1) They banned using ANY equipment or resources payed for with ANY federal dollars in stem cell research (and very strictly enforced it). Since many labs have to share equipment between projects, this effectively banned most stem cell research.
2) They had direct ties to the Discovery Institute, the main force behind the Intelligent Design Creationism pseudoscience movement.
3) And whether or not there's a vast pro-AGW conspiracy, that doesn't excuse interfering with publication of climate science from NASA.
2) They had direct ties to the Discovery Institute, the main force behind the Intelligent Design Creationism pseudoscience movement.
3) And whether or not there's a vast pro-AGW conspiracy, that doesn't excuse interfering with publication of climate science from NASA.
And that's just off the top of my head, fortunately I haven't thought about this in a while. For more info: http://www.amazon.com/Republican-War-Science-Chris-Mooney/dp...