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Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Resorts executives were on a list of 25 Republicans supporting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's effort to retain his seat...
Harrah’s Entertainment policy chief Marybel Batjer and MGM Resorts’ international marketing executive Bill Hornbuckle and senior spokesman Alan Feldman were on a list of 25 Republicans supporting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s effort to retain his seat in the US Senate, released by the Democratic Senator’s campaign on Wednesday. Reid, whose support is vital to the chances of Barney Frank’s HR 2267 bill to regulate egaming making it onto the statute books, has however yet to declare his position on this bill. Reid is currently embroiled in a tough fight to hold onto his Nevada seat against Republican candidate Sharron Angle.
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