November 14th: House Judiciary Committee Hearing Thread

[TheEngineer]

[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) rated A+
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) rated F-

I guess that's a wash

[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Catherine Hanaway, US Attorney, Missouri
-- she has been an active opponent of ours, prosecuting the BetOnSports case and the Sporting News gambling ads case
bad news there: www.casinoportalen.dk/news/externalnews.asp?curpage=86&id=980 . She's a real crusader against all Internet gaming.

[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Professor Joseph Weiler, NYU School of Law
-- expert on the dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO
I don't know where Weiler stands on Internet gaming or on the specific free trade issues relative to Internet gaming and the WTO. Just the fact that this is being discussed at all in Congress means it's a positive for us.

[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Michael Calopy, Aristotle, Inc.
-- he testified last time on technology to prevent underage IG
He was very solid at the June 8 hearing...excellent for us

[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Valery Abend, Treasury Department
-- adviser on IG ( US Treasury - Valerie Abend)
As an admimistration official, I believe she's against us. I guess we'll see.

[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Annie Duke
She's a good speaker, especially for this type of situation.

So, there are two people strongly for us, (Duke and Berkley), one person on our side (Calopy), one person who's testimony will be good for us (Weiler), one person somewhat against us (Abend) and two people strongly against us (Goodlatte and Hanaway). Could be worse.