Another one of the good things Jim Leach did was to push through the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which did not “ban online poker per se, but it established regulations that choked off payment processors…. [With] the increased friction of getting your money in and out... 1/
How the Late Former Iowa Republican Congressman Jim Leach Still Lives Rent-Free in the Head of Nate SilverLeach would have been 84 this year. Former Republican congressman from Iowa who served in the U.S. House from 1977 to 2007. He switched to the Democrats after 1/6—one of few good things he did...braddelong.substack.com