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Goodlatte Gets Criticized for Online Gambling Carveouts
by Devon Chappell, News Staff Writer
December 02, 2007
Online gambling portal and news site,
Gambling Web, recently published an article on the
Congressman primarily behind the passing of the Unlawful
Internet Gambling Enforcement Act - Bob Goodlatte. The
article brought down a rain of criticism on not only the
UIGEA, but on Goodlatte himself, who has close ties with
the Republican right wing...oh and did I mention the
horseracing industry, for which the UIGEA gives
carveouts?
Goodlatte recently testified at a
House Judiciary Committee assembled by Congressman John
Conyers, who has apparently become an ally of online
gambling regulation, along with several other members of
Congress like Congressman Barney Frank. Perhaps
overcompensating for the ineffectiveness of his bill,
Goodlatte insisted that criminal prosecutions needed to
be enforced in order to put an end to online casino
transactions.
A growing swarm of politicians are
beginning to think otherwise. The only reason the UIGEA
was passed into law in the first place was because of
its eleventh-hour attachment to a Port Security bill,
not to mention a general lack of awareness about the
effectiveness and technologies of online gambling
regulation.
And now that the real truth about
Goodlatte's motivations is coming into light, the
credibility of the UIGEA is beginning to be viewed as an
ill-begotten piece of legislation. Goodlatte has always
put "family values" first on his agenda, referring to
online gambling as an evil that is corrupting youth,
creating addictions and funding terrorism. However,
Goodlatte has not given an explanation as to why he has
accepted $40,000 in campaign funds from the horseracing
industry, and why the UIGEA happens to give carveouts
for online horserace betting.
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