Internet Gambling Needs Regulation, Time to Call Congress, Again

The next step of Casino Gambling Web's 'IGREA Initiative' will be calling all of the representatives in the House Financial Services Committee. The first step of the site's campaign started with the delivery of 435 informational packages to every congress person in the House.

Of the 37 Democratic members serving on the House Financial Services Committee, only 11 have signed on to co-sponsor Chairman Barney Frank's Bill H.R. 2046, which aims to create an exception to the UIGEA that would allow the legalization and regulation of online gambling.

"We urge all Americans who would like to see Internet gambling legalized call these members of the Financial Services Committee and express your support for 'The IGREA Initiative'," said Gordon Price of Casino Gambling Web.

The site's cause may have been helped yesterday with the release of the first UK Gambling Prevalence Study done in 8 years. The results showed problem gambling to be dramatically lower than expected.

"Let the congress person you call know about the results of this UK study, as well as the Harvard study that found a 0.4% incidence of problem gambling amongst the gambling public," Price said.

Price suggested callers ask for an aid responsible for Bill HR 2046 and leave a message for them about the issue if they do not answer.

Below is a list of all Democratic Congress people on the Financial Services Committee who have yet to sign on to co-sponsor Barney Frank's bill.

Paul E. Kanjorski 11th-PA ... 202-225-6511
Maxine Waters 35th-CA ... 202-225-2201
Maloney 14th-NY... 202-225.7944
Nydia M. Velázquez 12th-NY ... 202-225-2361
Brad Sherman 27th-CA ... 202-225-5911
Gregory Meeks 6th-NY ... 202-225-3461
Dennis Moore 3-KS ... 202-225-2865
Rubén Hinojosa 15th-TX ... 202-225-2531
Stephen Lynch 9th-MA ... 202-225-8273
Brad Miller 13th-NC ... 202-225-3032
David Scott 13th-GA ... 202-225-2939
Al Green 9th-TX ... 202-225-7508
Emanuel Cleaver 5th-MO ... 202-225-4535
Melissa Bean 8th-IL ... 202-225-3711
Gwen Moore 4th-WI ... 202-225-4572
Davis 4th-TN ... 202.225.6831
Albio Sires 13th-NJ ... 202-225-7919
Paul Hodes 2nd-NH ... 202-225-5206
Keith Ellison 5th-MN ... 202-225-4755
Ron Klein 22nd-FL ... 202-225-3026
Tim Mahoney 16th-FL ... 202-225-5792
Charlie Wilson 6th-OH ... 202-225-5705
Chris Murphy 5th-CT ... 202-225-4476
Joe Donnelly 2nd-IN ... 202-225-3915
Jim Marshall 8th-GA ... 202-225-6531
Dan Boren 2nd-OK ... 202-225-2701

Of the 32 Republicans listed as members of the Financial Services Committee, only 2 have signed on to co-sponsor Frank's Bill H.R. 2046. Those that have not yet, are listed below.

Spencer Bachus 6th-AL ... 202 225-4921
Richard Baker 6th-LA ... 202-225-3901
Deborah Pryce 15th-OH ... 202-225-2015
Mike Castle DE ... 202-225-4165
Ed Royce 40th-CA ... 202-225-4111
Frank Lucas 3rd-OK ... 202-225-5565
Steven LaTourette 14th-OH ... 202-225-5731
Don Manzullo 16th-IL ... 202-225-5676
Walter Jones 3rd-NC ... 202-225-3415
Judy Biggert 13th-IL ... 202-225-3515
Christopher Shays 4th-CT ... 202-225-5541
Gary Miller 42nd-CA ... 202-225-3201
Shelly Moore Capitol 2nd-WV ... 202-225-2711
Tom Feeney 24th-FL ... 202-225-2706
Jeb Hensarling 5th-TX ... 202-225-3484
Scott Garrett 5th-NJ ... 202-225-4465
Ginny Brown-Waite 5th-FL ... 202-225-1002
J. Gresham Barrett 3rd-SC ... 202-225-5301
Jim Gerlach 6th-PA ... 202-225-4315
Steve Pearce 2nd-NM ... 202-225-2365
Randy Neugebauer 19th-TX ... 202-225-4005
Tom Price 6th-GA ... 202-225-4501
Geoff Davis 4th-KY ... 202-225-3465
Patrick McHenry 10th-NC ... 202-225-2576
John Campbell 48th-CA ... 202-225-5611
Adam Putnam 12th-FL ... 202-225-1252
Michele Bachmann 6th-MN ... 202-225-2331
Peter Roskam 6th-IL ... 202-225-4561
Kenny Marchant 24th-TX ... 202-225-6605
Thaddeus McCotter 11th-MI ... 202-225-8171

September 19, 2007
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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