Re: Online gambling to be attached to defense bill???- article Uh oh!!
Some excerpts from a story that is running in today's edition of Congressional Quarterly:
"Conferees Pushing to Complete Defense Authorization Measure This Week
Negotiators hope to file by Friday a final version of the fiscal 2007 defense authorization bill that would eliminate restrictions on the Pentagon’s ability to buy overseas goods and clear the way for multi-year procurement of the F-22A fighter aircraft.
The conference report on the bill (HR 5122) could reach the House floor early next week.
“We’re moving forward with reconciliation,” Senate Armed Services Chairman John W. Warner, R-Va., said Wednesday after two hours of negotiations on a handful of remaining issues.
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Congressional sources said a last-minute concern was raised Wednesday about a House provision that would allow military chaplains to read prayers without fear of reprisal from their commanders. Senate negotiators suggested that the provision was unnecessary, but House conservatives pressed to keep it in the bill."
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No mention in the article of the Internet gambling provisions being inserted. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say there is at least a 50% chance that we see a gambling provision in the conference report -- albeit one that is less expansive than the House version.
I do not know what this slimmed down provision would mean as far as the Tradesports contracts.
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