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Nebraska Lawmakers Face Issues on Casinos29 December 2003LINCOLN, Nebraska – As reported by the Associated Press: ``The rancor and indecision over the push for a casino gambling measure is far from resolved as lawmakers ready for a new session starting Jan. 7. ``In an Associated Press pre-session survey of Nebraska's 49 lawmakers, only 20 said they supported the effort in the Legislature to ask voters whether they want to allow casino gambling. ``…It would take 30 votes to get the measure on the ballot. ```This is an issue for the voters,' said Sen. Don Pederson of North Platte. 'It will be our responsibility to put a reasonable suggestion before them.' ``…Lawmakers got a reprieve of sorts in October when the Nebraska Supreme Court gutted a petition effort that would have asked voters to approve video slot machines statewide. ``Many lawmakers feared that if the court had allowed the measure on the ballot, it would have taken control of the gambling issue away from the Legislature…" |