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By Kevin Drawbaugh - Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:45AM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, said on Tuesday he would introduce a bill next week to overturn a three-year-old U.S. ban on Internet gambling.
The legislation, likely to be opposed by anti-gambling Republicans, would overturn a law imposed during the Bush administration that has hurt U.S. trade ties with the European Union. Frank said the bill was being drafted this week.
"We'll be introducing it next week and I plan to move on it," said Frank, a Democrat, speaking at the Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit in Washington.
The bill had been expected earlier, but Frank said his committee has been busy with other measures addressing the credit crisis and .....
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Just a p.s. to add... NOW is the time to write, phone, email, your representatives! All you may get is a canned/form response, but do it anyway! Let's gooooo!!!
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