Online funding legislation

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House panel backs limits on online gambling. Washington--A House subcommittee voted Tuesday to make it harder for Americans to gamble on the Internet, opting not to consider an alternative proposal that could lead to states legalizing and taxing online casinos.

Democrats on the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime said they would raise that alternative when the full committee considers the bill.

By a voice vote, the subcommittee approved legislationthat would prohibit the use of credit cards, checks and electronic fund transfers to pay for online betting transactions.

The bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa, previously passed the House Financial Services Committee. The full House approved a similar measure in the previous Congress, but it died in the Senate. From the May 7th Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.