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The Two Santorum Bills

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

July 18, 2006 9:01 PM

His two stem-cell bills, one on alternative research funding, cosponsored with Arlen Specter, and another banning fetal farming, cosponsored with Sam Brownback, have passed the Senate without opposition. The bill the president will veto tomorrow has just passed 63-37 — not enough for an override.

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