Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is speaking right now just spoke a little while ago … he\’s a friend of poker!
Jackson is one of four cosponsor\’s to Rep. Pete Sessions\’ (R-TX) HR 6663. That bill, of course, is the most straightforward fix to the UIGEA — simply limiting its reach to online sports gambling — yet one of the more controversial because of, um, politics.
Perhaps shockingly, he didn\’t mention anything about the critical importance of being able to easily compete in online WSOP satellites in his five minutes he had to address the world … but hey, that\’s where we stand: We have a young, pre-introductory Day 1 speaker to the Democratic party (his debut performance on such a stage) aware of our issues and philosophically on our side, though not exactly the way the PPA would like him to be.
