The Congressional Review Act

[Nate tha\\\' Great]

I finally found some good source material on the process by which new regulations are drafted once a bill (such as the UIGEA) is passed.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/w...lfedregs_c.htm

In general, once a bill is passed by Congress and signed by the President, authority for drafting and enforcing regulations transfers from the Legislative Branch to agencies within the Executive Branch. In this case, I believe the relevant agency is the Federal Reserve.

However, Congress does retain the right of review, both in informal ways and in formal ways as codified by the Congressional Review Act. In fact, there is actually a backdoor way to kill the bill. Specifically, a "Resolution of Disapproval" can be introduced into each chamber. If this resolution passes both the House and the Senate, and the President signs the bill, then the bill is effectively killed.

Now, I don't want to get anyone's hopes up. The Congressional Review Act has been successfully enacted exactly once, and that was in regards to a piece of legislation that had barely passed through the Congress. Interesting find, though.

[fnord_too]

Nate,

My congressman is Bobby Scott (VA 3d). Here's a bit from his site:

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Rep. Scott serves on the House Judiciary Committee where he is the lead Democrat on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security and a member of the Constitution subcommittee. After taking a leave of absence in the 108th congress to serve on the House Budget Committee, Rep. Scott has returned to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce

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He will be chairing that subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. According to a blurb in our local paper, online gambling is one of the things they discuss in it. I don't know where he stands on internet gambling, and I am too tired to look up his voting record on it now, but he seems to be a pretty sharp guy and is really well spoken. Also, he is completely unopposed in his district, which may or may not matter. I'll try to shoot him an email next week and ask him his position on the issue.

[Uglyowl]

Thanks Nate for the information.

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I don't know where he stands on internet gambling

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BTW, Robert Scott voted against HR4411

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/c...e/2/votes/363/

[fnord_too]

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I don't know where he stands on internet gambling

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BTW, Robert Scott voted against HR4411

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/c...e/2/votes/363/

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Outstanding!

[NorthDakota]

I hope the PPA has the Proper people in Place to talk about this with Congressmen Scott...

If there is an outside chance of it helping... It should be pursued... Perhaps we should all be contacting Congressman Robert Scott...

[mmbt0ne]

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He will be chairing that subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. According to a blurb in our local paper, online gambling is one of the things they discuss in it.

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FWIW, the majority party is free to create/destroy any subcommittees they want. So, hopefully, this one stays and doesn't see any changes in topics they discuss.

[scraggs]

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He will be chairing that subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. According to a blurb in our local paper, online gambling is one of the things they discuss in it.

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FWIW, the majority party is free to create/destroy any subcommittees they want. So, hopefully, this one stays and doesn't see any changes in topics they discuss.

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[whangarei]

Good find, Nate.

Anyone live in Barney Frank's district want to send him an email to see what he is planning re: the UIGEA regs? He will be chairman of the Financial Services Committee. It would be sweet if he lobbied to apply the Congressional Review Act to this BS bill. I'd send him an email but he only responds to those in his district.

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However, Congress does retain the right of review, both in informal ways and in formal ways as codified by the Congressional Review Act. In fact, there is actually a backdoor way to kill the bill.

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Even though nothing may come of this, this is one of the reasons for poker players that it was so important to toss the Republicans from power in Congress.

[SlapPappy]

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Good find, Nate.

Anyone live in Barney Frank's district want to send him an email to see what he is planning re: the UIGEA regs? He will be chairman of the Financial Services Committee. It would be sweet if he lobbied to apply the Congressional Review Act to this BS bill. I'd send him an email but he only responds to those in his district.

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However, Congress does retain the right of review, both in informal ways and in formal ways as codified by the Congressional Review Act. In fact, there is actually a backdoor way to kill the bill.

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Even though nothing may come of this, this is one of the reasons for poker players that it was so important to toss the Republicans from power in Congress.

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OM FRICKING GOD. This is great news. Frank hates this bill. He hit the nail on the head with his statements about it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[FatalError]

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Good find, Nate.

Anyone live in Barney Frank's district want to send him an email to see what he is planning re: the UIGEA regs? He will be chairman of the Financial Services Committee. It would be sweet if he lobbied to apply the Congressional Review Act to this BS bill. I'd send him an email but he only responds to those in his district.

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However, Congress does retain the right of review, both in informal ways and in formal ways as codified by the Congressional Review Act. In fact, there is actually a backdoor way to kill the bill.

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Even though nothing may come of this, this is one of the reasons for poker players that it was so important to toss the Republicans from power in Congress.

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i hit him up, i'll post here when i get a response next week hopefully

i love this dude, i've lived in his district my whole life. he's basically one of those guys who can say whatever he wants and create all the controversy he wants and win a lock every time