Today the president vetoed the bi-partisan legislation passed by Congress calling for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.  "America was founded on the principle that we are all created equal, and endowed by our Creator with the right to life," Bush told a gathering of embryonic stem cell research opponents.  The legislation, which was passed in the Senate yesterday, was supported by both pro-choice and pro-life members of Congress.  The United Church of Christ and many other Christians (conservative evangelicals and mainline Protestants) also supported the legislation.

Here is a rundown of how the Senate voted:

Democrats - Yes

Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Joseph Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Robert Byrd, Maria Cantwell, Thomas Carper, Hillary Clinton, Kent Conrad, Mark Dayton, Christopher Dodd, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Russell Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Harkin, Daniel Inouye, Tim Johnson, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Blanche Lincoln, Robert Menéndez, Barbara Mikulski, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller, Kenneth Salazar, Paul Sarbanes, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden

Democrats - No

Ben Nelson

Republicans - Yes

Lamar Alexander, Robert Bennett, Richard Burr, Lincoln Chafee, Thad Cochran, Susan Collins, Bill Frist, Judd Gregg, Orrin Hatch, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Trent Lott, Richard Lugar, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, Gordon Smith, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, John Warner

Republicans - No

Wayne Allard, George Allen, Kit Bond, Sam Brownback, Jim Bunning, Conrad Burns, Saxby Chambliss, Tom Coburn, Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, Larry Craig, Michael Crapo, Jim DeMint, Mike DeWine, Elizabeth Dole, Pete Domenici, John Ensign, Michael Enzi, Lindsey Graham, Charles Grassley, Chuck Hagel, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Jon Kyl, Mel Martinez, Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Rick Santorum, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, John Sununu, Jim Talent, Craig Thomas, John Thune, David Vitter, George Voinovich

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