Original sentence: As a State Senator, he was one of 14 legislators to vote against the creation of a cigarette tax for the purpose of funding stem cell research (S2649, 06/27/05).In May of 2006, when the issue came before the State Senate again, he opposed a cigarette tax which would fund stem cell research (S1471, 05/18/06), and then, 42 days later, he again voted for stem cell funding (S1091, 06/30/06) not derived from a tax on cigarettes.Six months later, he voted for stem cell funding which did not involve a cigarette tax (S2913, 12/05/05)
Edited sentence: As a State Senator, he was one of only 14 legislators to vote against the creation of a cigarette tax for the purpose of funding stem cell research (S2649, 06/27/05).In May of 2006, he was again among only a handful of senators to oppose a cigarette tax which would fund stem cell research (S1471, 05/18/06), and then, 42 days later, he again voted for stem cell funding (S1091, 06/30/06).Nevertheless, six months later, he voted for stem cell funding which did not involve a cigarette tax (S2913, 12/05/05)