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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Social and Civil Liberty Issues </title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/13.aspx</link><description>Abortion, Gambling, Race, Gender, Guns, Drugs, Religion, Other</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>2011 House Bill 5009 (Exempt senior center poker from (private) gambling ban)</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286910.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:53:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286910</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286910.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=286910</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 27, 2011, to exempt low stakes card games (25-cent maximum “ante” and $5 maximum "pot" and initial entry buy-in) in government (but not private) senior centers from state prohibitions on (private) gambling. Under current law the exemption applies only to senior citizen housing facilities&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 106 in favor, 4 opposed and 0 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 152 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-5009'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>