If I remember right they passed these laws as part of a "terrorism bill", that no politician in there right mind could vote against, with the circumstances from 9/11.I wonder which site Osama bin laden plays.Please keep your eye out for Osama as you play poker online and immediately report if you see him to the U S Government,since they cant seem to find him on their own.
The precise history is:
"This Act was passed on the day Congress adjourned for the 2006 elections. Though a bill with the
gambling wording was previously debated and had passed by the House of Representatives, the SAFE Port Act (H.R. 4954) as passed by the House on May 4th and the U.S. Senate on September 14th, did not show any traces of the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act that was part of the SAFE Port Act signed into law by George W. Bush on October 13th, 2006. The UIGEA was added in Conference Report 109-711, which was
passed by the House by a vote of 409-2 and
by the Senate by unanimous consent on September 30, 2006. Due to H. Res. 1064, the reading of this conference report was waived." Source:
http://www.usdgaming.com/2007/03/legislative-history-of-uigea.htmlhttp://www.usdgaming.com/
So, the UIGEA was glued on AFTER the SAFE Port Act was passed,
completely without the UIGEA provisions. I would point out to those who continually want to make this a Demagogacrats -vs- Repugnicans issue, that the votes from
both sides of the aisle were overwhelmingly in favor of this "add-on".
