She's Not Convinced
Nancy Pelosi, the US Senate House Speaker, is one of the most high-ranking
female politicians in the history of the US government and her position
guarantees her a say in all of the new legislation that takes place.
Interestingly enough, although Pelosi is a Democrat she is not siding with so
many of her constituents in support of legalized online casino gambling. Pelosi
has actually gone so far as to outright say that she has no intentions of
approving new regulations that would allow licensed and regulated online casino
gambling in the US market. Her reasoning behind the lack of support is
completely because of moral reasons rather than anything else more concrete.
That being said, there is the off chance that Pelosi could vote for online
casino gambling measures if it is necessary to appease her Californian
constituents. Groups representing the internet gambling industry are pushing
really hard for the legalization of online casinos in the US market – they even
just put up a whopping $3 million in lobbying funds to ensure that the Poker
Players Alliance and other groups that are aggressively lobbying in Congress
have the funds they need to do their job.
Pelosi’s position as a Democrat is not enough to ensure that she will vote for
the new regulations that will legalize online casino gambling – there will have
to be some pretty specific circumstances coming together for her to cast her
vote for internet gambling…in other words, it’s highly unlikely and the
lobbyists really ought to spend their money on some of the other Democrats that
are on the fence in the online gambling issue or have yet to publicly voice
their support or lack of support.
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