Courtesy of Arizona Politics
The U.S. House of Representatives held its 2nd annual debate today on a bill to block the proposed Tohono O’odham casino in Glendale. This year, the nearly empty House passed it on a voice vote.
The 40-minute debate featured Arizona Reps. Paul Gosar, Trent Franks (primary sponsor) and David Schweikert speaking in favor of the blocking bill, while Rep. Raul Grijalva again opposed the bill.
The bill would put a 14-year moratorium on the proposed casino, basing it upon Arizona’s passage of Prop. 202 in 2002, which led to the gaming compact between the state of Arizona and the Native American tribes.
The bill will now head to the Senate, the body where last year’s bill quietly died.
