Talk:Jim Leach

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It is believed that should the Democrats retake control of the House, Leach will switch parties.

By who? Based on what? RadicalSubversiv E 11:51, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I suspect based on his current stands (Full Disclosure: I'm not that dude and I don't have a source). 68.39.174.238 11:51, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Leach is Republican through and through. He's a Rockefeller Republican, sure, but he'll retire before he'll turn Democrat. - Jaysus Chris 05:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

What about Whitewater? It was Leach who led the movement in '94 to have President Clinton and his wife investigated for their involvment in the Whitewater scandal. Despite Leach's reputation for party inobedience, Bill won't tell you good things about him. :-( -Amit

Leach would not switch parties. DCW

Contents 1 Leach's involvement in anti-gambling movement 2 wrestling date 3 POV 2006 Election section 4 Online Poker Ban section

[edit] Leach's involvement in anti-gambling movement

[1] Check this out -Iopq 05:03, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wrestling date

Wouldn't Jim Leach have been 26 at the time of his HS wrestling championship if that date and his birthdate are correct?

[edit] POV 2006 Election section

The section on the 2006 election uses several weasel words and violates NPOV. It is also in violation of the Biography of living persons policy because it doesn't source statements (which are accusatory in tone) about Mr. Leach. A source should also be added if the gambling bill was actually illegal - or else that qualifier should be removed. --Tim4christ17 ^talk 15:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The article says nothing about legality of gambling. The act itself is called the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act", so the statement that Leach sponsored the bill is a statement of fact. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.188.172.194 (talk • contribs).

I stand corrected. However, the rest of the section still needs to be fixed. --Tim4christ17 ^talk 00:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

No problem Tim. I fixed the rest of it.

[edit] Online Poker Ban section

Tim, being the one of an evangelical bent, like Leach and the supporters of the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, how can you be considered neutral in any way.

History needs to know the architects of the House and Senate versions of this bill. Why are you trying whitewash over this?

This bill was infact referred to committee; see http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR04411:@@@C. The bill was inserted into the Port Security Act on the Senate side and not the House side so any reference or citation which purports otherwise should be removed from the Leach page.

12/06 - I feel it is still relevant to mention the bill here since it is a known fact that it was a pet project of Jim Leeach and fellow Iowa Congressman John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919–December 23, 2002). If it hadn't been for these two spearheading the drive to ban online gambing (w/ the help of John Kyl's son Senator Jon Kyl, Senator from Arizona. See how it the conspiracy comes together across both houses of congress?