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...compromise measure—the Travaglini-Lees amendment—cleared the legislature by a 105-92 vote last year, but would require reconfirmation by a majority of the 200-seat legislature this fall before it could reach the popular ballot...
Because the new proposal, unlike Travaglini-Lees, originated outside the legislature, it would require a lower threshold of support to reach the popular ballot: only one-quarter of the legislature needs to support the motion in consecutive sessions for it to pass through to the ballot...
Introduced in February by State Senate President Robert E. Travaglini, the bill immediately generated controversy—Mass. Governor W. Mitt Romney vowed to veto it, arguing that creating embryos for scientific purposes could destroy human lives. Yet the bill sailed through the House and the Senate, easily surpassing the two-thirds margin necessary to override Romney’s veto...
...addition to Summers’ efforts, Harvard scientists have also supported the political cause of stem cell research. Many lobbied and testified in support of the Travaglini bill before members of the Mass. state legislature—a fact which Travaglini’s office says was key to overturning Romney’s veto by a wide margin...
...according to Travaglini spokeswoman Ann C. Dufresne, Harvard scientists were “absolutely pivotal” in securing the passage of the recent legislation...