RDog 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 http://www.pocketfives.com/88EC3F99-BABE-4...ADE40BFAE7.aspxBarney Frank, the Democratic chairman of the powerful House financial services committee, is working on legislation to repeal the sweeping ban that was passed in Congress last year against online gaming, he told the Financial Times in an interview.Mr Frank called the ban, formally known as the Unlawful Enforcement Gambling Act, one of the “stupidest laws” ever passed and said he wanted to “repeal” the law. Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!Go Barney Go!! Link to post Share on other sites
fitsnstarts 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 nice. hope it's not just posturing. Link to post Share on other sites
RDog 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Honestly (and I am not looking to start another political debate here), I could see Dems doing something like this as a huge **** YOU to the Republicans. Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Honestly (and I am not looking to start another political debate here), I could see Dems doing something like this as a huge **** YOU to the Republicans.Fuckin fine with me! Link to post Share on other sites
WhatArunAA 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I love Barney.. this is my favorite song that he did a video for.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md0y6EwDDzY Link to post Share on other sites
erac22 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 erac22, RDog, Mrjones_76, FoxwoodsPro, pokerinc, deadmoney19, HoosierAlum, occgus, check_blazer?????????????????? Link to post Share on other sites
Flush Draw 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I am not suprized at all. You may have seen this before but shows that Frank has it right. Link to post Share on other sites
BeaverStyle 1 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Hooray ONLINE POKER!Hooray BEER! Link to post Share on other sites
finztotheleft 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!Go Barney Go!!Yeah Barney !Kurt, honey, it's finz to the left, not haters to the left Link to post Share on other sites
finztotheleft 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 erac22, RDog, Mrjones_76, FoxwoodsPro, pokerinc, deadmoney19, HoosierAlum, occgus, check_blazer??????????????????Banning means you can't post, but you can still lurk. Although I'm not sure why he doesn't just sign in on one of his other accounts. Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 erac22, RDog, Mrjones_76, FoxwoodsPro, pokerinc, deadmoney19, HoosierAlum, occgus, check_blazer??????????????????d'oh. Link to post Share on other sites
doox 15 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 The first time I saw this thread title, I thought it was talking about this guy: Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Yeah Barney !Kurt, honey, it's finz to the left, not haters to the left LMAO. Link to post Share on other sites
psujohn 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Here are the members of the committee. If your local rep is one of them this might be a good time to send them some mail expressing your hopes that they'd join any effort to repeal the UIGEA.Chairman Barney Frank represents Massachusetts' Fourth Congressional District. The other Democratic members of the Committee are:Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, PARep. Maxine Waters, CARep. Carolyn B. Maloney, NYRep. Luis V. Gutierrez, ILRep. Nydia M. Velázquez, NYRep. Melvin L. Watt, NCRep. Gary L. Ackerman, NYRep. Julia Carson, INRep. Brad Sherman, CARep. Gregory W. Meeks, NYRep. Dennis Moore, KSRep. Michael E. Capuano, MARep. Rubén Hinojosa, TXRep. William Lacy Clay, MORep. Carolyn McCarthy, NYRep. Joe Baca, CARep. Stephen F. Lynch, MARep. Brad Miller, NCRep. David Scott, GARep. Al Green, TXRep. Emanuel Cleaver, MORep. Melissa L. Bean, ILRep. Gwen Moore, WIRep. Lincoln Davis, TNRep. Albio Sires, NJRep. Paul W. Hodes, NHRep. Keith Ellison, MNRep. Ron Klein, FLRep. Tim Mahoney, FLRep. Charles Wilson, OHRep. Ed Perlmutter, CORep. Christopher S. Murphy, CTRep. Joe Donnelly, INRep. Robert Wexler, (FL)Rep. Jim Marshall, GARep. Dan Boren, OKRepublican MembersRep. Spencer Bachus, ALRep. Richard H. Baker, LARep. Deborah Pryce, OHRep. Michael N. Castle, DERep. Peter King, NYRep. Edward R. Royce, CARep. Frank D. Lucas, OKRep. Ron Paul, TXRep. Paul E. Gillmor, OHRep. Steven C. LaTourette, OHRep. Donald A. Manzullo, ILRep. Walter B. Jones , NCRep. Judy Biggert, ILRep. Christopher Shays, CTRep. Gary G. Miller, CARep. Shelley Moore Capito, WVRep. Tom Feeney, FLRep. Jeb Hensarling, TXRep. Scott Garrett, NJRep. Ginny Brown-Waite, FLRep. J. Gresham Barrett, SCRep. Rick Renzi, AZRep. Jim Gerlach, PARep. Stevan Pearce, NMRep. Randy Neugebauer, TXRep. Tom Price, GARep. Geoff Davis, KYRep. Patrick T. McHenry, NCRep. John Campbell, CARep. Adam Putnam, FLRep. Michele Bachmann, MNRep. Peter J. Roskam, ILRep. Kenny Marchant, TX Link to post Share on other sites
SonnyBarger 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 More from today's Financial Times:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/80437e68-d29b-11db...0b5df10621.htmlFull Text of yesterday's Financial Times article (this time with the cautionary parts not edited out).http://www.ft.com/cms/s/357d90ac-d29c-11db...0b5df10621.html Link to post Share on other sites
SonnyBarger 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Honestly (and I am not looking to start another political debate here), I could see Dems doing something like this as a huge **** YOU to the Republicans.You are aware that Al D'Amto, the main lobbyist for the PPA *is* a Republican? Link to post Share on other sites
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