 'Judge' Hastings Sr. (FL - D)
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brian Higgins (NY - D)
- Maurice D. Hinchey (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rubén E. Hinojosa Sr. (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rush D. Holt Jr. (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael M. 'Mike' Honda (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Darlene Hooley (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steny H. Hoyer (MD - D)
- Jay Robert Inslee (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve J. Israel (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX - D)
- William J. Jefferson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX - D)
- Nancy L. Johnson (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sue W. Kelly (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald James 'Ron' Kind (WI - D)
- Mark Steven Kirk (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- James T. 'Jim' Kolbe (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- James R. 'Jim' Langevin (RI - D)
- Tom Lantos (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Ray 'Rick' Larsen (WA - D)
- John B. Larson (CT - D)
- James A. 'Jim' Leach (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara J. Lee (CA - D)
- Sander M. 'Sandy' Levin (MI - D)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA - D)
- Nita M. Lowey (NY - D)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (NY - D)
- Edward J. 'Ed' Markey (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James David 'Jim' Matheson (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Doris O. Matsui (CA - D)
- Carolyn McCarthy (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Betty McCollum (MN - D)
- James A. 'Jim' McDermott (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James P. 'Jim' McGovern (MA - D)
- Cynthia Ann McKinney (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael R. 'Mike' McNulty (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Martin T. 'Marty' Meehan (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kendrick B. Meek Sr. (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gregory W. Meeks (NY - D)
- Charles J. 'Charlie' Melancon Sr. (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Bob' Menendez (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael H. 'Mike' Michaud (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ralph Bradley 'Brad' Miller (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- George Miller (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gwendolynne S. 'Gwen' Moore (WI - D)
- Dennis Moore (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- James P. 'Jim' Moran Jr. (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerrold L. 'Jerry' Nadler (NY - D)
- Grace Flores Napolitano (CA - D)
- Richard E. Neal (MA - D)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC - D)
- David Ross 'Dave' Obey (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- John W. Olver (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Major R. Owens (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank J. Pallone Jr. (NJ - D)
- William J. 'Bill' Pascrell Jr. (NJ - D)
- Edward López 'Ed' Pastor (AZ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donald M. Payne (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA - D)
- Jon Christopher Porter Sr. (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Eugene Price (NC - D)
- James M. 'Jim' Ramstad (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles B. 'Charlie' Rangel (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Silvestre 'Silver' Reyes (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael Avery 'Mike' Ross (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steven R. 'Steve' Rothman (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA - D)
- CA Dutch 'Dutch' Ruppersberger (MD - D)
- Bobby L. Rush (IL - D)
- Martin Olav Sabo (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Loretta L. Sanchez (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Linda T. Sánchez (CA - D)
- Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky (IL - D)
- Adam B. Schiff (CA - D)
- Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John H. 'Joe' Schwarz (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert C. 'Bobby' Scott (VA - D)
- David Scott (GA - D)
- José E. Serrano (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- E. Clay Shaw Jr. (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher H. Shays (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brad J. Sherman (CA - D)
- Robert Ruhl 'Rob' Simmons (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY - D)
- Adam Smith (WA - D)
- Victor F. 'Vic' Snyder (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Hilda L. Solis (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John M. Spratt Jr. (SC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Strickland (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ellen O. Tauscher (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael C. 'Mike' Thompson (CA - D)
- Bennie G. Thompson (MS - D)
- John F. Tierney (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edolphus 'Ed' Towns (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark E. Udall (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas S. 'Tom' Udall (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher 'Chris' Van Hollen Jr. (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (NY - D)
- Peter J. 'Pete' Visclosky (IN - D)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL - D)
- Maxine Waters (CA - D)
- Diane E. Watson (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Melvin Luther 'Mel' Watt (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Anthony David Weiner (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Wexler (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Wu (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
