Sessions is pro-life and was one of 37 Senators to vote against funding for embryonic stem cell research.

In 2007, Oberstar was one of 16 Democrats who voted against federal funding for stem cell research.

In December 1995, the Millennium Commission decided against lottery-money funding for the project.

We are against the arming and funding of our enemies and the negotiation with them.

He voted against continued funding to Planned Parenthood, a national women's reproductive health care provider that also performs abortions.

As the committee voted against full funding, it approved the overall $16.2-billion bill to finance other foreign operations.

Recently, he has also spoken against extensive government subsidies and funding for crown corporations.

In May 2007, he voted in the Senate against continued funding for the Iraq war.

But the growing tide of American conservatism, begun in the 1950s, eventually led to a populist backlash against federal funding of social research.

During challenging economic times, voting against vital funding for a wide range of priorities would be counterproductive.