Bill to amend the UIGEA gets shot down today. Election year and everyone is running scared.
Bill 5767 doesn't get out of House committee
- Thread starter Dawg Pound
- Start date
wrigley
2
Re: Bill 5767 doesn't get out of House committee
Not a surprise most these guys jobs are on the line this November has a better chance passing next year when we have a new congress and president (although McCain is not a supporter of gambling) he once tried to get college betting off vegas sportsbooks
Not a surprise most these guys jobs are on the line this November has a better chance passing next year when we have a new congress and president (although McCain is not a supporter of gambling) he once tried to get college betting off vegas sportsbooks
Re: Bill 5767 doesn't get out of House committee
Dammit! Don't they know about tonight's "Go 8-0 contest?"
Dammit! Don't they know about tonight's "Go 8-0 contest?"
JC
EOG Veteran
Re: Bill 5767 doesn't get out of House committee
Well, it's pretty scary for a lot of reasons. The King amendment was supported by all of the banking interests and many gaming interests.
If the banking lobby couldn't bring any significant Republicans on board for this, what chance does any purely gaming related bill have? I hear there was a very negative letter from the minority whip Roy Blunt that the town idiot Bacchus kept referencing as some sort of authority. Apparently the orders came down from the leadership to vote against this thing, something very unusual for a committee vote.
The Religious Retards still have more pull in the Republican party than common sense and the banking lobby. That's the bottom line.
I also heard there were three Dems and one Republican missing.
With a couple of exceptions, Paul and King for the Republicans, and Waters and maybe one or two others for the Dems, the vote was party line. Remember that in November! Anyone who still doesn't believe the Republicans aren't the driving force behind the anti-gambling bills is fooling themself.
Well, it's pretty scary for a lot of reasons. The King amendment was supported by all of the banking interests and many gaming interests.
If the banking lobby couldn't bring any significant Republicans on board for this, what chance does any purely gaming related bill have? I hear there was a very negative letter from the minority whip Roy Blunt that the town idiot Bacchus kept referencing as some sort of authority. Apparently the orders came down from the leadership to vote against this thing, something very unusual for a committee vote.
The Religious Retards still have more pull in the Republican party than common sense and the banking lobby. That's the bottom line.
I also heard there were three Dems and one Republican missing.
With a couple of exceptions, Paul and King for the Republicans, and Waters and maybe one or two others for the Dems, the vote was party line. Remember that in November! Anyone who still doesn't believe the Republicans aren't the driving force behind the anti-gambling bills is fooling themself.
