“In my opinion, the will of the people have spoken,” Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) said. “Let’s get her to work.”
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) has come out in support of swearing in Representative-elect Adelita S. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) after weeks of being denied her role.
Grijalva was elected to represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional District on Sept. 23, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has refused to swear her in, saying he’d wait until the House is back in session. Johnson previously swore in two Republican House members when the lower chamber was out of session.
Bill was introduced in US Senate on Monday as prediction markets such as Kalshi face greater scrutiny by states
Gaya Gupta at The Guardian:
Prediction markets are facing fresh bipartisan scrutiny in the US Senate as companies such as Kalshi and Polymarket continue to battle state-led efforts to regulate online betting.
A bill was introduced in the US Senate on Monday that would ban federally regulated platforms from allowing wagers on sporting events, what would be a huge blow to marketplaces where billions of dollars have been traded on major events like the Super Bowl and the NCAA’s March Madness.
The bill follows several other state-level efforts to regulate marketplaces, which are overseen by a federal agency. On Friday, a Nevada judge temporarily banned most of Kalshi’s operations in the state for two weeks after the state filed a lawsuit against the company.
Online prediction markets are currently regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Under the Trump administration, the agency has argued it has exclusive regulatory control over the companies.
Adam Schiff, a Democratic senator from California who introduced the bill with John Curtis, a Republican senator from Utah, said in a statement that the CFTC is “greenlighting these markets and even promoting their growth”.
“Sports prediction contracts are sports bets – just with a different name.” Schiff said in a statement. “It’s time for Congress to step in and eliminate this backdoor which violates state consumer protections, intrudes upon tribal sovereignty and offers no public revenue.”
The bill also bans casino-style games such as virtual poker, slot machines and blackjack from being available on the platforms. Curtis said in a statement that “addictive sports betting and casino-style gaming contracts” belong “under state control, not under federal regulators”.
A bipartisan bill to ban sports betting on prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi was introduced earlier this week by Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT).
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