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 Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:56 am Post subject: Congress gambles with our liberty Moves for more control |
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Congress gambles with our liberty
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Posted: July 26, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006
The House of Representatives voted 245 to 159 to pass the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999. Because of a rule requiring two-thirds approval, the measure didn't pass. Its sponsor, Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., plans to introduce it again when only a majority is needed for passage.
If enacted, it would "Amend the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person engaged in a gambling business to knowingly use the Internet or any other interactive computer service to: 1) place, receive or otherwise make a bet or wager; or 2) send, receive or invite information assisting in the placing of a bet or wager." Criminal penalties include fines and up to five years' imprisonment.
There is absolutely no constitutional authority for this disgusting abuse of federal power. But most Americans, who think Congress has a right to do anything for which they can get a majority vote, ignore the clearly written constitutional restraints on Congress.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51230
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