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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Let's keep telling lawmakers to support our rights and make sure they know we'll never fold in this fight. The Cybersecurity Act (S. 2105) is still our next chance for inclusion. We're clearly germane to that discussion, so let's push here:

- Let's email the Senate Committee on Homeland Security HERE again. Simply ask them to add online poker licensing to the Cybersecurity Act. For some text for a starting point, copy-and-paste the text from the PPA prewritten letter to Congress here.

- Let's send members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee NEW tweets requesting addition of online poker licensing to the Cybersecurity Act: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's post and like pro-poker comments to the Facebook walls of Rep. Geoff Davis HERE, Rep. Ron Kind HERE, Rep. John Kline HERE, Rep. Jim Langevin HERE, Rep. Barbara Lee HERE, and Rep. Nita Lowey HERE.
- Let's share today's action on our own Facebook walls HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 205 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Let's keep telling lawmakers to support our rights and make sure they know we'll never fold in this fight. The Cybersecurity Act (S. 2105) is still our next chance for inclusion. We're clearly germane to that discussion, so let's push here:

- Let's send members of the House Committee on Homeland Security NEW tweets requesting inclusion of online poker licensing into the House Cybersecurity Act: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. Let's also post to the committee's FB wall HERE.
- Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's tell the White House to respond to the poker petition via the tweets HERE and via a short note to the petition feedback site HERE.
- Let's share today's action on our own Facebook walls HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 206 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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Weekend of April 21st, 2012

Six years ago, the Dec. DoJ interpretation of the scope of the Wire Act as not applying to poker would have resulted in a mad dash on Capitol Hill to see who could be first to introduce legislation expanding the Wire Act to include (i.e., ban) online poker. Black Friday would have resulted in the same rush to pass anti-poker legislation. After all, in that era who'd not wish to be part of the effort to stop the scourge on online gambling? If you doubt that, check here and here for how things were.

So, what's different now? Why aren't anti-gaming forces lining up against us? Why are B&M casinos now willing to take a chance at advocating for online poker legislation, rather than going for a ban on all online gaming. Why did three more lawmakers just sign onto HR 2366, the Online Poker Act? It's because the poker community stood up, organized, and fought back, that's why! I'm proud we're fighting together and am looking forward to our ultimate victory.

So, why am I so optimistic? Well, with the DoJ determination of the Wire Act's limited scope, it's very likely that either the federal government or individual states will move to authorize online poker in the near future. If we all keep pushing for our rights, we'll help our case here both in getting legislation and in getting player-friendly provisions added to it.

So, let's all keep up the pressure on the Hill. Don't be one of those spineless posters who won't take a stand or -- worse -- tries to talk others out of fighting back. Instead, let's keep telling lawmakers that they cannot stop us and that they need to move on legislation. Let's also let them know that they have to listen to the poker community while they formulate the bills!

- Let's send members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee NEW tweets requesting addition of online poker licensing to the Cybersecurity Act: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's send House Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Chair Mary Bono Mack and the rest of the subcommittee NEW tweets requesting a markup for HR 2366: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's email the House Energy & Commerce Committee again to ask for a markup of HR 2366, the Online Poker Act, HERE. For some text for a starting point, simply copy-and-paste the text from the PPA prewritten letter to Congress here.
- Let's post and like pro-poker comments to the Facebook walls of Rep. Cynthia Lummis HERE, Rep. Connie Mack HERE, Rep. Doris O. Matsui HERE, Rep. Jim McDermott HERE, Rep. Jim McGovern HERE, and Rep. Jeff Miller HERE.
- Let's share today's action on our own Facebook walls HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 207 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

Thanks OCD and Sheryl!

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Let's keep telling lawmakers to support our rights and make sure they know we'll never fold in this fight. PPA has plenty of lobbyists on the Hill, as do other pro-poker interests, so let's do our part to empower them. The Cybersecurity Act (S. 2105) is still our next chance for inclusion. We're clearly germane to that discussion, so let's push here. Today's action:

- Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

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If you wish to do more today, please consider the following:

- Let's send members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee NEW tweets requesting addition of online poker licensing to the Cybersecurity Act: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's post to the House Homeland Security Committee's FB wall HERE.
- Let's share today's action on our own Facebook walls HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others. Thanks for participating!

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I just read about a site the White House started for people to petition stuff, and if a petition gets 25K signers, the WH will respond. There's already a poker one here:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/protect-consumers-create-jobs-and-generate-revenue-licensing-and-regulating-online-poker/KZ2KB7c1