PROMOTION FOR ONLINE GAMBLING'S POLITICAL NEMESIS
14 December 2007
Arizona Senator moves up in the Republican
hierarchy
Online gambling's long standing arch-enemy, U.S.
Republican Jon Kyl (65), is on his way up according to
an article in the Arizona Republic this week. The
Senator from Arizona won an uncontested party election
to become the GOP's assistant leader, or minority whip.
The unanimous vote moved Kyl up the Republican ranks
from the number 3 spot and put him in charge of counting
votes and enforcing party discipline in a Senate
controlled by Democrats.....with a national election on
the horizon.
Kyl will replace Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, who
is resigning his seat at the end of the year.
"We have one leader, that's Mitch McConnell (of
Kentucky), and my job is assistant leader, and I
appreciate that point," Kyl said after the vote. "I
assured my colleagues that I would work as hard as
Trent, that I would do everything I could to assist our
leader in the work that we have to do in the remaining
days of this session and, of course, throughout the next
session."
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander beat out North
Carolina Senator Richard Burr to take Kyl's old job as
head of the Republican conference.
The promotion means Kyl will take over an office suite
just off the Senate floor, and it will significantly
increase the time and energy he must devote to
monitoring debate and parliamentary tactics in the
chamber. But he said his increased influence could put
him in a position to put legislation important to
Arizona higher on the Senate's agenda.
Kyl was elected to the Senate in 1994 and re-elected in
2000 and 2006. Previously, he had served four terms in
the House.
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