Kinda exciting...

**luvsluvin** · 07-28-2010, 09:17 PM

Barney Frank to Reintroduce Internet Gambling Legislation

In an interview with the Financial Times this week, it was revealed that Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) will reintroduce legislation favorable to internet gambling “in the next few weeks.” During the previous Congress, Frank introduced HR 2046, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, which established a full licensing and regulatory framework for the industry in the United States.

**WinJStar** · 07-28-2010, 10:10 PM

^^^Thanks for posting this Susan!

Yes, indeed. This is incredible news. I have it on FB and twitter. I keep forgetting we have actual poker players in here as well.

Now we all need to contact our congressmen and senators.

Here is the full Pokernews article. House Financial Services Committee Votes to Approve Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Legislation | PokerNews

By the way, this attached breakdown is the attached pdf at the end of the article. The top half is Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee, and below the double line are Republican members. Unbelievable how many "Nays" for the Republicans.

**trauma** · 07-28-2010, 10:13 PM

This is very exciting a huge step for on line gaming !!
The PPA released this today:
H.R.2267 Internet-Gambling-Regulation-Bill
Description: Washington, DC (July 28, 2010) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today applauded passage of H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, by the House Financial Services Committee. The bipartisan 41-22 vote demonstrates that sensible regulation of Internet gaming is gaining support in Congress while prohibition continues to fail.

**trauma** · 07-28-2010, 10:23 PM

The PPA has made it very easy for us all to contact our congressmen and senators take a minute and send a letter please.
Contact your congressmen and senators