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House of Representative Congressmen, Raul Grijalva, who opposed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act last year has recently become a cosponsor of the Internet Gambling Regulations and Enforcement Act (IGREA ) this past Wednesday. The IGREA is the bill seeking to legalize and regulate online gambling in the United States proposed by Rep. Barney Frank.

Grijalva has been a U.S. Representative for Arizona. He has been in office since 2003 and currently is a part of the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Small Business. One of Grijalva priorities is protecting civil liberties according to his biography on his Congressional site.

Grijalva has stood up for a person's right to gamble online besides voting against the UIGEA. In 2003 he Grijalva voted against the ban of credit card usage for internet gambling.

IGREA had only close to a dozen cosponsors when the bill was first proposed. As of now, that number has grown to 38; including the recent addition of Grijalva.

The following is the list of the current cosponsors of IGREA:

1. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
2. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
3. Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
4. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
5. Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
6. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)
7. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)
8. Julia Carson (D-Ind.)
9. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
10. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)
11. William Delahunt (D-Mass.)
12. Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
13. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)
14. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
15. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
16. Michael Honda (D-Calif.)
17. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
18. Peter King (R-N.Y.)
19. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
20. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
21. James McGovern (D-Mass.)
22. Charlie Melancon (D-La.)
23. Ron Paul (R-Texas)
24. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)
25. Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)
26. Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)
27. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)
28. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
29. Robert Scott (D-Va.)
30. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
31. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
32. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)
33. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
34. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
35. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)
36. Albert Wynn (D-Md.)
37. Don Young (R-Alaska)