Brian4Liberty
03-20-2014, 10:59 AM
Q: Who wants to ban Internet gaming?
A: Sheldon Adelson, Jason Chaffetz and Lindsey Graham.
Politicians for sale...
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that “Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz is preparing to introduce a bill that would restore the pre-2011 federal ban on Internet gaming, a spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday. It would join a similar bill to be sponsored in the Senate by GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.”
“The goals of the Graham-Chaffetz legislation,” the Review-Journal continues, “are consistent with the highly publicized campaign by billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson to outlaw Internet gambling on moral grounds.”
Perhaps not surprisingly, the file properties of the House bill — virtually identical to Graham’s Senate bill — indicate that it was written by Darryl Nirenberg, who reportedly now lobbies for Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
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Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/19/who-wants-to-ban-internet-gaming/
A: Sheldon Adelson, Jason Chaffetz and Lindsey Graham.
Politicians for sale...
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that “Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz is preparing to introduce a bill that would restore the pre-2011 federal ban on Internet gaming, a spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday. It would join a similar bill to be sponsored in the Senate by GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.”
“The goals of the Graham-Chaffetz legislation,” the Review-Journal continues, “are consistent with the highly publicized campaign by billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson to outlaw Internet gambling on moral grounds.”
Perhaps not surprisingly, the file properties of the House bill — virtually identical to Graham’s Senate bill — indicate that it was written by Darryl Nirenberg, who reportedly now lobbies for Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
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Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/19/who-wants-to-ban-internet-gaming/