Banned Already?

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I believe the plan that some dems are gonna use is to stall it out this session which would force them to start all over again in the House next year

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Is this true that it would have to be passed by the house a second time? It would make more sense that it is carried over as "old business" but whoever said our government made sense.

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Theoretically, the new session could consist of 435 new House members and 33 new Senators -- therefore, I think it makes more sense that unfinished legislation doesn't 'carry over' to the next session.

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and that ends in just a couple months..not in december

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I think they're targeted to adjourn Oct. 6th, plus they're on vacation for most of the rest of the summer. Keep your fingers crossed Sen. Kyl doesn't fast track it.

[mattnxtc]

i think he can try but from what i hear they will stop him just for spite.

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i think he can try but from what i hear they will stop him just for spite.

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Fortunately or unfortunately, I think the Democratic Party's interest in stopping Sen. Kyl from fast tracking this has much more to do with political expediancy (that is, preventing him from having a legislative victory in the middle of an election year, where the Democratic challenger is starting to gain some momentum), rather than opposing Kyl out of spite or philosophical alignment with the internet poker playing community.

Clearly Sen. Kyl should be every poker player's #1 enemy.

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Clearly Sen. Kyl should be every poker player's #1 enemy.

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Not exactly that clear, perhaps a small annoyance to internet poker players that are winners, this is clearly a very small percentage of the population. I would suggest that he is less evil than any Democrat who wishes to raise Federal taxes or minimum wage laws.

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Clearly Sen. Kyl should be every poker player's #1 enemy.

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Not exactly that clear, perhaps a small annoyance to internet poker players that are winners, this is clearly a very small percentage of the population. I would suggest that he is less evil than any Democrat who wishes to raise Federal taxes or minimum wage laws.

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Well, I happen to be in that population, so he's my #1 enemy. Perhaps if I were to join ranks with the FreeRepublic community, I'd look upon him differently. But since I enjoy playing poker in the internet, he's my #1 enemy. I don't think it's unreasonable to claim he's the #1 enemy of 99% of the 2p2 community, but I'm certain there are at least a few other wingnuts on this board, so rest assured you're not alone in your adoration for a guy who's attempting to destroy our favorite pastime and/or livelihood.

[Pot-A]

I'm starting to wonder if they don't do this just to raise money for their campaigns. Introduce a bill like this, Party gives lots of money to the other side to stall it. Then the B&M casinos give you lots of money to push it through. Have it die in one of the houses of Congress, lather, rinse, repeat. As long as they don't actually pass it they can get money from both sides every election cycle.

If I'm right, the Senate won't take it up or it will die in committee.

[ChrisAJ]

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and that ends in just a couple months..not in december

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I think they're targeted to adjourn Oct. 6th, plus they're on vacation for most of the rest of the summer. Keep your fingers crossed Sen. Kyl doesn't fast track it.

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There's almost a 100% certainty that there will be a lame duck session of Congress AFTER the election. They will take some time off to campaign beginning the last week of September/first week of October, but they will likely be back some time after election day.

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I don't think it's unreasonable to claim he's the #1 enemy of 99% of the 2p2 community

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I don't either, inaccurate, and full of hyperbole but not unreasonable for you to make such a claim. In case you find 99% of the population that plays any game of any kind anywhere in real life or on the web where 99% of them win I'd like to meet the 1% of the losers who are supporting them. It is doubtful than more than 10% of the posters on these forums are long term online or B&M winners.

I never said he should be your friend but hardly Public Enemy number One. Many of us play B&M poker as much or more than online, why should people in that category care? A serious question?

[Leavenfish]

Spend less time playing poker and more time learning how the world works. Any 6th grader 'should' know the process of a bill becoming a law.

Sorry to sound snide, not really even directed at your ...but there is a lot of illiteracy floating to the top concerning these threads.

---Leavenfish