eswauger, I agree... and the funding for embryonic stem cell research is not as black and white as Republican vs Democrat. There are many "big named" republicans that are for it. This is an article from the first vote: <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052400938.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052400938.html</A>