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House committee looks at Michigan casino bills

WASHINGTON, DC -- As reported by the Detroit Free Press: "The House Judiciary Committee is set to work on a couple of bills on Wednesday that would allow for two new Indian casinos in Michigan - even though another committee has already approved them.

"…A couple months ago, the Natural Resources Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of the two pieces of legislation, which would authorize land swaps with two tribes, resulting in new casinos in Romulus and Port Huron. That vote was expected to send the bills to the House floor.

"But Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, a Detroit Democat and an opponent of the bills, scheduled a hearing on the bills, ostensibly since an aspect of each sets up the federal courts to decide any enforcement measures which arise. His hearing on them last month, however, was much wider in scope - including whether the legislation was an appropriate vehicle for creating the casinos.

"MGM - which has built a new permanent casino in Detroit - is opposed ot the bill, as are Conyers and Detroit's other member of Congress, Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick…"

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