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Monday, February 13, 2012

Let's continue telling the Payroll Tax Conference Committee to include online poker in their discussions. The committee needs to resolve this matter by the end of February, so the timing is perfect for us. Rumors are flying about this on all the poker forums, so let's do our part to stand up for this!

- Let's send the Payroll Tax Conference Committee members + Sen. Reid & Sen. McConnell NEW tweets urging inclusion of federal online poker legislation: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's post and like pro-poker comments on the Facebook wall of Payroll Tax Conference Committee member Rep. Sander Levin (D): HERE
- Now that we have had an action to post comments to each Payroll Tax Conference Committee member's Facebook wall let's go back like all the pro-poker comments -- and post some new ones: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 153 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, let's reach out to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee membership via Facebook with respectful requests for them to support poker. Simply like the pro-poker posts and make a supportive post of your own. When commenting on preexisting lawmaker posts, please be sure the post is appropriate for pro-poker comments.

-United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Facebook
- Daniel Akaka, HI (Chair): Facebook
-John Barrasso, WY (Vice Chair): Facebook
-Daniel Inouye, HI: Facebook
- Maria Cantwell: Facebook
- John Hoeven, ND: Facebook
- Lisa Murkowski, AK: Facebook
- Tom Udall, NM: Facebook
-Michael Crapo, ID: Facebook
-Mike Johanns, NE: Facebook
-Jon Tester, MT: Facebook Facebook
- Al Franken, MN: Facebook
- Kent Conrad, ND: Facebook
- Tim Johnson, SD: Facebook
-John McCain, AZ: Facebook

Done.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Rumors are flying about federal legislation, so let's all do our part to ensure Congress hears from us!

- 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, HERE, and HERE.
- Let's send the Payroll Tax Conference Committee members + Sen. Reid & Sen. McConnell NEW tweets urging inclusion of federal online poker legislation: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Now that we have had an action to post comments to each Payroll Tax Conference Committee member's Facebook wall let's continue going back to like all the pro-poker comments -- and to post some new ones: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH) responded to my post on his concern regarding the potential impact of online gaming on state lotteries, so let's post more pro-poker posts HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 154 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, let's reach out to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee membership via Facebook with respectful requests for them to support poker. Simply like the pro-poker posts and make a supportive post of your own. When commenting on preexisting lawmaker posts, please be sure the post is appropriate for pro-poker comments.

-United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Facebook
- Daniel Akaka, HI (Chair): Facebook
-John Barrasso, WY (Vice Chair): Facebook
-Daniel Inouye, HI: Facebook
- Maria Cantwell: Facebook
- John Hoeven, ND: Facebook
- Lisa Murkowski, AK: Facebook
- Tom Udall, NM: Facebook
-Michael Crapo, ID: Facebook
-Mike Johanns, NE: Facebook
-Jon Tester, MT: Facebook Facebook
- Al Franken, MN: Facebook
- Kent Conrad, ND: Facebook
- Tim Johnson, SD: Facebook
-John McCain, AZ: Facebook

Done. Gogogogogo.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Rumors are flying about federal legislation, so let's all do our part to ensure Congress hears from us!

- Let's send the Payroll Tax Conference Committee members + Sen. Reid & Sen. McConnell NEW tweets urging inclusion of federal online poker legislation. It's reported that they have reached a tentative deal, so let's keep this up for today: 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, HERE, and HERE.
- Now that we have had an action to post comments to each Payroll Tax Conference Committee member's Facebook wall let's continue going back to like all the pro-poker comments -- and to post some new ones: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 155 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, I posted to almost every senator's wall (all but the ones from which I'm banned) with a Commerce Clause argument for federal legislation. Please consider liking these and commenting to them. Thanks.

Indian Affairs Committee: HERE
Akaka, Daniel K.: HERE
Alexander, Lamar: HERE
Ayotte, Kelly: HERE
Barrasso, John: HERE
Baucus, Max: HERE
Begich, Mark: HERE
Bennet, Michael F.: HERE
Bingaman, Jeff: HERE
Blumenthal, Richard: Deletes poker posts, but try HERE.
Blunt, Roy: HERE
Boozman, John: HERE
Boxer, Barbara: HERE
Brown, Scott P.: HERE
Brown, Sherrod: HERE
Burr, Richard: HERE
Cantwell, Maria: HERE
Cardin, Benjamin L.: HERE
Carper, Thomas R.: HERE
Casey, Robert P., Jr.: HERE and HERE
Chambliss, Saxby: HERE
Coats, Daniel: HERE
Coburn, Tom: HERE
Cochran, Thad: none
Collins, Susan M.: HERE
Conrad, Kent: HERE
Coons, Christopher A.: HERE
Corker, Bob: HERE
Cornyn, John: HERE
Crapo, Mike: HERE
DeMint, Jim: HERE
Durbin, Richard J.: HERE
Enzi, Michael B.: HERE
Feinstein, Dianne: HERE
Franken, Al: HERE
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.: HERE
Graham, Lindsey: HERE
Grassley, Chuck: HERE
Hagan, Kay R.: HERE
Harkin, Tom: HERE
Hatch, Orrin G.: HERE
Heller, Dean: HERE
Hoeven, John: HERE
Hutchison, Kay Bailey: HERE
Inhofe, James M.: HERE
Inouye, Daniel K.: HERE
Isakson, Johnny: HERE
Johanns, Mike: HERE
Johnson, Ron: HERE
Johnson, Tim: HERE
Kerry, John F.: HERE
Kirk, Mark: He is hospitalized....not the time to post
Klobuchar, Amy: HERE
Kohl, Herb: HERE
Kyl, Jon: HERE (I can't post to his wall due to getting banned...LOL)
Landrieu, Mary L.: No good place to post, but her wall is HERE
Lautenberg, Frank R.: HERE
Leahy, Patrick J.: HERE
Lee, Mike: HERE
Levin, Carl: HERE
Lieberman, Joseph I.: HERE
Lugar, Richard G.: HERE
Manchin, Joe, III: HERE
McCain, John: HERE
McCaskill, Claire: HERE
McConnell, Mitch: HERE
Menendez, Robert: HERE
Merkley, Jeff: HERE
Mikulski, Barbara A.: HERE
Moran, Jerry: HERE
Murkowski, Lisa: HERE
Murray, Patty: HERE
Nelson, Ben: HERE
Nelson, Bill: HERE
Paul, Rand: HERE
Portman, Rob: HERE
Pryor, Mark L.: HERE
Reed, Jack: none
Reid, Harry: HERE
Risch, James E.: none
Roberts, Pat: HERE
Rockefeller, John D., IV: HERE
Rubio, Marco: HERE
Sanders, Bernard: HERE
Schumer, Charles E.: HERE
Sessions, Jeff: HERE
Shaheen, Jeanne: HERE
Shelby, Richard C.: HERE
Snowe, Olympia J.: HERE
Stabenow, Debbie: HERE
Tester, Jon: HERE and HERE
Thune, John: HERE
Toomey, Patrick J.: HERE
Udall, Mark: HERE
Udall, Tom: HERE
Vitter, David: HERE
Warner, Mark R.: HERE
Webb, Jim: HERE
Whitehouse, Sheldon: HERE
Wicker, Roger F.: HERE
Wyden, Ron: HERE

Done. With all of it. Including all of the Senators. Whew. I am banned or geo-blocked from 3 or 4 pages though. Still in the process of liking.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Online poker is clearly being discussed on Capitol Hill. Let's all do our part to ensure Congress hears from us!

- Let's send the prewritten, fully editable PPA member letter to Congress and the White House HERE and to state lawmakers HERE. This takes less than 60 seconds! It's very important that your lawmakers know you demand your right to play, so let's all send this out now.
- 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 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.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 156 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

Done.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Online poker is clearly being discussed on Capitol Hill. Let's all do our part to ensure Congress hears from us!

- Let's all phone our Congressmen and Senators. That's just three simple phone calls. It's very important that your lawmakers know you demand your right to play, so let's please do this. Click HERE and scroll down to item #2 for an easy-to-use phone number lookup tool and a script to help guide the call.
- 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 also post to Sen. Reid's new FB wall 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.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 157 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, I posted a Commerce Clause argument for federal legislation to most senators' Facebook walls (all but the ones from which I'm banned). Please consider liking these and commenting to them. Thanks.

Using Facebook, it's best to hit these in groups of 15 or so, taking a break between groups.

Group A: Indian Affairs Committee: HERE, Akaka, Daniel K.: HERE, , Alexander, Lamar: HERE, Ayotte, Kelly: HERE, Barrasso, John: HERE, Baucus, Max: HERE, Begich, Mark: HERE, Bennet, Michael F.: HERE, Bingaman, Jeff: HERE, Blumenthal, Richard: Deletes poker posts, but try HERE, Blunt, Roy: HERE, Boozman, John: HERE, Boxer, Barbara: HERE, Brown, Scott P.: HERE

Group B: Brown, Sherrod: HERE, Burr, Richard: HERE, Cantwell, Maria: HERE, Cardin, Benjamin L.: HERE, Carper, Thomas R.: HERE, Casey, Robert P., Jr.: HERE &HERE, Chambliss, Saxby: HERE, Coats, Daniel: HERE, Coburn, Tom: HERE, Cochran, Thad: none, Collins, Susan M.: HERE, Conrad, Kent: HERE, Coons, Christopher A.: HERE, Corker, Bob: HERE, Cornyn, John: HERE

Group C: Crapo, Mike: HERE, DeMint, Jim: HERE, Durbin, Richard J.: HERE, Enzi, Michael B.: HERE, Feinstein, Dianne: HERE, Franken, Al: HERE, Gillibrand, Kirsten E.: HERE, Graham, Lindsey: HERE, Grassley, Chuck: HERE, Hagan, Kay R.: HERE, Harkin, Tom: HERE, Hatch, Orrin G.: HERE, Heller, Dean: HERE, Hoeven, John: HERE, Hutchison, Kay Bailey: HERE, Inhofe, James M.: HERE

Group D: Inouye, Daniel K.: HERE, Isakson, Johnny: HERE, Johanns, Mike: HERE, Johnson, Ron: HERE, Johnson, Tim: HERE, Kerry, John F.: HERE, Kirk, Mark: He is hospitalized....not the time to post, Klobuchar, Amy: HERE, Kohl, Herb: HERE, Kyl, Jon: HERE, Landrieu, Mary L.: No good place to post, but her wall is HERE, Lautenberg, Frank R.: HERE, Leahy, Patrick J.: HERE, Lee, Mike: HERE, Levin, Carl: HERE, Lieberman, Joseph I.: HERE

Group E: Lugar, Richard G.: HERE, Manchin, Joe, III: HERE, McCain, John: HERE, McCaskill, Claire: HERE, McConnell, Mitch: HERE, Menendez, Robert: HERE, Merkley, Jeff: HERE, Mikulski, Barbara A.: HERE
Moran, Jerry: HERE, Murkowski, Lisa: HERE, Murray, Patty: HERE, Nelson, Ben: HERE, Nelson, Bill: HERE, Paul, Rand: HERE, Portman, Rob: HERE

Group F: Pryor, Mark L.: HERE, Reed, Jack: none, Reid, Harry: HERE & HERE, Risch, James E.: none, Roberts, Pat: HERE, Rockefeller, John D., IV: HERE, Rubio, Marco: HERE, Sanders, Bernard: HERE, Schumer, Charles E.: HERE, Sessions, Jeff: HERE, Shaheen, Jeanne: HERE, Shelby, Richard C.: HERE, Snowe, Olympia J.: HERE, Stabenow, Debbie: HERE

Group G: Tester, Jon: HERE & HERE, Thune, John: HERE, Toomey, Patrick J.: HERE, Udall, Mark: HERE, Udall, Tom: HERE, Vitter, David: HERE, Warner, Mark R.: HERE, Webb, Jim: HERE, Whitehouse, Sheldon: HERE, Wicker, Roger F.: HERE, Wyden, Ron: HERE

gogogogogogogogo

Done did it.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Online poker is clearly being discussed on Capitol Hill. Let's all do our part to ensure Congress hears from us! The Cybersecurity Act (S. 2105) is our next chance for inclusion. We're clearly germane to that discussion, so let's push here!

- Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Sen. Lieberman, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. Let's also post to Sen. Reid's new FB wall HERE.

- Let's send members of the House Committee on Homeland Security (chaired by poker supporter Rep. Peter King) NEW tweets requesting inclusion of online poker licensing into the House version of the 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, HERE, and HERE. Let's also post to the committee's FB wall HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc.to encourage others to participate. The past 158 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, I posted a Commerce Clause argument for federal legislation to most senators' Facebook walls(all but the ones from which I'm banned). Please consider liking these and commenting to them. Thanks.

Using Facebook, it's best to hit these in groups of 15 or so, taking a break between groups.

Group A: Indian Affairs Committee: HERE, Akaka, Daniel K.: HERE, , Alexander, Lamar: HERE, Ayotte, Kelly: HERE, Barrasso, John: HERE, Baucus, Max: HERE, Begich, Mark: HERE, Bennet, Michael F.: HERE, Bingaman, Jeff: HERE, Blumenthal, Richard: Deletes poker posts, but try HERE, Blunt, Roy: HERE, Boozman, John: HERE, Boxer, Barbara: HERE, Brown, Scott P.: HERE

Group B: Brown, Sherrod: HERE, Burr, Richard: HERE, Cantwell, Maria: HERE, Cardin, Benjamin L.: HERE, Carper, Thomas R.: HERE, Casey, Robert P., Jr.: HERE &HERE, Chambliss, Saxby: HERE, Coats, Daniel: HERE, Coburn, Tom: HERE, Cochran, Thad: none, Collins, Susan M.: HERE, Conrad, Kent: HERE, Coons, Christopher A.: HERE, Corker, Bob: HERE, Cornyn, John: HERE

Group C: Crapo, Mike: HERE, DeMint, Jim: HERE, Durbin, Richard J.: HERE, Enzi, Michael B.: HERE, Feinstein, Dianne: HERE, Franken, Al: HERE, Gillibrand, Kirsten E.: HERE, Graham, Lindsey: HERE, Grassley, Chuck: HERE, Hagan, Kay R.: HERE, Harkin, Tom: HERE, Hatch, Orrin G.: HERE, Heller, Dean: HERE, Hoeven, John: HERE, Hutchison, Kay Bailey: HERE, Inhofe, James M.: HERE

Group D: Inouye, Daniel K.: HERE, Isakson, Johnny: HERE, Johanns, Mike: HERE, Johnson, Ron: HERE, Johnson, Tim: HERE, Kerry, John F.: HERE, Kirk, Mark: He is hospitalized....not the time to post, Klobuchar, Amy: HERE, Kohl, Herb: HERE, Kyl, Jon: HERE, Landrieu, Mary L.: No good place to post, but her wall is HERE, Lautenberg, Frank R.: HERE, Leahy, Patrick J.: HERE, Lee, Mike: HERE, Levin, Carl: HERE, Lieberman, Joseph I.: HERE

Group E: Lugar, Richard G.: HERE, Manchin, Joe, III: HERE, McCain, John: HERE, McCaskill, Claire: HERE, McConnell, Mitch: HERE, Menendez, Robert: HERE, Merkley, Jeff: HERE, Mikulski, Barbara A.: HERE
Moran, Jerry: HERE, Murkowski, Lisa: HERE, Murray, Patty: HERE, Nelson, Ben: HERE, Nelson, Bill: HERE, Paul, Rand: HERE, Portman, Rob: HERE

Group F: Pryor, Mark L.: HERE, Reed, Jack: none, Reid, Harry: HERE & HERE, Risch, James E.: none, Roberts, Pat: HERE, Rockefeller, John D., IV: HERE, Rubio, Marco: HERE, Sanders, Bernard: HERE, Schumer, Charles E.: HERE, Sessions, Jeff: HERE, Shaheen, Jeanne: HERE, Shelby, Richard C.: HERE, Snowe, Olympia J.: HERE, Stabenow, Debbie: HERE

Group G: Tester, Jon: HERE & HERE, Thune, John: HERE, Toomey, Patrick J.: HERE, Udall, Mark: HERE, Udall, Tom: HERE, Vitter, David: HERE, Warner, Mark R.: HERE, Webb, Jim: HERE, Whitehouse, Sheldon: HERE, Wicker, Roger F.: HERE, Wyden, Ron: HERE

Done.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

The Cybersecurity Act (S. 2105) is our next chance for inclusion into legislation. We're clearly germane to that discussion, so let's all do our part to ensure Congress hears from us.

- 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 also post to Sen. Reid's new FB wall HERE.
- Let's send members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security 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 also post to the committee's FB wall HERE.
- Let's send members of the House Committee on Homeland Security NEW tweets requesting inclusion of online poker licensing into the House version of the 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 keep reaching out to the Senate via Facebook. Let's hit Group G today:Tester, Jon: HERE & HERE, Thune, John: HERE, Toomey, Patrick J.: HERE, Udall, Mark: HERE, Udall, Tom: HERE, Vitter, David: HERE, Warner, Mark R.: HERE, Webb, Jim: HERE, Whitehouse, Sheldon: HERE, Wicker, Roger F.: HERE, and Wyden, Ron: HERE

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc.to encourage others to participate. The past 159 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, let's keep contacting the Senate Homeland Security Committee:

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Homeland Security Committee: Facebook
Lieberman, Joseph I. (Chair): Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter
Akaka, Daniel K.: Facebook Twitter
Begich, Mark: Facebook Twitter
Brown, Scott P.: Facebook Twitter Twitter
Carper, Thomas R.: Facebook Twitter
Coburn, Tom: Facebook Twitter
Collins, Susan M.: Facebook Twitter
Johnson, Ron: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter Twitter
Landrieu, Mary L.: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter
Levin, Carl: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter
McCain, John: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter
McCaskill, Claire: Facebook Twitter
Moran, Jerry: Facebook Twitter
Paul, Rand: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter
Portman, Rob: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter
Pryor, Mark L.: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter
Tester, Jon: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter