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Well considered post and a sound idea to keep attention tightly focused on fighting the efforts of Goodlatte, Leach and Kyl to ban online gambling in the USA.
In the past organisations like the IGC framed draft letters to politicians and widely publicised awareness and possible counter-measures. Perhaps they are gearing up for that again at present, but that does not stop individuals who feel strongly about the principles and possible repercussions of this sort of legislation from taking independent action.
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Professor,
Thanks for the link to the WSJ article. Reading that really did raise my awareness of how energized the opponents of internet gambling are in the US Congress this year. I've been procrastinating, but I'll be getting an email off to my representative ASAP expressing my strong opposition to HR 4777. I also concur with all the sentiments about trying to put our differences aside and uniting in this effort. As far as my earlier post that my Adelphia PA service might be blocking Bellerock casino downloads, I now don't believe that's what's going on. I was getting this error when clicking the download link: Quote:
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You may want to save this link in your "Favorites" folder. It is a daily roll-call of the votes made by the Members of the House of Representatives (number of "yeas", "nays", and "not voting".
It updates daily, and lists the issue/proposal voted on (the one vital to us will be H.R. 4777, of course). To see the specific tally of votes, click on the "Roll" number (first column). I still have not noticed anything yet, and I worked on the Daily Digest last night. Just thought I would provide this for the members, if you want to check periodically, on the status of the proposed bill. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/index.asp |
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Jetset, much respected here and very knowledgeable about the industry, posted that in the past the IGC et al raised awareness and published draft letters but he is unaware whether a similar effort is being mounted by them at present. This, again, might induce people to wait until the IGC comes up with some directives and loudly sounds the alarm. HR4777 is quite dangerous given the current climate in which outright banning of internet gambling might finally be passed. Yet, i don't sense a great sense of urgency to do something from what i have been reading in this thread. What's your take on it, Cynthia? |
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The Roll Call in the House of Representatives is an electronic voting machine that is used by each member in attendance (and some not physically present under special circumstances) to which they vote in favor of, or NOT in favor of, the proposed bill. A member can also decide to not cast their vote either way and just list "present" for their attendance. However, before the proposed bill can pass through the House and onto the next step in legislation, it has to be approved (voted YEA) by three-fifths of the Members.
It then goes onto the Senate for review and approval/disapproval, but generally has to have UNANIMOUS approval (this is where the likelihood of NOT passing the bill, or at least major time delays can happen - Senate can make changes/amendments to it, then would have to go BACK to the House for review, put on a calendar (future date) for review, and possibly conference between the two houses (House of Reps. and Senate). If the Senate should have unanimous approval without further consideration (it takes only one Senator to have a slight reservation, or want to amend some part of that bill) ... it would then go onto Budget Review and presentation to the President to approve or veto the bill (he has 10 days to do this, or if he does not sign action either way within the allotted time frame of 10 days, it automatically passes). It is stated that if a bill is not of a controversial nature (AND WE KNOW THIS IS NOT THE CASE! ... does it usually receive unanimous approval by the Senate and goes through "without a hitch", so to speak...The time to take action as far as presenting our opposition is now, while it is under review by the subcommittees and task forces, so I would hope that everyone is getting their letters together. Another word of advice, is better to send your correspondence via email, because of the heightened security measures in the Washington, DC, paper mail may be delayed (I personally would send both, even if it is delayed, it is still early, but at least you have your email responses in, and with the addition of the paper mail, this produces more volume of responses of opposition to this.) If a public hearing is arranged, the House has to give at least one week's notice before it takes place. I have not seen anything yet as far as dates, and I have checked various calendars and subcommittees. I will keep an eye out on this, and post as soon as I can make it available, and it certainly doesn't hurt for the members here to check those website links I provided earlier, in case I can't get to post here in time enough, etc. There is quite a bit of work still to be done in the process before it goes to the House and voted by Roll Call. We are somewhere around step 5-6 of the Legislative process and the Roll Call is Step 11. I have no doubt that organizations such as IGC will more than likely draft their opposition this time around as well. I have checked their site and the latest press release I noticed was Feb. 2006 when this bill was presented again, so I am sure that if they haven't already done so, it is in the works. |
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Thanks Cynthia777, some great posts there.
Here is another link that members can use to voice their opinion to their representatives. http://capwiz.com/pokerplayersallian...lertid=8522976 This is from "Poker Players Alliance" and the text is primarily poker focused, but you can edit this at will: fill out the address, choose "email" or "snail mail" and send it - it automatically goes to your rep. Pretty nifty. I would suggest people personalize their letters. You don't want these reps think that they are receiving some poker/casino spam ![]()
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Okay,
I've moved the postings that pertain directly to the Internet Prohibition Act to this new thread. If you want to keep commenting on the possible ISP blocking, US Constitution debate, APCW meltdown whatever, feel free to continue to post this stuff in the other thread. I want to use this thread as reference and discussion on the Internet Prohibition Act only. Thanks!
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Imminent Senate Action?
I think we need to keep our eye on the US Senate now too. There's a report in today's Las Vegas Review-Journal that Senator Kyl may introduce a similar ban this week on the Senate floor.
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Cynthia,
Do you know what's going on with this Kyl amendment at present? I caught the end of the Senate session today when leader Frist announced that the lobbying reform bill was being held up because of efforts to introduce a non-germane amendment. He said that a cloture vote was therefore being filed for Friday. Was that in fact the Kyl amendment on internet gambling that Frist was referring to? If so, that's good news that Frist is trying to kill it. |
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