Rep. Robert Goodlatte of Virginia has been redrafting his Internet prohibition bill, and now says he will try to get the House of Representatives to vote on a stand-alone version of the bill, rather than attach it to an appropriations measure.
Michelle Semones, a spokesperson for Goodlatte, told the Washington Post's Newsbytes' Robert MacMillan that Goodlatte's office was working primarily to address the concerns of House Rules Committee chairman David Dreier of California about protecting Internet service providers from liability against illegal gambling passing through their servers. MacMillan says Drier is the chief hurdle to the legislation reaching the House floor, but predicted that if it does and is brought up under normal rule, it would pass with a simple majority.