MORAN SUPPORT FOR IGREA CONFIRMED

2 November 2007

Barney Frank's proposal now has 40 co-sponsors


Claims that Virginia Congressman Jim Moran has signed up as a co-sponsor for Barney Frank's HR 2046 Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (see previous InfoPowa reports) have now been confirmed.

The Democrat from Virginia joined the IGREA roll of political support last Thursday.

Now in his ninth term in the House, Moran's voting record shows that previously he has opposed online gambling, voting in 2003 to pass a ban on Internet gambling using a credit card. Late last year he was one of the many 'yes' votes that pushed the unpopular Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act through Congress in an infamous midnight session on the brink of a recess, attached to an unrelated security bill.

In more recent times, Representative Moran seems to have taken a more balanced position, becoming a co-sponsor for Representative Robert Wexler's Skill Game Protection Act in July this year.

Representative Moran is a member of the Appropriations Committee where he serves on the Defense Subcommittee and the Interior Subcommittee. He brings the total cosponsors for IGREA up to 40.

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)
Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)
Julia Carson (D-Ind.)
William lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)
William Delahunt (D-Mass.)
Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)
Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
Michael Honda (D-Calif.)
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
Peter King (R-N.Y.)
Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
James McGovern (D-Mass.)
Charlie Melancon (D-La.)
James Moran (D-Va.)
Ron Paul (R-Texas)
Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)
Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)
Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)
Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)
Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
Robert Scott (D-Va.)
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)
Albert Wynn (D-Md.)
Don Young (R-Alaska)

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