In the recent movie “Thank You for Smoking,” a tobacco lobbyist comes under fire for working to protect people’s right to smoke. A similar movie could be made about gambling and the villain would be Representative Bob Goodlatte. The Virginia Republican has been fighting to enact legislation on Internet gambling for some time, and he can now finally claim a good deal of success with the passage of HR 4954, a port security bill with an anti-Internet gambling attachment.
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Thank You for Gambling
Posted by: Sonia Arrison October 13, 2006 04:00 AMIn the recent movie “Thank You for Smoking,” a tobacco lobbyist comes under fire for working to protect people’s right to smoke. A similar movie could be made about gambling and the villain would be Representative Bob Goodlatte. The Virginia Republican has been fighting to enact legislation on Internet gambling for some time, and he can now finally claim a good deal of success with the passage of HR 4954, a port security bill with an anti-Internet gambling attachment.