The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, the Goodlatte bill, took a back seat today in the House Judiciary Committee to an abortion measure and another piece of proposed legislation on the docket ahead of the Internet matter. When the Goodlatte bill does come up, there will likely be some high level political maneuvering to get compromises and agreement on what now appears to be an increasingly controversial issue.
Meanwhile, a panel appointed by Congress to consider whether and how to tax the Internet broke up after what the Washington Post described as "an acrimonious two-day session" without reaching any substantive agreement on any of the major points it discussed. Gov. James S. Gilmore III of Virginia told the Post, "We have worked through the evening, through the night, through the morning" to get enough votes to make a recommendation to Congress, and while Gilmore said the committee had "gotten over the goal line successfully," the newspaper said the meeting ended in a deadlock.
Expect another interesting session when the Internet discussion gets underway.