Online Gambling Hearings Yield Another IGREA Co-Sponsor

Congressman Earl Blumenauer [OR-3] yesterday signed on to co-sponsor H.R.2046, the Internet Gambling, Regulation, and Enforcement Act (IGREA), which was originally sponsored by House Financial Services Chairman, Barney Frank [MA-4], to become the 41st co-sponsor.

Congressman Blumenauer has a long and distinguished career in politics going back to 1972 where he served his first term in the Oregon House of Representatives. He has been in the U.S. House of Representatives since being elected in 1996.

Cong. Bluemauer currently serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the Budget Committee, and the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Climate change. He has a strong voice worldwide on issues such as the environment, sustainable development, and economic opportunity.

The congressman has undergraduate and law degrees from Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Please extend your thanks to Congressman Blumenauer at his office in Washington or his local office in Portland, and encourage him to persuade his colleagues to do the same.

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November 16, 2007
Posted By Bob Hartman
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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