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On March 21, 2010, Stupak made a deal with Obama whereby he and his bloc of Democrats would vote for the final bill if Obama signed an executive order barring federal funding of abortion under the bill. [28] The deal resulted in the final bill being passed in the House by a vote of 219–212. [29]
Obama supports embryonic stem cell research and was a co-sponsor [15] of the 2005 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act which was passed by both houses of Congress but vetoed by President Bush. Obama condemned Bush's veto, saying, "Democrats want this bill to pass. Conservative, pro-life Republicans want this bill to pass.
House of Representatives member pin for the 111th U.S. Congress Inauguration of Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2009. President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law, January 29, 2009. Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, July 13, 2009.
Democratic Senate leaders carved out an exception in 2013 for then-President Barack Obama's judicial nominees. Republicans responded when Trump held the White House by eliminating the filibuster ...
Through three televised debates, Obama and Keyes expressed opposing views on stem cell research, abortion, gun control, school vouchers, and tax cuts. [11] Obama was criticized by Keyes, as he had also been by rival pro-choice candidates in the Democratic primary, for a series of "present" votes on late-term abortion and parental notification ...
The elections also represent the first real test of the American electorate in terms of abortion views since last year’s midterm congressional elections, when Republicans saw their “red wave ...
Barack Obama sponsored 147 bills from January 4, 2005 until November 16, 2008. Two became law. [1] This figure does not include bills to which Obama contributed as cosponsor, such as the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 or the Lugar-Nunn Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006.
Woman files federal complaint over state abortion law "I pledge to you, when Congress passes a bill to put back in place the protections of Roe v. ... Plenty big ticket votes await Oklahomans in ...