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41st Sponsor Signs Barney Frank's IGREA Bill to License Online Poker & Online Gambling in USATue, Nov 20th, 2007 @ 12:00am Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is the latest congressman to sign on as a co-sponsor for Congressman Barney Frank's HR 2046 Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) bill that seeks to license and regulate online poker and online gambling in the USA in an effort to counter the unpopular Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Representative Blumenauer has a highly credible career in politics going back to 1972 when he served his first term in the Oregon House of Representatives, and was admitted to the US House of Representatives in 1996.
He now serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Budget Committee, and the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Climate change, and is a staunch advocate of issues such as the environment, sustainable development and economic opportunity.
A lawyer by profession, Representative Blumenauer holds law degrees from Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Here are the 41 Congressional co-sponsors of HR 2046 to date: WAS YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REP ON THE ABOVE LIST? Barney Frank repeatedly stresses the importance of voters contacting their congressional representatives and asking them to support his bill (HR 2046), as the biggest factor for getting sponsorship and support of the bill. The Poker Players Alliance website offers a contact list and letter template for writing your congressperson (by zipcode) making it quick and easy to even add highly valued personal comments (click here for it). Alternately click here for a complete contact list and informative profile of all current members of Congress: Senators and members of the U.S. House of Representatives, by zipcode or State. If you do not know which senators represent your state, or who represents your district in the House of Representatives, you can enter your state and zip code to the left of the map, then you'll be shown the list for your location. Or you can click on your state on the map to see a complete list (good if you know your district number). For a complete list of the current (110th) members of Congress by STATE, click here.
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