H.R. 2267, known as Rep.Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, now has 50 co-sponsors. The bill, which was introduced in May, would allow licensed online poker and Internet gambling companies to operate in the U.S.

Lets all hope that more will soon follow suit and join in on co-sponsoring this bill that will regulate online poker. I am sad to report that at this time no one from my home state of South Carolina is.

A list of the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2267) co-sponsors are :

· Alaska: Don Young (R At-Large)

· Arizona: Raul Grijalva (D 7th)

· California: Michael Thompson (D 1st), George Miller (D 7th), Michael Honda (D 15th), Linda Sanchez (D 39th), Bob Filner (D 51st)

· Colorado: Jared Polis (D 2nd), Ed Perlmutter (D 7th)

· Connecticut: Joe Courtney (D 2nd)

· Florida: Robert Wexler (D 19th), Alcee Hastings (D 23rd)

· Hawaii: Neil Abercrombie (D 1st)

· Idaho: Walt Minnick (D 1st)

· Illinois: Luis Gutierrez (D 4th), Bill Foster (D 14th)

· Indiana: Andre Carson (D 7th)

· Massachusetts: James McGovern (D 3rd), Barney Frank (D 4th), Michael Capuano (D 8th), William Delahunt (D 10th)

· Michigan: John Conyers (D 14th)

· Nevada: Shelley Berkley (D 1st)

· New Hampshire: Paul Hodes (D 2nd)

· New Jersey: Robert Andrews (D 1st), Frank LoBiondo (R 2nd), John Adler (D 3rd), Steven Rothman (D 9th)

· New York: Tim Bishop (D 1st), Steve Israel (D 2nd),Peter King (R 3rd), Carolyn McCarthy (D 4th), Gary Ackerman (D 5th), Joseph Crowley (D 7th), Jerrold Nadler (D 8th), Edolphus Towns (D 10th), Mike McMahon (D 13th), Charles Rangel (D 15th), Paul Tonko (D 21st)

· North Carolina: Melvin Watt (D 12th)

· Ohio: Steve Driehaus (D 1st), Tim Ryan (D 17th)

· Oregon: Earl Blumenauer (D 3rd)

· Tennessee: Steve Cohen (D 9th)

· Texas: Ron Paul (R 14th), Ciro Rodriguez (D 23rd)

· Virginia: Bobby Scott (D 3rd), Tom Perriello (D 5th), James Moran (D 8th)

· Washington: Jim McDermott (D 7th)

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