5 more Congressmen sign up for Frank's HR 2046

Does anyone think that Rep. Barney Frank's homosexual reputation hurts Congressional support for the IGREA? I mean some conservative Congressmen who would otherwise support IGREA may not want their constituents hollering at them for joining a cause initiated by Barney Frank. Just wondering.

i don't know, but it sure looks partisan... I think I only see three Republicans on the list. I would guess that as the billl picks up momentum, and conservatives can make it 'their' issue of 'no govt. interference in personal lives'(yeah right) that a junior republican will introduce his own bill... things might get hammered out between them in committees and a resultant bi-partisan bill would imerge. Ah, I can dream can't I?
 
I do believe the fact Frank is openly Gay is going to influence public support by some conservative members of Congress.

But that is just my opinion. ;)
 
Barney's opponents....

BARNEY'S OPPONENTS

Washington political journal takes a snapshot of anti-online gambling elements

The Washington political journal Politico this week takes a look at the efforts of Congressman Barney Frank to garner support for his Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, and who opposes it.

The article gives an informed background to the proposed legislation, which seeks to licence and tax online gambling in the United States, protecting the players and effectively sidelining the anti-online gaming Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act passed last year. It also considers the impact of the Washington visit by 100 members of the 800 000 Poker Players' Alliance pressure group, and the counter attack that it may have triggered.

Opining that the odds are still not in PPAs favor, Politico claims that the organisation is facing a predictable head-to-head fight with family and evangelical organisations that say gambling leads to tragic addiction and compromises the moral fabric of the family.

"A more muscular counter, however, could come from a coalition of professional sports leagues from basketball to football that also oppose the bill," the author surmises, quoting Focus on Family spokesman Tom McClasky who says that although opponents accept that the Frank Bill has little chance of success in Congress, they're not about to take any chances with it.

McClasky called the Frank porposal somewhat ridiculous and raised concerns about the logistics of online gambling. There is the anonymity angle. You just do not know where the money is going.

Predictably, McClasky also attacks the PPA, asking where it obtains its funding and suggesting it could be obtained through unspecified "impure practices."

PPA's executive director John Pappas informed Politico that the bulk of the PPAs funding comes from the individual members. Membership costs $35, and many members contribute beyond their dues. Other funds come from trade association the Interactive Gaming Council, a non-profit association in Canada who's membership includes a variety of online gambling sites and foreign interests, including Curacao Internet Gaming Association. Greenberg Traurig, the notorious and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoffs former lobbying firm, is also a council member.

Aside from the family and evangelical groups, Politico correctly identifies powerful and well funded US national sports bodies as major opponents of online gambling.

"Sports leagues are also opposed to making online gambling legal, in part because of the possibility of scandals and corruption within the leagues," the article informs. All of the major sports leagues the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and the National Collegiate Athletic Association have consistently opposed sportsbetting, and as recently as last month issued a joint press statement saying: To maintain the integrity of our sports, we strongly back those who are enforcing the law against sports gambling. As the regulations are finalized, we will join others and work to ensure that foreign gambling operations cannot use the Internet to violate American gambling laws.

The sports and family-religious groups have supported on another against online gambling. Family groups are already appealing to members across the country to urge local lawmakers to defeat the Frank measure, which is still in committee.

The Politico piece says that one factor that could upend the [UIGEA] legislation is a trade dispute with Antigua over online gambling that could end up leaving the United States on the hook for billions of dollars. The World Trade Organisation recently ruled that the U.S. violated its international treaty commitments by going after offshore online gambling outfits without cracking down on American operators offering remote betting on horse and dog racing, currently exempted from UIGEA and other anti-online gambling laws.

Focus on the Family Actions Chad Hills believes family groups will prevail in the fight against online gambling, but Pappas argues that the only way families can truly be protected against unregulated gambling is to regulate it. We are losing the ability to protect our own consumers who are playing on those sites, said Pappas.
 
Another IGREA co-sponsor

IGREA RECORDS CO-SPONSOR 41

Oregon Congressman joins the pro-regulation ranks

HR 2046, the Internet Regulation and Enforcement Bill legislative proposal initiated by Representative Barney Frank which seeks to regulate and license online gambling in the United States has another co-sponsor - the 41st American politician to register his support.

Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer signed up to support the Bill this week and has a highly credible career in politics going back to 1972 when he served his first term in the Oregon House of Representatives, and was admitted to the US House of Representatives in 1996.

Congressman Bluemenauer serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Budget Committee, and the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Climate change, and is a staunch proponent of issues such as the environment, sustainable development and economic opportunity.

A lawyer by profession, the Representative holds law degrees from Lewis and Clark College in Portland.

The following is the current roll of political support for IGREA:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon)
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)
 
Congressman Bluemenauer serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Budget Committee, and the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Climate change

Excellent. And most notably, he is from one of the 11 states were online gambling is now specifically illegal!
 
And now there are 44!

IGREA HAS THREE MORE CO-SPONSORS

More political support for Barney

The Internet Gaming Regulation and Enforcement Act introduced earlier this year to regulate and license U.S. online gambling has been supported by a further three Congressmen, bring to 44 the total co-sponsors for the legislation, which was launched by Congressman Barney Frank.

The latest supporters to join the ranks of those who feel that regulation is the best way to protect US Internet players, and possibly resolve the looming WTO crisis are Representatives Robert E. Andrews (New Jersey), Adam Smith (Washington), and John B. Larson (Connecticut).

Robert Andrews has served Congress for ten terms and is a respected proponent of fiscal restraint, education, and national defence. He is the chairman of several Congressional committees, including those on Health, Employment, Labour and Pensions, and serves on others such as the House Armed Services committee, House Budget, Oversight and Investigations and Terrorism and Unconventional Threats. He is a strong supporter of women's rights, ending employment discrimination and civil rights.

Adam Smith from Washington state, infamous for its draconian state law on Internet gambling, has been a member of Congress since 1996 and is chairman of the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. He is also a key member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

John Larson is currently serving his fifth term in the House, and is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee which has jurisdiction over issues involving the US Tax Code, Trade Policy, Social Security and Medicare. He additionally serves on the Subcommittees on Trade, and Select Revenue Measures.

The following is the current roll of political support for IGREA:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
Robert E. Andrews (New Jersey)
Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon)
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.)
John B. Larson (Connecticut)
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.)
Adam Smith (Washington)
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)
 
Influential Congresswoman makes it 45!

REPRESENTATIVE TAUCHER MAKES IT 45 FOR IGREA

A nice Christmas present for US online gamblers

Congressman Barney Frank's Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act, which seeks to regulate and license online gambling in the United States, has another co-sponsor. Signing up this week, and bringing the total political support for the IGREA to 45, was Representative Ellen O. Taucher, a Democrat from California's District 10 who is in her sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Congresswoman Taucher is the influential Chairwoman of the House New Democrat Coalition, the largest centrist caucus in the House of Representatives. This committee is charged with enacting policies that maintain U.S. competitiveness, meet the challenges of globalisation, and strengthen national security. She is additionally a member of the Aviation sub-committee; the powerful Highways, Transit and Pipelines subcommittee and chairwoman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee.

Congresswoman Taucher is the third woman ever to chair an Armed Services Subcommittee, and she serves on the subcommittees of Air and Land Forces, and Oversight and Investigations, and is a member of the Water Resources and Environment subcommittee.

The Congresswoman was one of the few who voted against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act when it was rammed through Congress attached to unrelated security legislation just before the Congressional election recess late last year.

The discriminatory and protectionist UIGEA has wreaked economic and commercial damage in the billions outside the USA, and has placed America in conflict with other World Trade Organisation members, causing it to withdraw its GATT obligations and opening the country to the possibility of extensive compensation payments to affected nations. The deadline for a decision on the debacle by the WTO is today (Friday, December 14 2007)

The following is the full sponsorship list to date for Congressman Frank's IGREA:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)

John Larson (D-Conn.)

Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)

Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)

Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)

Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

Joe Baca (D-Calif.)

James McGovern (D-Mass.)

Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

Charlie Melancon (D-La.)

Howard Berman (D-Calif.)

James Moran (D-Va.)

Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

Ron Paul (R-Texas)

Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)

Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)

Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)

Julia Carson (D-Ind.)

Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)

William lacy Clay (D-Mo.)

Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)

Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

Robert Scott (D-Va.)

William Delahunt (D-Mass.)

Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)

Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)

Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)

Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)

Michael Honda (D-Calif.)

Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)

Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

Albert Wynn (D-Md.)

Peter King (R-N.Y.)

Don Young (R-Alaska)

Ellen Taucher (D-Cal)

Congressman Frank has re-emphasised how important it is for US players who want to see an end to the oppressive and impractical UIGEA to contact their political representatives and make known their feelings. This is one of the most effective ways in which further support for the Frank Bill and the regulation of US online gambling can be achieved.
 
Kyl getting worried

IS KYL NERVOUS ABOUT IGREA?

Recently promoted US politician enters AG letter in Congressional Record

The recently promoted Senator Jon Kyl has been active against online gambling again this week, going after Barney Frank's HR 2046 IGREA before it hits the political floor, and presumably worried about the growing number of co-sponsors the IGREA has accumulated (now 45)

On Tuesday this week (Dec. 18) Kyl wrote the following letter to Congressional leaders, asking that it be read into the record, accompanied by a letter decrying IGREA signed by 45 Attorneys General:

Mr. President,

I would like my colleagues to be aware of an important letter signed by 45 State attorneys general expressing "grave concerns'' about Representative Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, H.R. 2046.

The State attorneys general note that the recently enacted Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 has "effectively driven many illicit gambling operators from the American marketplace.'' The Frank bill "proposes to do the opposite, by replacing state regulations with a federal licensing program that would permit Internet gambling companies to do business with U.S. customers.''

A federal license would supersede any state enforcement action, because # 5387 in H.R. 2046 would grant an affirmative defense against any prosecution or enforcement action under any Federal or State law to any person who possesses a valid license and complies with the requirements of H.R. 2046.

This divestment of state gambling enforcement power is sweeping and unprecedented.

One final but very important point from the letter is the impact of the so-called "opt-out'' provisions. Specifically, the letter reads:

"The opt-outs may prove illusory. They will likely be challenged before the World Trade Organization. The World Trade Organization has already shown itself to be hostile to U.S. restrictions on Internet gambling . If it strikes down state opt-outs as unduly restrictive of trade, the way will be open to the greatest expansion of legalized gambling in American history and near total preemption of State laws restricting Internet gambling."

The Frank bill is unacceptable to the State attorneys general and it ought to be unacceptable to Members of Congress as well. I urge my colleagues to oppose the Frank bill or any similar proposals that would create a permissive Federal licensing scheme for Internet gambling .

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the letter from the National Association of Attorneys General.

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the
record.

The letter to which Senator Kyl refers comes from the National Association of Attorneys General and reads as follows:

Washington, DC, November 30, 2007.

Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker,
House of Representatives.

Hon. HARRY REID,
Majority Leader,
U.S. Senate.

Hon. JOHN BOEHNER,
Minority Leader,
House of Representatives.

Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL,
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate.

TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE:

We, the Attorneys General of our respective States, have grave concerns
about H.R. 2046, the ``Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of
2007.'' We believe that the bill would undermine States' traditional powers
to make and enforce their own gambling laws.

On March 21, 2006, 49 NAAG members wrote to the leadership of Congress:

"We encourage the United States Congress to help combat the skirting of
state gambling regulations by enacting legislation which would address
Internet gambling , while at the same time ensuring that the authority to
set overall gambling regulations and policy remains where it has
traditionally been most effective: at the state level.''

Congress responded by enacting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement
Act of 2006 (UIGEA), which has effectively driven many illicit gambling
operators from the American marketplace.

But now, less than a year later, H.R. 2046 proposes to do the opposite,
by replacing state regulations with a federal licensing program that would
permit Internet gambling companies to do business with U.S. customers. The
Department of the Treasury would alone decide who would receive federal
licenses and whether the licensees were complying with their terms. This
would represent the first time in history that the federal government would
be responsible for issuing gambling licenses.

A federal license would supersede any state enforcement action, because
5387 in H.R. 2046 would grant an affirmative defense against any
prosecution or enforcement action under any Federal or State law to any
person who possesses a valid license and complies with the requirements of
H.R. 2046. This divestment of state gambling enforcement power is sweeping
and unprecedented.

The bill would legalize Internet gambling in each State, unless the
Governor clearly specifies existing state restrictions barring Internet
gambling in whole or in part. On that basis, a State may ``opt out'' of
legalization for all Internet gambling or certain types of gambling .

However, the opt-out for types of gambling does not clearly preserve the
right of States to place conditions on legal types of gambling . Thus, for
example, if the State permits poker in licensed card rooms, but only between
10 a.m. and midnight, and the amount wagered cannot exceed $100 per day and
the participants must be 21 or older, the federal law might nevertheless
allow 18-year-olds in that State to wager much larger amounts on poker
around the clock.

Furthermore, the opt-outs may prove illusory. They will likely be
challenged before the World Trade Organization. The World Trade Organization
has already shown itself to be hostile to U.S. restrictions on Internet
gambling . If it strikes down state opt-outs as unduly restrictive of trade,
the way will be open to the greatest expansion of legalized gambling in
American history and near total preemption of State laws restricting
Internet gambling .

H.R. 2046 effectively nationalizes America's gambling laws on the
Internet , ``harmonizing'' the law for the benefit of foreign gambling
operations that were defying our laws for years, at least until UIGEA was
enacted. We therefore oppose this proposal, and any other proposal that
hinders the right of States to prohibit or regulate gambling by their
residents.

The letter is signed by 45 Attorneys General
 
...the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), which has effectively driven many illicit gambling operators from the American marketplace.

If it weren't so sad I'd laugh.

The only gambling operations that were driven out by the UIGEA, were the licensed, regulated public companies... The good outfits.

The bad guys are still here and more are coming everyday...

I think what these guys mean is; That if you do pass the IGREA the gambling companies that own us (horse racing, lottery and native casinos) will lose money.

On the bright side... The democrats truly HATE and DESPISE Kyle, most of them will oppose him, just on principal.
 
One final but very important point from the letter is the impact of the so-called "opt-out'' provisions. Specifically, the letter reads:

"The opt-outs may prove illusory. They will likely be challenged before the World Trade Organization. The World Trade Organization has already shown itself to be hostile to U.S. restrictions on Internet gambling . If it strikes down state opt-outs as unduly restrictive of trade, the way will be open to the greatest expansion of legalized gambling in American history and near total preemption of State laws restricting Internet gambling."
Now all the sudden Kyl's worried about an internet gambling-related bill being compliant with the WTO? Of course no such concerns have ever been expressed by him for the UIGEA, even as it was leading to potentially billions of dollars in trade sanctions against the U.S.
 
More support for Wexler bill

MORE SUPPORT FOR ONLINE POKER BILL

New Jersey Congressman signs as co-sponsor of Wexler bill

Florida Congressman Robert Wexler's attempt to legalise poker in the United States received a pre-Christmas fillip this week when New Jersey Representative Robert E. Andrews signed up as the proposal's 21st co-sponsor.

Wexler's HR 2610 Skill Games Exemption bill has been steadily gaining support, perhaps overshadowed to some extent by the more wide-ranging Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement bill proposed by Congressman Barney Frank, which seeks to license and regulate online gambling generally in the United States (see previous InfoPowa reports)

HR2610 seeks to add poker to the list of exemptions to the UIGEA.

Representative Andrews is a seasoned politician currently serving his tenth Congressional term, with experience on committees such as Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness and Education and Labour, where he is currently chairman. The representative is also a member of the House Armed Services committee and subcommittees on Oversight and Investigations, Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and the Budget Committee.
 
And number 46 signs up!

DISTINGUISHED CONGRESSMAN SIGNS UP FOR IGREA

46th US Representative to support legalisation and licensing of online gambling in the US

Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act HR 2046 (IGREA) has it's first 2008 political support this week following the decision by Congressman George Miller to support the licencing and regulation of online gambling in the United States.

Congressman Miller becomes the 46th Congressman to sign up for the proposal, which if successful could make the UIGEA largely redundant.

Miller is a respected and distinguished politician who entered Congress in 1974 and is currently serving his 17th term, where he is chairman of the House Education and Labour Committee, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee and chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee.

His interests include Retirement and Health Benefits for Americans, furthering Innovation and Technology, Science and Education and strengthening America's economy to create good jobs that stay in the country.

The Congressman is one of the four original authors of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and is leading the effort to review the law to make it more fair, flexible and better funded. He is also the author of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act - the single largest expansion for federal financial aid for college since the GI Bill.

The following is the full sponsorship list to date for Congressman Frank's IGREA:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)

John Larson (D-Conn.)

Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)

George Miller (???)

Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)

Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)

Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

Joe Baca (D-Calif.)

James McGovern (D-Mass.)

Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

Charlie Melancon (D-La.)

Howard Berman (D-Calif.)

James Moran (D-Va.)

Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

Ron Paul (R-Texas)

Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)

Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)

Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)

Julia Carson (D-Ind.)

Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)

William lacy Clay (D-Mo.)

Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)

Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

Robert Scott (D-Va.)

William Delahunt (D-Mass.)

Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)

Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)

Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)

Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)

Michael Honda (D-Calif.)

Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)

Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

Albert Wynn (D-Md.)

Peter King (R-N.Y.)

Don Young (R-Alaska)

Ellen Taucher (D-Cal)

Congressman Frank has re-emphasised how important it is for US players who want to see an end to the oppressive and impractical UIGEA to contact their political representatives and make known their feelings. This is one of the most effective ways in which further support for the Frank Bill and the regulation of US online gambling can be achieved.
 
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California, I believe.

Link Removed ( Old/Invalid) (D-California, 7th Congressional District)
 
And Congressman Bishop makes it 47!

NUMBER 47 JOINS BARNEY'S ONLINE GAMBLING INITIATIVE

New York Democrat signs up to support regulated online gambling in the United States

The second US politician this year has signed up for House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank's proposal to regulate and tax online gambling in the USA, bringing total political support for the legislation to 47 co-sponsors.

HR 2046, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) has been steadily gaining momentum as the inadequacies of existing regulation designed to cripple the financial transactions associated with the pastime become more apparent.

IGREA's 47th co-sponsor is Congressman Tim Bishop, who represents the 1st District of New York State and is serving his third term in office. The former Provost of Southampton College currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives committees on Budget, Education and Labour, and Transportation and Infrastructure.

He lists his political priorities as fighting for the rights of middle class families and seniors, strengthening education, safeguarding the environment, and securing the homeland.

The following is the full sponsorship list to date for Congressman Frank's IGREA:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)

John Larson (D-Conn.)

Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)

Tim Bishop (D - N.Y.)

George Miller (D - CAL)

Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)

Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)

Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

Joe Baca (D-Calif.)

James McGovern (D-Mass.)

Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

Charlie Melancon (D-La.)

Howard Berman (D-Calif.)

James Moran (D-Va.)

Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

Ron Paul (R-Texas)

Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)

Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)

Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)

Julia Carson (D-Ind.)

Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)

William lacy Clay (D-Mo.)

Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)

Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

Robert Scott (D-Va.)

William Delahunt (D-Mass.)

Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)

Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)

Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)

Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)

Michael Honda (D-Calif.)

Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)

Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

Albert Wynn (D-Md.)

Peter King (R-N.Y.)

Don Young (R-Alaska)

Ellen Taucher (D-Cal)
 
Nadler makes it 48

NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN JOINS IGREA SUPPORTERS

There are now 48 co-sponsors for Barney Frank's legislative attempt to regulate online gambling in the USA

The Congressional representative for the 8th District of New York, Jerrold Nadler, became the 48th co-sponsor of Congressman Barney Frank's HR 2046 Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act this week, seeking to regulate online gambling in the United States.

Nadler signed in a week where a Congressional hearing heard financial institutions, politicians, pressure groups and even government officials describe anti-online gambling legislation currently in force as confusing, impractical and impossible to enforce.

Now serving his 9th term in Congress, Representative Nadler speaks for the 8th District of New York which includes part of Manhattan's West Side, Lower Manhattan, and areas of Brooklyn.

Highly respected in the House of Representatives, he is a member of Frank's House Judiciary Committee, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is chairman of the influential Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee, which oversees issues relating to freedom of expression and religion, personal privacy and the correct observance by the authorities of due process. He also serves on the Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee.

The official website of Representative Nadler sums up his strong belief in the rights of Americans in asserting: "....there is nothing more fundamental to being an American than the assurance against unwarranted government interference in one's personal affairs."

The following is the full sponsorship list to date for Congressman Frank's IGREA:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)

John Larson (D-Conn.)

Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)

Tim Bishop (D - N.Y.)

George Miller (D - CAL)

Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)

Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)

Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

Joe Baca (D-Calif.)

James McGovern (D-Mass.)

Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

Charlie Melancon (D-La.)

Howard Berman (D-Calif.)

James Moran (D-Va.)

Jerrold Nadler (NY 8 District)

Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

Ron Paul (R-Texas)

Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)

Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)

Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)

Julia Carson (D-Ind.)

Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)

William lacy Clay (D-Mo.)

Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)

Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

Robert Scott (D-Va.)

William Delahunt (D-Mass.)

Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)

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