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Pennsylvania House approves slots bill25 October 2006HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- As reported by the Associated Press: "The state House of Representatives yesterday prolonged its squabble with the Senate over a bill intended to strengthen regulation and enforcement of Pennsylvania's slot-machine industry, approving changes and sending it back to the Senate. "The unanimous vote kept the bill from going to Gov. Rendell. It also continued a volley between chambers that has lasted for much of the last year over how to fix problems identified by critics of the state's two-year-old gambling law, with one chamber often dropping pet provisions written by the other. "House Majority Leader Sam Smith (R., Jefferson) said he sympathized with colleagues who were dissatisfied with the Senate's version, but warned that further revisions could scuttle passage of a final bill before the legislative session ends Nov. 30..." |