Barney Frank Introduces The “Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007.”

A new bill set forward by Democrat Barney Frank aims to bring back online poker!

Barney Frank, the Democratic Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced a new bill to Congress earlier in the week that would repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) passed last November. The “Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007″ would allow for an exemption to the original ban on online gambling for properly licensed operators, allowing Americans to lawfully bet online. With the new bill, Frank hopes to raise tens of billions of dollars in extra capital to fund such things as healthcare, education, and additional domestic issues plaguing the U.S. today.

Hopefully with this new law being put into motion, online gamblers can finally breathe a sigh of relief — something that hasn’t been easily attainable in the last few months since the UIGEA was “piggybacked” onto the Safe Port Act. The underhanded move, which was brought forth during the final moments of Congress’s final session of 2006, allowed a bill that had been rejected twice previously on its own to become part of national law. The unimpressive move by Republican Bill Frist has since caused a wave of controversy in the online world, and it’s been a firestorm of debate between politicians and gamblers as of late.

Time will only tell what the Frank’s new bill will get accomplished…but you gotta admit that it’s nice knowing that the “donkeys” in office are finally working with us to save one of America’s most revered games.

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