Frank bill at 50 co-sponsors

[The Buzz]

Barney Frank's attempts to overturn the UIGEA may have been pushed back to September, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been getting support for his bill.

According to CasinoGamblingWeb, who have done a great job of covering Frank's bill, Michigan representative John Conyers (D) has been added as a co-sponsor. That brings the total of co-sponsors to 49.

"Politicians are really being forced by the people they represent to get behind this legislation," said observer Lenny Gray, "online poker players want their freedom to play without government interference, and they are starting to contact their representatives with that request."

[Anthony]

The more the merrier!

[JamieF]

That Good news.

I am curious to hear US affiliates opinion on a thought I had.

If the legislation was over turned tomorrow and the casinos and poker rooms etc started accepting US players again.

How quickly do you think you could return to your previous earning levels before UIGEA was introduced? Or do you think that you will never earn the same amount of commissions as you did before UIGEA?

[The Buzz]

Barney Frank's efforts to regulate gambling in the U.S. have slowly gained steam, as there are now 50 members of Congress signed on as co-sponsors of the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act.

Casino City has the full press release, as well as every member of Congress who has signed on:

Alaska
· Don Young (R At-Large)

Arizona
· Raul Grijalva (D 7th)

California
· Michael Thompson (D 1st)
· George Miller (D 7th)
· Michael Honda (D 15th)
· Linda Sanchez (D 39th)
· Bob Filner (D 51st)

Colorado
· Jared Polis (D 2nd)
· Ed Perlmutter (D 7th)

Connecticut
· Joe Courtney (D 2nd)

Florida
· Robert Wexler (D 19th)
· Alcee Hastings (D 23rd)

Hawaii
· Neil Abercrombie (D 1st)

Idaho
· Walt Minnick (D 1st)

Illinois
· Luis Gutierrez (D 4th)
· Bill Foster (D 14th)

Indiana
· Andre Carson (D 7th)

Massachusetts
· James McGovern (D 3rd)
· Barney Frank (D 4th)
· Michael Capuano (D 8th)
· William Delahunt (D 10th)

Michigan
· John Conyers (D 14th)

Nevada
· Shelley Berkley (D 1st)

New Hampshire
· Paul Hodes (D 2nd)

New Jersey
· Robert Andrews (D 1st)
· Frank LoBiondo (R 2nd)
· John Adler (D 3rd)
· Steven Rothman (D 9th)

New York
· Tim Bishop (D 1st)
· Steve Israel (D 2nd)
· Peter King (R 3rd)
· Carolyn McCarthy (D 4th)
· Gary Ackerman (D 5th)
· Joseph Crowley (D 7th)
· Jerrold Nadler (D 8th)
· Edolphus Towns (D 10th)
· Mike McMahon (D 13th)
· Charles Rangel (D 15th)
· Paul Tonko (D 21st)

North Carolina
· Melvin Watt (D 12th)

Ohio
· Steve Driehaus (D 1st)
· Tim Ryan (D 17th)

Oregon
· Earl Blumenauer (D 3rd)

Tennessee
· Steve Cohen (D 9th)

Texas
· Ron Paul (R 14th)
· Ciro Rodriguez (D 23rd)

Virginia
· Bobby Scott (D 3rd)
· Tom Perriello (D 5th)
· James Moran (D 8th)

Washington
· Jim McDermott (D 7th)

[casinojack]

Damn republicans, sign the damn thing!!!

[JohnV]

Excuse my ignorance of the whole political system in the US, but why is it that the democrats are for this and the republicans apparently against. Don't republican ideals fit in more with the you should be able to do what ever you want attitude, or is it late and I need to go to bed?