Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With all of the new efforts at the state level, as well as new advocates at the federal level, the poker community has been overly optimistic that an online poker bill will be attached to a larger piece of legislation in 2012. One of the proposed pieces ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Online poker players might be a little disheartened heading into 2012, considering that after three separate hearings in Congress (granted they all occurred in subcommittees) there has been nigh a whisper of actual online poker legislation in the United States. With Congress about to go home for Christmas,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

16-term Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) has decided to call it a career in Congress and will not seek reelection in 2012. Frank made a public statement on Monday where he cited the redistricting in Massachusetts as a main reason for his decision –Frank has historically represented a blue-collarRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The legislation introduced by the latest darling of poker advocacy groups, Joe Barton, will get its first committee hearing next week, as the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, a sub-panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will discuss HR 2366 on Tuesday. Barton is the latestRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), best known for his deplorable apology to BP Oil executives in Congress during the hearings into the BP Gulf Oil spill, is the latest supporter of legalizing and regulating online poker. Barton is set to introduce a new piece of legislation that will legalizeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There was good news coming out of Washington DC on Friday for online poker players as Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) announced his plans to introduce yet another online gambling bill to Congress. Campbell is teaming up with Barney Frank (D-MA) to introduce the legislation in a bipartisan fashion.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 17, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In what should come as no surprise to anyone who followed the recent debate, the proposed legislation by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) that would have legalized the online gaming industry in the United States (including poker) is no longer on the agenda. John Pappas, the headRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 05, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
election results for poker

The landscape of the US House of Representatives and Senate are drastically changed after the 2010 mid-term elections which saw the Republican Party sweep into power in the House, and close the gap in the Senate. This has left online poker players wondering what the chances are ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 07, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Gambling 911’s Jenny Woo recently scored an interview with Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) whose proposed online gambling bill HR 2267 recently passed its first hurdle; clearing the House Financial Services Committee by a vote of 41 to 22. During the interview, Frank urged poker enthusiasts to stay active,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 23, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After this week’s hearing on Barney Frank’s (D-MA) bill HR 2267, Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, which seeks to legalize and regulate online gambling, a markup hearing has now been scheduled for Tuesday July 27th. A markup hearing is where the committee makes amendments andRead Full Article