Letter back from Sen Durbin

[jailbird]

More B.S.

Dear Mr. ................:


Thank you for your message regarding Internet gambling. I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.



The debate over Internet gambling has generated strong public interest. While most types of Internet gambling operations are prohibited under federal law, many Internet gambling operations are based in foreign countries and have fallen outside the jurisdiction of American enforcement agencies. Overall, Americans spend roughly $4 billion to $6 billion a year on Internet gambling. Because of the largely unregulated nature of this business, Internet gambling sites often fail to block access to gambling by children and often lack effective safeguards against fraud. Further, Internet gambling can be addictive, and this addiction has had a harmful effect on some individuals and communities.



In September 2006, the Senate passed the SAFE Port Act of 2006 (H.R. 4954). This legislation contained numerous important provisions that would improve the security of our nation's ports. When a House-Senate conference committee met to work out differences in their separate versions of the bill, the conferees added language regarding Internet gambling.



The language that the conference committee added to the SAFE Port Act prohibits those who are in the business of gambling from knowingly accepting credit cards, checks, electronic fund transfers or similar financial instruments in connection with unlawful Internet gambling. The Act imposes fines and/or prison sentences on violators. The legislation further requires the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board to issue regulations directing banks and other financial transaction providers to adopt practices that will enable them to identify and prevent restricted transactions that support Internet gambling.



The final version of the SAFE Port Act of 2006 included a number of provisions important to our national security. It passed by unanimous consent in the Senate. There was not a separate vote on the provisions to prevent unlawful Internet gambling.



As the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board craft the regulations required by the gambling provisions of the SAFE Port Act, it is important that they work with law-abiding financial transaction providers. We can effectively improve the enforcement of our longstanding ban on unlawful Internet gambling transactions without imposing unrealistic or overly burdensome requirements on law-abiding financial transaction providers.



Thank you again for contacting me. Please feel free to stay in touch.





Sincerely,
Richard J. Durbin

United States Senator



RJD/ds



P.S. If you are ever visiting Washington, please feel free to join Senator Obama and me at our weekly constituent coffee. When the Senate is in session, we provide coffee and donuts every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. as we hear what is on the minds of Illinoisans and respond to your questions. We would welcome your participation. Please call my D.C. office for more details.

[OldMan]

What a crock that is.....Typical politician bull chit.

OldMan

[johnny1212]

durbin is a douchebag

[verdict]

fukface durbin

[yoffff]

Originally Posted by verdict

fukface durbin

He's not the only one. There's plenty of these fukface's to go around

[DosBullets]

It's Fukers Like That......that Got The Bill Passed In The First Place...they Are All Siding With The "law"...hell With The Interest Of The People.

[Keith]

but hey, at least you can get free donuts

[guzzi]

butter up ur asshole...corn dog...

[NY Mane]

How many children know how to create a Neteller account, get their parent's bank routing number and account number, link it to Neteller, deposit and start gambling? I mean really! Credit cards are not allowed anymore and PayPal was banned. I see a great safeguard in place. But you can use a credit card to drink 10 shots of whiskey and then drive home and kill someone. You can get a cash advance and buy 500 scratch off lottery tickets.

[Executioner]

That is not him but a political standard letter edorsed by the party who supported the bill, I will bet even money that other politicians that you write will respond with the same letter just the name of the polictican will be different.

[PigSkinTerror13]

welcome to communist/socialist Illinois

[dherd]

the problem is not with durbin - this never happened under clinton or democratic house and senate. i follow congress fairly closely. what happened is that the evangelical bible thumping republican white house and congress slipped the provision into an anti terror bill in a conference committee because they knew the dem's would block it if they tried to pass it on its own.
people were not voting for or against shutting down $$ transfers they were voting on an anti terror bill (if they had voted aginst it they would have been branded terrorist sypathisers by the evangelicals who control the republican party). even worse the republican justice department is apparently enforcing it. if you dont like the bill elect someone who will repeal it or choose not to enforce it - that would be a democrat!

"When a House-Senate conference committee met to work out differences in their separate versions of the bill, the conferees added language regarding Internet gambling."