Banks have been opposed since before the outset of UIGEA.
I read this back just after the house vote. It's about a meeting in NYC of 5,000 banks discussing the House's recent passing of the bill ...
"It's very tempting to think the banking industry can stop this kind of stuff because people pay for it through banks, but the fact is the system just wasn't really designed to do it," says Steve Verdier, a lobbyist for the ICBA, based in Washington. The group is asking the Senate, which will return from recess next week, to revise a House of Representatives version of the bill that passed in July. Banks Balk at Congressional Plan To Cut Off Cash From Net Casinos - WSJ.com
Not letting the Senate take it to the floor to discuss openly was a miscarriage of justice ... but then we've seen alot of those the past 7/yrs.