Mark Up Phase Of Barney Frank Online Gambling Bill Complete, Vote Coming Later Today

What was expected to be a longer wait throughout the day, quickly turned into the mark up phase of the new Barney Frank online gambling Bill, members of the Finance Services Committee approved the mark up and it will now go to a full vote later in the day.

Frank and some of his fellow Committee members blasted the sports leagues for their opposition to the Bill. Representative King went as far as to say that he was shocked by the opposition of the sports leagues to a Bill that they were held out of.

Frank was perplexed that the major sports leagues would oppose the Bill even after he conceded to them and excluded them from the Bill, against his wishes.

Now that the marking up stage is complete, Frank will try to break the deadlock that caused the Bill to fail a few months ago. The Bill will go to vote later in the day.

Representative Bacchus continued his assault on the Bill, claiming that Frank is continually trying to impede the UIGEA from moving forward. He opposed the Bill, just as he had last time, but did acknowledge thanks for the revisions that were made by Frank in the new Bill.

Stay with CGW for the entire day as we will have updates of the vote as soon as it takes place.

September 16, 2008
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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