Online Gambling Ban

Published: Saturday, July 01, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

ONLINE GAMBLING BAN INCLUDED IN 'AMERICAN VALUES AGENDA'

Goodlatte and Leach Bills may be combined and have been passed to the House for debate next month

Further details are now available on the surprise news that the Goodlatte and Leach Bills seeking to hamstring online gambling in the USA have been forwarded on for debate on the floor of the House of Representatives - effectively another step forward for this legislation.

Dennis Hastert, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, published the list of measures this week. "The American Values Agenda will defend America´s founding principles. Through this agenda, we will work to protect the faith of our people, the sanctity of life and freedoms outlined by our founding fathers," he said.

The two Bills have been included in the 'American Values Agenda´ being proposed by the majority Republicans in the House of Representatives. The party hopes it will energise conservative activists and voters ahead of the mid-term elections in November.

A Republican spokesperson has revealed that "it is likely" that a combined Goodlatte/Leach bill could be among the first of the bills to go before the full house, possibly in July.

Rep. Jim Leach, whose proposed bill HR 4411 seeks to add credit cards etc. to the list of illegal online gaming payment methods, is reported to be seeking to combine his proposal with that of Rep. Bob Goodlatte to avoid either Bill fouling the progress of the other. Unofficial reports suggest that a deal could be worked out in the near future with Goodlatte, whose bill HR 4777 seeks to modernise the Wire Act.