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Gary Bauer, chairman of the political action committee Campaign for Working Families, agreed: "It will be important for those of us who care about these issues to keep the pressure on the White House to nominate the right judges."

On November 14, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved two nominees whose confirmations had been delayed by Democrats: Judge Dennis Shedd and University of Utah law school professor Michael McConnell. The full Senate approved both Shedd and McConnell in late November.

Another key objective for social conservatives is a ban on all forms of human cloning. The Republican-controlled House passed a complete ban in July 2001. The going has been tougher in the Senate, where Democrats have held sway.

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, introduced legislation in 2001 to ban cloning for reproduction as well as for medical research—so-called therapeutic cloning. The bill stalled last year after Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, opted to support legislation by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California. Her bill allows therapeutic cloning. A Brownback aide said the senator plans to reintroduce the legislation early in 2003.

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Previous coverage of the 2002 midterm elections includes:

White House Reportedly Asks Conservatives Not to Aggravate Democrats | Will White House stall prolife measures? (November 12, 2002)

Religion, Abortion Keys to Republican Wins and Agenda, Say Pundits | Election 2002: What happened? What's next? (November 8, 2002)

Election Day Jitters | Low voter turnout may hinder profamily agenda. (Sept. 20, 2002)

Midterm Exams | GOP, Democrats count on religious vote for congressional campaigns. (Jan. 29, 2002)

Additional coverage and commentary of the election results includes:

GOP Looks To Move Its Social Agenda—The Washington Post (Nov. 25, 2002)

The GOP, supported by Christian conservative voters, can hit hard—Marvin Olasky, World (Nov. 16, 2002)

Lott's Promise to Bring Up Abortion Worries Bush Aides—The Washington Post (Nov. 12, 2002)

Shift in Senate control lifts hopes of pro-lifers—The Washington Times (Nov. 12, 2002)

Religious vote credited in GOP wins—The Washington Times (Nov. 7, 2002)

Ga. Effort Shows GOP Strengths—The Washington Post (Nov. 7, 2002)

The Democrats Get Trashed—Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post (Nov. 7, 2002)

Without a vision, you lose elections—Jim Wallis, Sojourners (Nov. 7, 2002)

Quackenbush Switches Political Parties—KAMR (Nov. 6, 2002)

Democrats have only themselves to blame—Joe Conason, Salon.com (Nov. 6, 2002)

PBA Ban, Bank on It, Lott Says—AgapePress (Nov. 6, 2002)

For additional coverage of U.S. politics see Christianity Today'sPolitics and Law archive and Yahoo full coverage.

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