The PPA's chair says Barney Frank's bill could get unlikely support.

In an article in The Hill, former U.S. senator and Poker Players Alliance chairman Al D'Amato says that Barney Frank's impending online gambling proposal could get support from Democrat and Republican alike.

"Liberals and conservatives in and out of Congress are opposed to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act for a number of reasons: It does nothing to prevent children and problem gamblers from playing online; it overly burdens the banks, making them, not the federal government, policemen of the Internet; it costs the taxpayers billions in unearned revenue, not to mention the loss of capital and jobs when these companies are forced to move out of the U.S.; and it’s simply unenforceable," D'Amato says.

Full article here.