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If this bill came to a vote by itself, it would pass easily, say 80 - 20. There would be four groups voting for the bill:

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No, wrong. This is a cup-is-half-empty analyzation. There are also plenty of reasons and groups that would have it vote for the other side.

ONLY the republicans appeasing to LOONEY TUNE JESUS CAMP FUNDIES would try to pass it. Nobody else would really have a major agenda behind it; everyone elses counter strategy would be people's basic rights and privacy.

This is the same thing like the gay ammendments thing (can't remember the exact issue) that was going on earlier in the year that on the outside looked as if it would pass easily, but in fact hit a brick wall. It is ALL political propaganda republican SPIN MACHINE that feeds you these facades.

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How do you account then that similar bills have come up to a vote in the House and Senate in recent years and been approved by wide margins? I'm fairly certain that anyone who doesn't think this would pass if it came to a vote is deluding themselves over how important online poker really is and how willing people would be to take a stand against a ban.