| Posted by: Got2Bet at February 15, 2006, 11:04 am | | Topic: Goodlatte to reintroduce prohibition legislation ... Forum: Winner Online |
Can you say "buzzards"? Talk about an easy way to lay the blame on scapegoats who are already dead and gone...
Needless to say, I don't think this approach is going to win them any more friends inside or outside Congress.
My bet, as it has been in past years, is that the status quo will remain unchanged - in other words, no new laws affecting online gambling this year.
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| Posted by: ian_go at February 15, 2006, 10:48 am | | Topic: Goodlatte to reintroduce prohibition legislation ... Forum: Winner Online |
igamingnews.com
Goodlatte to Make His Move Thursday
U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., has announced plans to reintroduce his Internet Gambling Prohibition Act on Thursday. A media alert released from Goodlatte's office this afternoon links the failure of Goodlatte's previous attempts to pass prohibitory legislation in the 106th (1999-2000) and 107th Congresses (2001-2002) to Jack Abramoff's "campaign of misinformation."
Goodlatte's office notes that the original Internet Gambling Prohibition Act received support from more than 60 percent of the House but lacked the necessary sixty-seven percent required by suspension calendar rules.
Various Republican Congressmen have in recent weeks discussed reform as a means to distance themselves from and correct the political scandals involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX). Amid allegations that the oting on I-gaming prohibition bills in 2000 was tainted b... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: i-gami at February 14, 2006, 8:07 pm | | Topic: Goodlatte to reintroduce prohibition legislation ... Forum: Winner Online |
CONGRESSMAN GOODLATTE REINTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT ONLINE GAMBLING
WHO: Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Frank Wolf (R-VA), other Members of Congress (invited).
WHAT: Congressman Goodlatte will announce the reintroduction of his Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. This legislation, which was previously introduced in the 106th and 107th Congresses, was derailed after Jack Abramoff led a lobbying effort against the legislation. The original legislation received support from more than sixty percent of the House of Representatives but fell ictim to Abramoff’s campaign of misinformation and lacked the two-thirds required for passage under suspension of the rules. Abramoff’s total disregard for the legislative process has allowed Internet gambling to continue thriving and it’s now a $12 billion industry. The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act is ital to protect our children and communities from the problems of addiction, crime, bankruptcy, and family difficult... | | Read Entire Entry |
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