Florida Hopes to Remove Live Racing Requirement to Run a Poker Room
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Some Florida lawmakers want to change the state’s gambling laws to allow poker rooms and slot parlors to operate without being tied to live racing.
Gulfstream Park is among the facilities fighting a bill that would allow Florida facilities to offer poker and slots without also offering live racing or jai-alai. (Image: OG News)
Seeing flagging interest in racing while poker and other casino-type games boom, the Florida Senate advanced SPB 7080 through the Senate Regulated Industries Committee on Monday. The legislation will get a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee today.
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We, the undersigned organizations representing millions of Americans nationwide highly concerned by our country’s unsustainable fiscal trajectory, write in support of the Maximizing America’s Prosperity (MAP) Act, to be introduced by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.). As we stare down a mounting national debt of over $28 trillion, the MAP Act presents a long-term solution to our ever-worsening spending patterns by implementing a Swiss-style debt brake that would prevent large budget deficits and increased national debt.
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Sen. Hawley’s Bill to Break Up Big Corporations Praised and Panned on Right
A legislative reform proposed by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to “crack down on mergers and acquisitions by mega-corporations and strengthen antitrust enforcement” is drawing mixed reviews from conservative analysts and Republican campaign strategists.
“A small group of woke mega-corporations control the products Americans can buy, the information Americans can receive, and the speech Americans can engage in,” Hawley said in a statement announcing the proposal.
“These monopoly powers control our speech, our economy, our country, and their control has only grown because Washington has aided and abetted their quest for endless power.
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