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Know Where Your Lawmakers Stand on Stem Cell Research
President George Bush:
Has approved federal funding for research with a very limited supply of embryonic stem cell lines. Scientists say most of the approved stem cell lines are contaminated with mouse feeder cells and are not suitable for human application.Scientists, advocates and other politicians have pleaded with President Bush asking that he allow funding of further research using excess embryos available from IVF clinics. Currently, there are approximately 400,000 surplus embryos in these clinics. These embryos could be used for research and future treatments, but as it stands they are regarded as medical waste and subject to be incinerated. So far, President Bush has refused to approve funding for any new embryonic stem cell lines.
In addition, President Bush also openly states he would sign into law legislation that would not only make SCNT research illegal, but punishable of fines up to 1 million dollars and 10 years in federal prison. This would also apply to doctors dispensing SCNT treatments and patients who go overseas to receive such treatments where the research is legal.
If YES is marked under ESC the legislator signed a letter to President Bush, asking that he expand his policy regarding embryonic stem cell research and allow funding for stem cell research using excess embryos from IVF clinics with informed consent from couples that wish them donated instead of destroyed, or have otherwise openly supported ESC.
Click on links to read letters below:
If NO is marked they have opposed ESC research
If NO is marked under SCNT the legislator has either openly opposed or attempted to ban or criminalize SCNT research. If YES is marked under SCNT they have openly supported SCNT research.
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Alabama
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R) | NO |
NO |
|
| Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) | NO |
NO |
|
| Rep. Jo Bonner (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. Terry Everett (R) 2nd | |||
| Rep. Michael D. Rogers (R) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Robert E. "Bud" Cramer Jr.(D) 5th | |||
| Rep. Spencer Bachus (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Artur Davis (D) 7th | YES |
Alaska
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Ted Stevens (R) | YES |
||
| Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) | |||
| Rep. Don Young (R) At Large | YES |
Arizona
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. John McCain (R) | YES |
||
| Sen. Jon L. Kyl (R) | |||
| Rep. Rick Renzi (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. Trent Franks (R) 2nd | |||
| Rep. John B. Shadegg (R) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Ed Pastor (D) 4th | YES | ||
| Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R) 5th | |||
| Rep. Jeff Flake (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D) 7th | YES |
||
| Rep. Jim Kolbe (R) 8th | YES |
Arkansas
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. Mark Pryor (D) | |||
| Rep. Marion Berry (D) 1st | |||
| Rep. Vic Snyder (D) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. John Boozman (R) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Mike Ross (D) 4th | YES |
California
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen.
Dianne Feinstein (D) |
YES |
||
| Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. Mike Thompson (D) 1st | YES | ||
| Rep. Wally Herger (R) 2nd | |||
| Rep. Doug Ose (R) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. John T. Doolittle (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Robert T. Matsui (D) 5th | YES | ||
| Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D) 6th | YES | ||
| Rep. George Miller (D) 7th | YES | ||
| Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) 8th | YES | ||
| Rep. Barbara Lee (D) 9th | YES | ||
| Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D) 10th | YES | ||
| Rep. Richard Pombo (R) 11th | |||
| Rep. Tom Lantos (D) 12th | YES | ||
| Rep. Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (D) 13th | YES | ||
| Rep. Anna Eshoo (D) 14th | YES | YES | |
| Rep. Michael M. Honda (D) 15th | YES | ||
| Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) 16th | |||
| Rep. Sam Farr (D) 17th | YES | ||
| Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D) 18th | YES | ||
| Rep. George P. Radanovich (R) 19th | |||
| Rep. Calvin Dooley (D) 20th | YES | ||
| Rep. Devin Nunes (R) 21st | |||
| Rep. William M. Thomas (R) 22nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Lois Capps (D) 23rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Elton Gallegly (R) 24th | |||
| Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R) 25th | |||
| Rep. David Dreier (R) 26th | |||
| Rep. Brad Sherman (D) 27th | YES | ||
| Rep. Howard L. Berman (D) 28th | YES | ||
| Rep. Adam Schiff (D) 29th | YES | ||
| Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D) 30th | YES | ||
| Rep. Xavier Becerra (D) 31st | YES | ||
| Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D) 32nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Diane Watson (D) 33rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) 34th | YES | ||
| Rep. Maxine Waters (D) 35th | YES | ||
| Rep. Jane Harman (D) 36th | YES | ||
| Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) 37th | YES | ||
| Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D) 38th | YES | ||
| Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D) 39th | YES | ||
| Rep. Ed Royce (R) 40th | |||
| Rep. Jerry Lewis (R) 41st | YES | ||
| Rep. Gary G. Miller (R) 42nd | |||
| Rep. Joe Baca (D) 43rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Ken Calvert (R) 44th | YES | ||
| Rep. Mary Bono (R) 45th | YES | ||
| Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R) 46th | YES | ||
| Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D) 47th | YES | ||
| Rep. Christoher Cox R-48th | |||
| Rep. Darrell Issa (R) 49th | |||
| Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R) 50th | YES | ||
| Rep. Bob Filner (D) 51st | YES | ||
| Rep. Duncan Hunter (R) 52nd | |||
| Rep. Susan A. Davis (D) 53rd | YES |
Colorado
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) | YES | ||
| Sen. Wayne Allard (R) | |||
| Rep. Diana L. DeGette (D) 1st | YES | YES | |
| Rep. Mark Udall (D) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Scott McInnis (R) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Joel Hefley (R) 5th | |||
| Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Bob Beauprez (R) 7th |
Connecticut
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. John B. Larson (D) 1st | YES | ||
| Rep. Robert R. Simons (R) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Christopher Shays (R) 4th | YES | ||
| Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R) 5th | YES |
Delaware
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. Michael Castle (R) At Large | YES |
Florida
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Bob Graham (D) | YES | Sen.
Bob Graham is
retiring. Nominees are: Mel
Martinez (R) openly opposes ESC and SCNT
research and Betty
Castor (D) in favor of ethical ESC and SCNT research. |
|
| Sen. Bill Nelson (D) | YES |
YES |
|
| Rep. Jeff Miller (R) 1st | NO |
||
| Rep. F. Allen Boyd, Jr.D-2nd | |||
| Rep. Corrine Brown (D) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R) 5th | YES | ||
| Rep. Cliff Stearns (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. John Mica (R) 7th | |||
| Rep. Ric Keller (R) 8th | |||
| Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R) 9th | |||
| Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R) 10th | |||
| Rep. Jim Davis (D) 11th | YES | ||
| Rep. Adam Putnam (R) 12th | |||
| Rep. Katherine Harris (R) 13th | NO | Rep. Katherine Harris's opponent is Jan Schneider. Jan Schneider supports ethical ESC & SCNT research. | |
| Rep. Porter J. Goss (R) 14th | |||
| Rep. Dave Weldon (R) 15th | NO | NO | Rep.
Dave Weldon's
opponent is Simon M
Pristoop. |
| Rep. Mark Foley (R) 16th | YES | ||
| Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D) 17th | YES | ||
| Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) 18th | |||
| Rep. Robert I. Wexler (D) 19th | YES | ||
| Rep. Peter Deutsch (D) 20th | YES | ||
| Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) 21st | |||
| Rep. E. Clay Shaw, Jr (R) 22nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D) 23rd | YES | ||
| Rep.
Tom Feeney (R) 24th |
|||
| Rep. Mario Diaz- Balart (R) 25th |
Georgia
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Zell B. Miller (D) | |||
| Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) | |||
| Rep. Jack Kingston (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. Sanford Bishop, Jr (D) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Jim Marshall (D) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Denise L. Majette (D) 4th | YES | ||
| Rep. John Lewis (D) 5th | YES | ||
| Rep. Johnny Isakson (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. John Linder (R) 7th | |||
| Rep. Michael "Mac" Collins (R) 8th | |||
| Rep. Charles Norwood (R) 9th | |||
| Rep. Nathan Deal (R) 10th | |||
| Rep. Phil Gingrey (R) 11th | |||
| Rep. Max Burns (R) 12th | |||
| Rep. David Scott (D) 13th |
Hawaii
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D) 1st | YES | ||
| Rep. Ed Case (D) 2nd | YES |
Idaho
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Larry E. Craig (R) | |||
| Sen. Mike Crapo (R) | |||
| Rep. C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. Mike Simpson (R) 2nd |
Illinois
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. Peter G. Fitzgerald (R) | |||
| Rep. Bobby Rush (D) 1st | YES | ||
| Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr (D) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. William O. Lipinski (D) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D) 4th | YES | ||
| Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D) 5th | YES | ||
| Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Danny K. Davis (D) 7th | YES | ||
| Rep. Philip M. Crane (R) 8th | |||
| Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D) 9th | YES | ||
| Rep. Mark S. Kirk (R) 10th | YES | ||
| Rep. Jerry Weller (R) 11th | |||
| Rep. Jerry F. Costello (D) 12th | |||
| Rep. Judy Biggert (R) 13th | YES | ||
| Rep. J. Dennis
Hastert (R) 14th |
|||
| Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (R) 15th | |||
| Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (R) 16th | |||
| Rep. Lane Evans (D) 17th | YES | ||
| Rep. Ray H. LaHood (R) 18th | |||
| Rep. John M. Shimkus (R) 19th |
Indiana
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R) | |||
| Sen. Evan Bayh (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. Peter J. Visclosky (D) 1st | |||
| Rep. Chris Chocola (R) 2nd | |||
| Rep. Mark Souder (R) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Steve Buyer (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Dan Burton (R) 5th | |||
| Rep. Mike Pence (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Julia M. Carson (D) 7th | YES | ||
| Rep. John N. Hostettler (R) 8th | |||
| Rep. Baron Hill (D) 9th |
Iowa
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R) | |||
| Sen. Tom Harkin (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. Jim Nussle (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. Jim Leach (R) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Leonard L. Boswell (D) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Tom Latham (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Steve King (R) 5th |
Kansas
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Sam Brownback (R) | NO | NO | Introduced
the Brownback
Bill to criminalize SCNT research making it punishable by fines and 10
years in federal prison if a patient should go overseas to receive SCNT
treatment where it is legal, or if a doctor should practice it. |
| Sen. Pat Roberts (R) | |||
| Rep. Jerry Moran (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. Jim R. Ryun (R) 2nd | |||
| Rep. Dennis Moore (D) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) 4th |
Kentucky
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) | |||
| Sen. Jim Bunning (R) | |||
| Rep. Edward Whitfield (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. Ron Lewis (R) 2nd | |||
| Rep. Anne M. Northrup (R) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Ken R. Lucas (D) 4th | |||
| Rep. Harold Rogers (R) 5th | |||
| Rep. Ben Chandler (D) 6th |
Louisiana
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. John B. Breaux (D) | |||
| Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. David Vitter (R) 1st | |||
| Rep. William J. Jefferson (D) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (R) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Jim McCrery (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Rodney Alexander (D) 5th | |||
| Rep. Richard H. Baker (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Chris John (D) 7th |
Maine
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R) | YES | ||
| Sen. Susan M. Collins (R) | YES | ||
| Rep. Thomas H. Allen (D) 1st | YES | ||
| Rep. Michael H. Michaud (D) 2nd |
Maryland
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R) 1st | YES | ||
| Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D) 3rd | YES | ||
| Rep. Albert Wynn (D) 4th | YES | ||
| Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D) 5th | YES | ||
| Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) 7th | YES | ||
| Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Jr. (D) 8th | YES |
Massachusetts
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. John F. Kerry (D) | YES | YES | |
| Rep. John W. Olver (D) 1st | YES | ||
| Rep. Richard E. Neal (D) 2nd | YES | ||
| Rep. James P. McGovern (D) 3rd | YES | YES | |
| Rep. Barney Frank (D) 4th | YES | ||
| Rep. Marty Meehan (D) 5th | YES | ||
| Rep. John F. Tierney (D) 6th | YES | ||
| Rep. Edward J. Markey (D) 7th | YES | ||
| Rep. Michael Capuano (D) 8th | YES | ||
| Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D) 9th | |||
| Rep. William Delahunt (D) 10th | YES |
Michigan
| Name |
ESC |
SCNT |
Comments |
| Sen. Carl Levin (D) | YES | ||
| Sen. Debbie A. Stabenow (D) | YES | ||
| Rep. Bart Stupak (D) 1st | NO | NO | |
| Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R) 2nd | |||
| Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R) 3rd | |||
| Rep. Dave Camp (R) 4th | |||
| Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D) 5th | |||
| Rep. Fred Upton (R) 6th | |||
| Rep. Nick Smith (R) 7th | |||
| Rep. Michael J. Rogers (R) 8th | |||
| Rep. Joseph Knollenberg (R) 9th | |||
| Rep. Candice Miller (R) 10th | |||
| Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R) 11th | |||
| Rep. Sander M. Levin (D) 12th | YES | ||
| Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D) 13th | YES | ||
| Rep. John Conyers, Jr. D-14th |