Frank Promises Online Gambling Bill Will Clear Busy Committee
Even before Barney Frank produced this year's version of his bill regulating online gambling, a cautionary word was being circulated about how soon Congress could address the issue, due to the extraordinary breadth of the economic material to be reviewed first. Now, Frank faces a mass of recession recovery legislation to discuss in the Financial Services Committee before discussion of online casino regulation can begin.
Still, Frank is gathering supporters for the bill, and promises that the proposal will have its time in committee, so that it will advance to the full House this year.
“We’ll get it done,” the Massachusetts Representative said.
Thirty-four Congressmen have signed on as co-sponsors to the Internet gambling legislation since its introduction two months ago. And since the bill was proposed, headlines have been made by European Union demands that the US drop its online casino ban, and by overzealous federal officials illegally grabbing online poker bank accounts.
The poker seizure in particular seems to have mobilized support for Frank and his measure. Representative Shelley Berkley said the move by the Department of Justice “shows the inappropriate excess of government power.”
“It was a terrible idea,” Frank said of the account seizures of online poker winnings. It marked the first time the US government had moved directly to injure residents participating in online gambling, something authorities had avoided to prevent the grass-roots swell for Internet gaming now occurring.
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