Today the U.S. Senate Banking Committee passed S.627, the Internet gambling prohibition bill proposed by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
The committee spent all of five minutes debating the bill--just enough time for the chairman of the committee to introduce the bill and ask the committee to approve the amendments he already made to it.
The bill was voted unanimously to be reported to the full Senate.
Kyl's bill would block online gambling merchants from taking credit cards or other bank instruments as payment from American online gamblers.
No amendments were offered on the bill during the session and it was not debated. A similar bill was passed in the House of Representatives after hours of debate on June 11.
IGN will have a full report on this development tomorrow.