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After many defeats over the last two years, Congress might yet again take up Sheldon Adelson’s legislation to federally ban online state-based gambling, if members insert the RAWA into the State Justice Commerce Appropriations bill in Congress next week. The legislation, called the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), was originally introduced in Congress in […]
RAWA hearing proves to be a complete failure for Jason Chaffetz[/caption] Today’s hearing before the House Oversight Committee showed strong bipartisan support for allowing states to legalize and regulate within their borders in-state online gambling and opposition to the federal ban proposed by the committee’s chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). During the hearing, titled “A […]
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chief sponsor of RAWA[/caption] Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) hopes to breathe new legislative life into his attempt to federal ban internet gambling by holding a hysteria-filled hearing before the House Oversight Committee next week. Chaffetz, as chairman of that committee in Congress, is the chief sponsor of the Restoration of America’s Wire […]