# House votes 415-2 on bill to reauthorize the National Marrow Donor Program. Guess which two voted nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154 "2021-04-16T16:56:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/22 "2021-04-16T23:02:07Z")
It was a typo but thanks to you I’m leaning into it. That’s how I’ll think of her now. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/23 "2021-04-17T00:25:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > From Newsweek: "In a statement, Rep. Greene’s spokesman Nick Dyer said: “Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue by taxpayers. It opens the door for the NIH to use this bill to research the remains of babies who were murdered in the womb.” > > I’d expect Greene to vote against comprehensive highway funding legislation too, since there apparently will be nothing in the bill prohibiting money from going to finance research using aborted fetal tissue. When she uses the HoR dining hall, the server should refuse to bring her food because there will be nothing in her order prohibiting money from going to finance research using aborted fetal tissue. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/24 "2021-04-17T00:27:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Am I the only one who reads MGT as maggot? Where do you see MGT? Who are they referring to? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/25 "2021-04-17T00:31:55Z")
First response to the OP made a typo, referring to Marjorie Taylor Greene as MGT instead of MTG. It’s about the most beautiful typo I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/26 "2021-04-17T00:33:58Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > No such thing as bad attention. Let me guess - you’re in advertising. Of course there is such a thing as bad attention. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/27 "2021-04-17T00:45:51Z")
Didn’t you ever hear, “When I’m good, I’m good. When I’m bad, I’m very good”? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/28 "2021-04-17T02:49:19Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Didn’t you ever hear, “When I’m good, I’m good. When I’m bad, I’m very good”?- “When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.” - Mae West ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/29 "2021-04-17T07:49:25Z")
That’s it! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/30 "2021-04-17T17:40:59Z")
I’m going to speculate that the only reason Matt Gaetz and Jim “The Shirt” Jordan aren’t on record as voting “nay” is that Gaetz is in hiding, hoping for the sex trafficking and pedophelia allegations blow over, and The Shirt is busy ranting somewhere about Dr. Fauci being a Nazi. There are some real bright lights there, among the House Republicans, with brains apparently operated by windup clock springs. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/31 "2021-04-17T21:53:32Z")
Thanks for reminding me that I had a [picture](https://schumanchu.eu/html/r1/r1_00147soylent~greene.html) to finish. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/32 "2021-04-17T21:56:25Z")
I’m not in advertising. Those members of Congress were elected to own the libs. Look what a good job they’re doing! Their constituents will eat it up. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/33 "2021-04-17T22:10:08Z")
Boebert voted against it since the bill doesn’t allow her to shoot the marrow out of the donor. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/34 "2021-04-19T16:50:32Z")
Interesting piece on this just showed up on Madowblog > [@](#): > > And why, pray tell, did they cast this vote, knowing that the bill would easily pass anyway? Boebert [published](https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/16/lauren-boebert-congress-bone-marrow/) a tweet on Friday that read in part, “I’m not voting for bills that don’t go through committee.” While it’s true that the bill didn’t get a committee hearing, that’s because the programs the bill reauthorizes already exist – and already work. There wasn’t anything for lawmakers to discuss at the committee level, which is why 415 members voted for it. > > But even more interesting was the statement Greene’s office sent to the _Daily Beast_ , [complaining](https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-and-lauren-boebert-invent-reasons-to-vote-against-bone-marrow-bill?ref=home), “Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue by taxpayers. It opens the door for the [National Institutes of Health] to use this bill to research the remains of babies who were murdered in the womb.” > > The same report [explained](https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-and-lauren-boebert-invent-reasons-to-vote-against-bone-marrow-bill?ref=home), this reasoning doesn’t make a lot sense. Greene’s office was apparently under the impression that the TRANSPLANT Act relates to fetal tissue and/or embryonic stem cells. It does not. > **[Why did some Republicans oppose the National Marrow Donor Program?](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-did-some-republicans-oppose-national-marrow-donor-program-n1264493)** > > Why would two Republicans vote against a bill to reauthorize the National Marrow Donor Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154/35 "2021-04-19T16:56:32Z")
“[Why did some Republicans oppose the National Marrow Donor Program?” Really, you don’t need a whole article on this. The answer is simple: “Because They Are Stupid.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-votes-415-2-on-bill-to-reauthorize-the-national-marrow-donor-program-guess-which-two-voted-nay/940154.md?page=1)