FC: Democrats move to defeat GOP-backed ban on Net-gambling

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/09/26/2052211&mode=thread
   Democrats Rally to Defeat Gambling Ban
   posted by cicero on Tuesday September 26, @03:33PM
   from the doing-the-right-thing-for-the-wrong-reasons dept.

   Democrats are rallying to defeat a Republican-backed ban on
   Internet gambling. Four top Dems wrote a letter yesterday
   (attached below) instructing their colleagues in the
   House not to go along with the GOP scheme: "[It] should not be brought
   to the floor." This could mean the end of the recently-rewritten
   Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, championed by Virginia's prudish
   Bob Goodlatte, who had hoped to bring it to the floor for a vote this
   week or next. The move originates in election-year politics, but the
   Democrats, including Minority Whip David Bonior, do correctly point
   out the bill is a rotgut idea.

A copy of the letter:
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/09/26/2052211&mode=thread 




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