Jon Kyl sticks Gambling Provision in a Port Security Bill

They tried to stick it in a Defense Bill, and the Military said no.

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GOP Aims to Crack Down on Web Gambling (9-30-06)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Republicans attached a measure cracking down on Internet gambling to a bill aimed at enhancing port security that passed Saturday.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., pushed for the gambling provision to be added to the larger bill.
"The enforcement provision provided by this bill will go a long way to stop these illegal online operations," Kyl said late Friday.
Kyl and Frist previously tried unsuccessfully to put the measure on a bill authorizing funding for the military, but critics said the Defense Department bill was no place for the gambling measure.

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=84&sid=802693

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Bill Frist, Jon Kyl, Jim Leach on hot seat as press picks up on ploy involving port security (10-9-06)

As one Congressperson put it during the debate session prior to the bill's passing "God forbid something happens to our nation's mass transit system and the US citizens learn that an 'internet gambling provision' was more important than security."

http://www.gambling911.com/Bill-Frist-Jon-Kyl-Jim-Leach-port-security-100906.html

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Bush signs online-gaming-limits bill

President Bush has signed online gaming restrictions favored by Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl into law.
Bush OK'd a federal port security bill Friday, and included in that bill is a measure that restricts the use of U.S. credit cards, checks and money transfers to online gaming casinos.

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2006/10/09/daily45.html

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Pederson only down by 9% at RCP. Goooo Jim!

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2006/senate/az/arizona_senate_race-35.html

It's time for a new commercial anyway :)
Or maybe good ammo for the next debate.