Kyl Online Gambling Bill Stumbles On Hurdle
Published: Saturday, March 11, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
KYL ANTI ONLINE GAMBLING BILL STUMBLES ON FIRST HURDLE
Attempt to sneak anti online gambling Bill in as an amendment to Lobbying Reform fails, but the Senator is not giving up
The 2006 online gambling banning season in the US Senate is off to a shaky start, with the first of Senator Jon Kyl's attempts blocked due to the urgency of more important matters and its irrelevancy to a Bill to which Kyl sought to attach his proposals.
Kyl attempted to attach his banning Bill to legislation seeking to reform US lobbying legislation, but that Bill was delayed by more important business on US port control. The sponsors of the Lobbying Reform Act were also adamant that any attachments that were not germaine to their Bill would not be accepted.
Kyl is now reportedly attempting to attach his legislation S.AMDT.2953-Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 to Senator Trent Lott's pending bill S.2349-Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006. This bill is still pending, and the status of Kyl's proposed amendment remains as submitted (to be printed in the Congressional Record as full text of his proposed amendment).
The next step for Kyl's amendment is to be referred to a committee (under Senate rules, similiar to rules of the House of Representatives). It then goes back to the Senate floor to be proposed for consideration, in which the final vote will be taken by Senate Members.
