Stem cell vote delayed in Senate

The Senate vote on a bill expanding funding for embryonic stem cell research, which Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist had promised would happen in 2005, has been pushed back to early next year.

Supporters don't seem discouraged, judging from this message from StemPAC.

The bill has passed the House with the help of some Republicans -- none from Wisconsin, unfortunately -- who had the courage to defy Tom DeLay and the White House. Senate passage seems assured if the vote ever happens, but Bush has said he will veto it if he is still the President when it passes.