The markup hearing of the House Financial Services Subcommittee started shortly after 10am. The schedule is to discuss HR 2267 until 11am ET, then take a one-hour break. The Committee will return at 12pm for more discussion with a vote […]
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The battle over Barney Frank\’s HR 2267 is heating up, and he seems to have found allies in sensible albeit unusual places. Specifically, supporting efforts to dismantle – or at least rebuke and revise – the UIGEA are the Heartland
Tea Party Conservatives Support Efforts to Quash UIGEA RE: Markup of HR 2267 Tuesday
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Wednesday\’s hearing on HR 2267, which would regulate and license Internet gambling, brought out strong opinions from both sides in over two hours of testimony in front of the House Financial Services Committee. The next step in the legislative process
HR 2267 Hearing Recap Congress Considers Poker Position in Online Gambling Regs
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UPDATE: A series of roll call votes will delay the hearing until at least 2:15pm. This afternoon, Barney Frank\’s House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing scheduled for 2pm to discuss HR 2267, a bill to license and regulate
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That\’s the word Annie put out about 10:30 pm last night, via twitter: AnnieDuke Heading to DC tomorrow. Testifying Wednesday at 2pm in front of Chairman Frank\’s Committee on his new legislation to regulate online gaming. about 4 hours ago
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Supposedly, Barney Frank\’s HR 2267 — the Internet Gambling, Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act — has a hearing this upcoming Wednesday in Barney Frank\’s House Financial Services Committee. What its about is hard to say — we know it\’s
Full Tilt Gets Public about Politics Lederer encourages players to “Stand up for Poker”
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A lot of different groups seem to have their fingers in the online gambling/poker pie these days. Kinda funny, because right now most Obama-admin efforts seem to be about stopping it, or at least making the process of winning a
Sorry for missing this, but I guess I hit the Google snooze alarm. Ten days ago, federal authorities arrested Todd Lyons, 36, of Beverly, Massachusetts, for allegedly running an offshore sports betting operation called Sports Offshore. They pretty much threw
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I\’ve been a fan of John Stossel, and his willingness to call bullshit on conventional wisdom, since the days I started noticing the difference between good journalism and bad. He has since moved from ABC News to Fox, where his
The PPA isn\’t giving up on moving Barney Frank and Jim Goodlatte\’s online gambling bills through Congress before (or after) the June 1 UIGEA deadline. In response to their efforts — and perhaps testament to their progress — one of
