Tue, Nov 20th, 2007 @ 12:00am Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is the latest congressman to sign on as a co-sponsor for Congressman Barney Frank's HR 2046 Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) bill that seeks to license and regulate online poker and online gambling in the USA in an effort to counter the unpopular Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Representative Blumenauer has a highly credible career in politics going back to 1972 when he served his first term in the Oregon House of Representatives, and was admitted to the US House of Representatives in 1996. He now serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Budget Committee, and the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Climate change, and is a staunch advocate of issues such as the environment, sustainable development and economic opportunity. A lawyer by profession, Representative Blumenauer holds law degrees from Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Here are the 41 Congressional co-sponsors of HR 2046 to date: Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY) Joe Baca (D-CA) Shelly Berkley (D-NV) Howard L. Berman (D-CA) Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Michael Capuano (D-MA) Russ Carnahan (D-O) Julia Carson (D-IN) Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) Steve Cohen (D-TN) Joseph Crowley (D-NY) William Delahunt (D-MA) Bob Filner (D-CA) Vito Fossella (R-NY) Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) Alcee Hastings (D-FL) Michael Honda (D-CA) Steve Israel (D-NY) Peter T. King (R-NY) Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) Jim McDermott (D-WA) James McGovern (D-MA) Charlie Melancon (D-LA) James Moran (D-VA) Ron Paul (R-Texas) Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) Ciro D. Rodriguez (D- TX) Steven Rothman (D-NJ) Linda T Sanchez (D-CA) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Bobby Scott (D-VA) Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Edolphus Towns (D-NY) Melvin L. Watt (D-NC) Anthony Weiner (D-NY) Robert Wexler (D-FL) Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD) Don Young (R-AL)
