{"id":17787,"date":"2023-09-22T16:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2024-09-19T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T13:36:19","slug":"merkley-applauds-federal-agency-rejecting-proposal-to-bet-on-us-congressional-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-applauds-federal-agency-rejecting-proposal-to-bet-on-us-congressional-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley aplaude que la agencia federal haya rechazado la propuesta de apostar en las elecciones al Congreso de EE.UU."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>El senador lider\u00f3 a sus colegas al instar a la CFTC a rechazar la propuesta de contratos de control del Congreso de KalshiEX LLC<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley applauded the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for rejecting a proposal by a private prediction market operator that would have allowed for legal gambling on U.S. elections and party control in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&quot;La CFTC y los reguladores federales tomaron la decisi\u00f3n correcta al rechazar la propuesta de Kalshi y las solicitudes anteriores de apuestas electorales&quot;. <strong>dijo Merkley<\/strong>. &quot;No podemos permitir la creaci\u00f3n de un casino electoral que tiene el peligro de aumentar a\u00fan m\u00e1s la interferencia electoral y erosionar la confianza en nuestros sistemas electorales&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta semana, Merkley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/election-gambling-proposal-cftc-jeff-merkley-rcna105665\">escribi\u00f3 un art\u00edculo de opini\u00f3n<\/a> exponiendo sus preocupaciones sobre las apuestas electorales y su potencial para destruir la democracia estadounidense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cPermitir apostar en las elecciones ser\u00eda un cambio radical para la democracia estadounidense. Enriquecer\u00eda a unos pocos a expensas de muchos. Amenazar\u00eda la integridad y la santidad de nuestras elecciones. Y socavar\u00eda la voz del pueblo estadounidense\u201d. <strong>escribi\u00f3 Merkley en un art\u00edculo de opini\u00f3n de MSNBC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>En agosto, Merkley lider\u00f3 a los senadores Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) y Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-colleagues-no-gambling-on-elections\/\">enviando una carta<\/a> a la CFTC instando al presidente Rostin Behnam a rechazar la propuesta pendiente de Kalshi que podr\u00eda permitir apuestas legales sobre las elecciones estadounidenses y sus resultados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNo hay duda de que la mercantilizaci\u00f3n masiva de nuestro proceso democr\u00e1tico generar\u00eda preocupaciones generalizadas sobre la integridad de nuestro proceso electoral. Tal resultado est\u00e1 en claro conflicto con el inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico y socavar\u00eda la confianza en nuestro proceso pol\u00edtico. Instamos a la CFTC a que rechace la propuesta de Kalshi\u201d. <strong>escribieron los legisladores en agosto.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Led Colleagues in Urging CFTC to Reject KalshiEX LLC\u2019s Congressional Control Contracts Proposal Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley applauded the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for rejecting a proposal by a private prediction market operator that would have allowed for legal gambling on U.S. elections and party control in Congress. 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