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Dick Durbin: “I ask the minority leader: Does this stem cell research bill, H.R. 810, which passed the House in a bipartisan fashion…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2006
I ask the minority leader: Does this stem cell research bill, H.R. 810, which passed the House in a bipartisan fashion, enjoy bipartisan support in the Senate? Does it have cosponsorship on both sides of the aisle? Is this strictly a Democratic issue?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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