Poker Bill Passes Committee
One step closer to undoing the UIGEA
Word from the PPA about Barney Frank’s second attempt to pass a bill through his own committee:
(Sports betting looks to be out … but this could also be a pretty simple way to get poker back in …)
Statement by PPA Chairman D’Amato on Passage of H.R. 6870
Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2008) – Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 6870, the “Payment System Protection Act,†by the House Financial Services Committee.
“The PPA is pleased that the House Financial Services Committee today recognized the need to provide necessary clarification to what constitutes ‘unlawful Internet gambling’ under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) by passing H.R. 6870.
“This bipartisan compromise bill will rightfully advance the UIGEA to become immediately effective for such internet gambling that is clearly unlawful, namely sports betting. The legislation also appropriately requires a formal rulemaking, overseen by an administrative law judge, to provide the clarification requested by the Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve, among others, as to the definition of ‘unlawful Internet gambling.’
“Even those who oppose internet gambling should applaud the passage of this legislation as it provides the most realistic opportunity to block truly unlawful internet gambling transactions.
“The PPA congratulates the Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee on reaching this strong compromise bill, and we look forward to enactment of this sound public policy during this legislative session.
“We thank Chairman Frank for his continued leadership on this important issue of protecting individual rights and personal responsibility.â€
Kevin Mathers says:
September 16th, 2008 at 2:41pm
It passed 30-19, getting some of the Republicans and Democrats who voted no on the previous legislation.
DanM says:
September 16th, 2008 at 2:45pm
Do you have a roll-call vote list? Am curious to see who voted how … specifically Jeb Hensarling (R-TX).
Kevin Mathers says:
September 16th, 2008 at 3:03pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-JySKZHMk
Roll Call vote (in progress)
Hensarling voted no.
DanM says:
September 16th, 2008 at 3:17pm
Interesting … my old congressman (Dist. 5) totally flip-flopped. Here he is in April pretty much calling for all the previsions of this bill — virtually speaking the PPA talking points:
(about 45s in)
Kevin Mathers says:
September 16th, 2008 at 6:09pm
Here’s the votes of everyone on the Committee:
Ackerman, Gary (D) — Yes
Baca, Joe (D) — Yes
Bachmann, Michele (R) — No
Bachus, Spencer (R) — No
Barrett, J. Gresham (R) — No
Bean, Melissa (D) — Yes
Biggert, Judy (R) — Yes
Brown-Waite, Ginny (R) — No
Campbell, John (R) — No
Capito, Shelley Moore (R) — No
Capuano, Michael (D) — Yes
Carson, Andre (D) — no show
Castle, Michael (R) — No
Cazayoux, Don (D) — Yes
Childers, Travis (D) — no show
Clay, Wm. Lacy (D) — no show
Cleaver, Emanuel (D) — Yes
Davis, Geoff (R) — No
Davis, Lincoln (D) — no show
Donnelly, Joe (D) — no show
Ellison, Keith (D) — Yes
Feeney, Tom (R) — no show
Foster, Bill (D) — Yes
Frank, Barney (D) — Yes
Garrett, Scott (R) — No
Gerlach, Jim (R) — Yes
Green, Al (D) — Yes
Gutierrez, Luis (D) — Yes
Heller, Dean (R) — Yes
Hensarling, Jeb (R) — No
Hinojosa, Ruben (D) — no show
Hodes, Paul (D) — no show
Jones, Walter (R) — No
Kanjorski, Paul (D) — Yes
King, Peter (R) — Yes
Klein, Ron (D) — Yes
LaTourette, Steven (R) — No
Lucas, Frank (R) — No
Lynch, Stephen (D) — Yes
Mahoney, Timothy (D) — no show
Maloney, Carolyn (D) — no show
Manzullo, Donald (R) — no show
Marchant, Kenny (R) — no show
McCarthy, Carolyn (D) — no show
McCarthy, Kevin (R) — Yes
McCotter, Thaddeus (R) — no show
McHenry, Patrick (R) — no show
Meeks, Gregory (D) — No
Miller, Brad (D) — no show
Miller, Gary (R) — no show
Moore, Dennis (D) — Yes
Moore, Gwen (D) — Yes
Murphy, Christopher (D) — Yes
Neugebauer, Randy (R) — no show
Paul, Ron (R) — no show
Pearce, Steve (R) — No
Perlmutter, Ed (D) — Yes
Price, Tom (R) — no show
Pryce, Deborah (R) — Yes
Putnam, Adam (R) — No
Roskam, Peter (R) — No
Royce, Ed (R) — No
Scott, David (D) — No
Shays, Christopher (R) — Yes
Sherman, Brad (D) — Yes
Speier, Jackie (D) — no show
Velazquez, Nydia (D) — Yes
Waters, Maxine (D) — Yes
Watt, Melvin (D) — Yes