48th Sponsor Signs IGREA Bill to Regulate Online Poker, Online Gambling

US Congressional Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), became the 48th co-sponsor of H.R. 2046, the bill that House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-NY) introduced last year to legalize and regulate online poker and online gambling in the United States, called the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA).

Rep. Nadler added his signature to the bill the same week that a Congress hearing listened to financial institutions, poker and gambling supporters, federal regulatory officials and many more overwhelmingly criticize the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and the regulations proposed to implement it as unclear, unworkable, an immense burden to banking, and virtually impossible to enforce.

His signature also comes shortly after Barney Frank and Ron Paul released a letter they had sent to Ambassador Susan Schwab of the US Trade Representative's Office, requesting full disclosure of concessions granted as compensation to WTO trading partners for the USTR pulling online gambling out of treaties instead of complying with WTO rulings against the United States for excluding foreign online gaming operators, as evidenced by the UIGEA (click here for related article).

ABOUT REP. NADLER

Congressman Jerrold Nadler represents New York's Eighth Congressional district, one of the most diverse districts in the nation that includes Manhattan's West Side below 89th Street, Lower Manhattan, and areas of Brooklyn including Borough Park, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Sea Gate, Bay Ridge, and Bensonhurst.

Highly respected in the House of Representatives, Nadler, who is serving his 7th full term in Congress, is chair of the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee, which considers all proposed constitutional amendments and deals with such issues as expression, religious freedom, privacy, due process, and civil rights, amongst others. He is also Assistant Whip and a senior member of both Frank's House Judiciary Committee and the House Transportation Committee. He also serves on the Subcommittees for Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, as well as for Railroads Pipelines and Hazardous Materials.

Here are the 48 Congressional co-sponsors of HR 2046 to date:

WAS YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REP ON THE ABOVE LIST?

MORE IMPORTANT- HAVE YOU CONTACTED THEM?

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, at www.pokerplayersalliance.org.

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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