Here we go....

[chicagoY]

"The House voted 317 to 93 to pass a bill that would make it illegal for financial institutions or intermediaries to process payments to offshore casinos through bettors’ credit cards, electronic funds transfers, checks, debits and other electronic transactions."

NYTimes.

With that overwhelming congressional support, it takes all the wind out of your sails as far as resistance goes. Who isn't voting for this piece of ****

[Ignignokt]

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With that overwhelming congressional support, it takes all the wind out of your sails as far as resistance goes. Who isn't voting for this piece of ****

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This was a "vote yes or we'll use it against you in November" issue. My guess is that most of the No votes were from members who don't face much resistance for re-election. (Like my Congressman, who gets reelected by virtual acclamation and voted No.)

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"The White House's Office of Management and Budget said Tuesday that it supported the House's vote, but that it had "some concerns" about the bill.

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My guess: the White House has to go explain this to the WTO.

[ChoicestHops]

Does anyone have a link to the C-Span debate? I looked through a replay schedule and couldnt find anything. I really wanted to see this..

[dlk9s]

Jesus H. Christ.

I live in Georgia and EVERY representative from my state except one voted AYE.

The only one who didn't was Cynthia McKinney and she's [censored] CRAZY.

[Don_Keehaawtee]

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Is there actually any evidence for any sort of online casino being a "front for terrorist activity"? I mean, come on.

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Are you blind? With all the bad beats dished out on Stars, there's enough people on tilt to provide fertile recruiting grounds for bin laden. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[DING-DONG YO]

BUMP because this thread has the most useful info in it.