"Would those voting against the stem cell bill waive their rights to future cures?"

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Rep. Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, warned that if Congress does not override a Bush veto this time, "this will be remembered as a Luddite Moment in American history, where fear triumphed over hope and ideology triumphed over science."

Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat from Illinois, wondered aloud - not seriously, he assured - whether those voting against the bill would be willing to waive their right to access the cures that would come from the work.

When the final vote was tallied, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, took to the podium and announced with apparent glee, "The bill is passed!"

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