The National MS Society regrets the President's decision to veto the
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R. 810) and the failure
of Congress to override the veto. However, your passion, drive and
hard work was not ignored and did in fact increase support, educate our
politicians and move others to act in favor of this legislation. The
tremendous bipartisan support we saw during the movement of this bill
proved that our voices were heard. H.R. 810 passed the House by a vote
of 238-194 and the Senate 63-37. We thank the entire MS Action Network
for the thousands of last-minute calls and e-mails to your elected
officials in support of this legislation. In addition, we are thanking
the many legislators who supported people with MS and voted for H.R.
810. Our quest for a cure certainly does not end here. The Society
believes it is important to keep the door open to all possibilities and
not to limit the potential of stem cell research for people with MS.
We anticipate that this issue will be pursued during the next
legislative year.