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Senate Shelves Legislation to Further Restrict Internet Gambling

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2005 - 10:38am.
Washington -- The U.S. Senate has shelved proposed legislation that would have placed further restrictions on Internet gambling, Reuters reported. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) had attempted to attach language that would block banks and credit card providers from letting customers open accounts on Internet gambling sites to an annual Senate spending bill, but an unnamed Democrat objected and the language was removed. "We will proceed with this; it will become law at some point at some time," Kyl said on the Senate floor. "There should be no reason why we can't move forward on this." Similar restrictions have previously passed in both houses of Congress, but the House and Senate have thus far been unable to agree on identical bills.
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