Internet Gambling Prohibition Bill StallsEfforts to Attach it to a Defense Package Fail |
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The current version of the Internet Gambling Prohibition Bill has stalled in Congress after supporters - included potential Republican Presidential candidate and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist -- tried to attach it to a defense bill.
Chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee John Warner opposed any additional tie-ons to the defense bill. Warner, a Republican from Virginia, made his opinion clear in a letter to Frist: "I have firmly opposed putting any (unrelated) bills in the conference report," he wrote.
The bill made it to the Senate by being passed by the House of Representatives by an enormous margin.
Congress will go into a lengthy recess at the end of this week to focus on the election season. It was a goal of conservative Republicans to have this bill passed before the recess and although the week is coming near to a close, proponents of the bill will still try to get it passed by Friday.
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