FRANK ONLINE GAMBLING BILL SUPPORT SURGES
31 July 2009
50 Congressman now on the side of online
gambling regulation in the USA
Congressman Barney Frank's proposed legislation to
regulate and license online gambling in the United
States has reached the 50 co-sponsor mark.
HR
2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer
Protection and Enforcement Act has built up an
impressive head of steam since its launch in May this
year, and is currently on hold pending a gap in the
heavy Congressional workload brought about by the
international economic crisis.
As indicated in
prior InfoPowa reports, there are now many senior
ranking politicians in the bipartisan co-sponsors group
for the bill, including George Miller (D-CA), chairman
of the Committee on Education and Labor, John Conyers
(D-MI), chairman of the Committee of the Judiciary,
Charles Rangel (D-NY), chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means, Edolphus Towns (D-NY), chairman of the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Pete King
(R-NY), ranking member of the Homeland Security
Committee and Ron Paul (R-TX), vice-chairman of the
Oversight and Investigations subcommittee.
Earlier independent analyses showed that collecting
taxes on regulated Internet gambling would allow the
U.S. to capture much-needed revenue in an amount ranging
from $48.6 billion (excluding online sports gambling) to
$62.7 billion (including online sports gambling) over
the next decade.
The following is a complete list
of co-sponsors thus far:
Alaska
Don Young (R
At-Large)
Arizona
Raul Grijalva (D 7th)
California
Michael Thompson (D 1st)
George
Miller (D 7th)
Michael Honda (D 15th)
Linda
Sanchez (D 39th)
Bob Filner (D 51st)
Colorado
Jared Polis (D 2nd)
Ed Perlmutter (D
7th)
Connecticut
Joe Courtney (D 2nd)
Florida
Robert Wexler (D 19th)
Alcee Hastings
(D 23rd)
Hawaii
Neil Abercrombie (D 1st)
Idaho
Walt Minnick (D 1st)
Illinois
Luis Gutierrez (D 4th)
Bill Foster (D 14th)
Indiana
Andre Carson (D 7th)
Massachusetts
James McGovern (D 3rd)
Barney Frank (D 4th)
Michael Capuano (D 8th)
William Delahunt (D 10th)
Michigan
John Conyers (D 14th)
Nevada
Shelley Berkley (D 1st)
New Hampshire
Paul
Hodes (D 2nd)
New Jersey
Robert Andrews (D
1st)
Frank LoBiondo (R 2nd)
John Adler (D 3rd)
Steven Rothman (D 9th)
New York
Tim
Bishop (D 1st)
Steve Israel (D 2nd)
Peter King
(R 3rd)
Carolyn McCarthy (D 4th)
Gary Ackerman
(D 5th)
Joseph Crowley (D 7th)
Jerrold Nadler (D
8th)
Edolphus Towns (D 10th)
Mike McMahon (D
13th)
Charles Rangel (D 15th)
Paul Tonko (D
21st)
North Carolina
Melvin Watt (D 12th)
Ohio
Steve Driehaus (D 1st)
Tim Ryan (D 17th)
Oregon
Earl Blumenauer (D 3rd)
Tennessee
Steve Cohen (D 9th)
Texas
Ron Paul
(R 14th)
Ciro Rodriguez (D 23rd)
Virginia
Bobby Scott (D 3rd)
Tom Perriello (D 5th)
James
Moran (D 8th)
Washington
Jim McDermott (D
7th)
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