Congressman barney frank support grows in the USA | IXGAMES

July has been a good month for Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the influential House Financial Services Committee and author of Bill HR 2046 the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act which proposes the regulation and taxation of online gambling in the United States instead of banning the pastime. Five more Congressman have signed on to the Bill as sponsors, including Representatives Anthony D. Weiner (D-N.Y.) and Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) who attached their support to the bill July 10, and Representatives Steven R. Rothman (D-N.J.), Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.) and Albert Russell Wynn (D-Md.) who signed up late last week. The addition of the latest representatives grows the current list of co-sponsors to 32, up from the bill’s original 11 when Frank first introduced the Act to the House in April. The new sign-ups join the following politicians who have previously signed up to support the Frank bill, which calls for online gambling in the United States to be taxed and regulated by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Alcee L. Hastings Don Young Gary L. Ackerman Howard L.. Berman James McGovern Julia Carson Joseph Crowley Bob Filner Luis V. Gutierrez Peter T. King Jim McDermott James McGovern Charlie Melancon Ed Perlmutter Linda T Sanchez Melvin L. Watt Shelly Berkley Michael Capuano Wm. Lacy Clay Steve Israel Carolyn McCarthy Ron Paul Ross Carnahan Ciro D. Rodriguez Edolphus Towns Robert Wexler Vito Fossella If passed, Frank’s bill will neutralise the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, signed into law by U.S. president George Bush last October. The UIGEA prohibits financial transactions from banks and credit card companies to Internet casinos, poker rooms and sports betting sites, and has been described by Frank and other politicians as “preposterous,” “one of the stupidest laws ever passed by Congress” and as an invasion of American personal freedom.