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To: kidl who wrote (406)	7/6/2000 7:06:19 PM
From: Herc	Respond to of 827

The Kyl bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent. Last I heard, conservative Republicans wanted to remove all the "carve outs" from H.R. 3125, but they were still bickering. The Kyl bill did "carve out" state lotteries, but this was removed by the Pease amendment in the Judiciary Committee. I would hope a House/Senate Conference Committee would reinsert the "carve out" for state lotteries. It is interesting that the rep. from Saratoga, N.Y. also got an exemption for racing put into H.R. 4419. The racing industry must be spreading lots of $$$ around. All of this is moot if the President vetoes the bill. Quite justifiably he credits the internet industry for the economic success of his administration and is too smart to tamper with it. Also the courts ruled Congress' ban on internet porn unconstitutional and gaming regulation has heretofore been left up to the states. So I would not be surprised to see Kyl-Goodlatte ruled unconstitutional. And I won't even get into the problems--both technologically and legally--with enforcement. I am rapidly coming to view the current Republicans in Congress as a bunch of idiots, and I'm mostly conservative. I've had it with the religious right.