Here we go....

[jasonHoldEm]

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They're voting on whether to vote on the rule to vote on the gambling bill.

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So would this be "third level" voting?

[Kevmath]

First is the procedural vote, then right after they're voting on the rules of debate, after the debate will be on the bill itself.

[Eric Stoner]

Chris -

Could the debate on the vote to consider the bill also be used to see what strategy is going to be used in the debate for the passage of the bill?

[Frills]

can't read the numbers can I get an update?

[Kevmath]

Party line vote so far for the yeas.

[Eric Stoner]

Leach just called Internet Gambling the "crack cocaine for the gambler".

Hyberbole much?

[Berge20]

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It seems a shame for us not to start making some sidebets.

For example, we could take bets on:

-who will be the 9th representative to speak
-who will give the quickest speech
-who will give the longest speech
-who will make the silliest argument
-who will be the first to mention God

Any takers?

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9th to speak - Rep. Sensenbrenner
Quickest - Someone at the end...I'll say Rep. Patrick McHenry
Longest - Rep. Frank
Silliest - Rep. Jackson Lee (overall - probably not necessarilly against/for the bill)
God - Rep. Goodlatte

Gotta get my betting in now! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[MEbenhoe]

this interview with this leach guy makes me sick to realize how little the people we have making laws actually know about the stuff they're making laws on [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Berge20]

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Chris -

Could the debate on the vote to consider the bill also be used to see what strategy is going to be used in the debate for the passage of the bill?

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Yes, this is frequently the case. Partly because of time limitations, partly because people like to repeat their taliking points and message.

My guess is that you won't see much talk about minimum wage during actual consideration of the bill though.

Fun with procedural votes! Yay - Let's see if there is a motion to adjourn. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[DVaut1]

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Leach just called Internet Gambling the "crack cocaine of the Internet".

Hyberbole much?

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He stole that line from a professor at the Univ. of Illinois:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/...et_gambling_11

"John Kindt, a business professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who has studied the issue, calls the Internet "the crack cocaine" of gambling.

"There are no needle marks. There's no alcohol on the breath. You just click the mouse and lose your house," he said."

I think the latter line was spouted during today's debate too. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.