RAWA, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, was shuffling across the halls of Congress for greater than two years, however the anti-online gambling and poker legislation has found little patronage or support during its loiter.

First introduced into the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) in March of 2014, RAWA seeks to revive the Wire Act and effectively do away with a state’s right to supply Internet gambling.

RAWA isn’t officially dead, but by all means it sounds as if to be shelved in its original form. That’s why some were surprised to peer language in a brand new Senate Appropriations Committee spending bill feature certain aspects of RAWA.

Late last month, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a big 141-page $65 billion spending bill that gives funding for the dep. of Justice (DOJ), Department of Commerce (DOC), numerous science agencies, and a number of other related governmental departments.

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