There has been a modest decline since 2008 in support for requiring better fuel efficiency for vehicles, increasing federal funding for research on alternative energy and spending more on mass transit. (pewresearch.org)
As such, he said, it breaks the law at the center of the case: the Dickey Wicker amendment, which bars federal funding for research in which human embryos are destroyed. (blogs.nature.com)
Since 2001, the United States has banned federal funding for research on all but a few lines of embryonic cells. (minnpost.com)