TENNESSEE CONGRESSMAN JOINS IGREA ROLL

19 October 2007

More support for Barney Franks' attempt to regulate online gambling in the USA


The latest American politician to join the fight against the unpopular Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act by signing on as a co-sponsor for Congressman Barney Franks's HR 2046 Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act is Representative Steve Cohen.

Representative Cohen hails from the Memphis - Shelby County in the state of Tennessee and becomes the 39th sponsor of a move to license, regulate and tax online gambling in the United States which has been slow to gather momentum but continues to gather political support.

A politician with a public service record that dates dack to the 'seventies, Cohen is a lawyer by profession who currently serves on the House Judiciary subcommittees for courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property and the Constitution and Civil Rights. He is also a supporter of the attempt to legalise poker as a skill game proposed by Representative Robert Wexler (see previous InfoPowa reports)

The following are the 39 cosponsors to date:

Neil Abercrombie Democrat Hawaii (808) 541-2570

Gary Ackerman Democrat New York (718) 423-2154

Joe Baca Democrat California (909) 885-2222

Shelly Berkley Democrat Nevada (702) 220-9823

Howard Berman Democrat California (818) 994-7200

Michael Capuano Democrat Massachusetts (617) 621-6208

Russ Carnahan Democrat Missouri (314) 962-1523

Julia Carson Democrat Indiana (317) 283-6516

Joseph Crowley Democrat New York (718) 779-1400

William Lacy Clay Democrat Missouri (314) 890-0349

Steve Cohen Democrat Tennessee

William Delahunt Democrat Massachusetts (617) 770-3700

Bob Filner Democrat California (619) 422-5963

Vito Fossella Republican New York (718) 356-8400

Raul Grijalva Democrat Arizona (520) 622-6788

Luis Gutierrez Democrat Illinois (773) 384-1655

Alcee Hastings Democrat Florida (954) 733-2800

Michael Honda Democrat California (408) 558-8085

Steve Israel Democrat New York (631) 951-2210

Peter King Republican New York (516) 541-4225

Carolyn McCarthy Democrat California (516) 739-3008

Jim McDermott Democrat Washington (206) 553-7170

James McGovern Democrat Massachusetts (508) 831-7356

Charlie Melancon Democrat Louisiana (225) 621-8490

Ron Paul Republican Texas (361) 576-1231

Ed Perlmutter Democrat Colorado (303) 274-7944

Ciro Rodriguez Democrat Texas (210) 922-1874

Steven Rothman Democrat New Jersey (201) 646-0808

Linda Sanchez Democrat California (562) 860-5050

Adam Schiff Democrat California (626) 304-2727

Bobby Scott Democrat Virginia (757) 380-1000

Bennie Thompson Democrat Mississippi (202) 225-5876

Edolphus Towns Democrat New York (718) 855-8018

Melvin Watt Democrat North Carolina (202) 225-1510

Anthony Weiner Democrat New York (718) 520-9001

Robert Wexler Democrat Florida (561) 988-6302

Lynn Woolsey Democrat California (707) 542-7182

Albert Russell Wynn Democrat Maryland (301) 773-4094

Don Young Republican Alabama (907) 271-5978

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