Senator mounts new push to legalize Net poker - InternetNews.com

As revenue shortages continue to weigh on federal and state budgets, officials have been looking for new sources of income at every turn. That pressure has seen renewed calls for legalizing and taxing marijuana, new efforts to clamp down on online sales tax collection and, most recently, a push to reverse the ban on Internet gambling.

Online gambling proponents have found an outspoken advocate in Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who has introduced a bill that would establish a framework for licensing and taxing revenues from legitimate online poker and other gaming sites in an effort to raise revenue for cash-strapped states and the federal government...