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Frank to Reintroduce Bill to Repeal UIGEA

By Ed Brayton

Barney Frank is going to reintroduce a bill he authored in the last session to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act:

A senior Democratic lawmaker will push legislation this year to repeal a U.S. ban on Internet gambling that has hurt trade ties with the European Union, a congressional aide said.

"The bill introduction should happen in the next month," a spokesman for House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said...

"Mr. Frank will bring back legislation to repeal the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act)," the spokesman said, referring to a Republican-crafted bill passed in 2006 when the party controlled Congress and the White House.

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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 28, 2009 (boomark / email).