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08-06-2011 , 02:04 AM
Very awesome of you do to that Schlucky!
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08-06-2011 , 04:27 AM
Reach out to media



Getting this issue out in the mainstream press is an important component to building momentum. We've done a lot here with the Facebook actions. Let's continue this by sending letters to the editors of our local papers to praise H.R. 2366, the Online Poker Act, and to encourage lawmakers to support it. Many poker players took this action in the wake of Black Friday and dozens of letters were published! Let’s keep the good work up and send our letters to the editor today.

Also, if you see an online news story about Internet poker, please take a moment to post comment on it (if the story allows for public comments online). The more comments/interest a story receives; the more likely that news outlet will commit more time covering the issue. This is one more easy way for us to get more attention for our fight for our rights.

To find local media contact information, please click here.
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08-06-2011 , 05:36 PM
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08-07-2011 , 12:24 AM
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08-07-2011 , 06:54 PM
Done.
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08-08-2011 , 12:43 AM
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08-08-2011 , 01:44 PM
August Recess an Important Time to Contact Representatives



This week is the official start of the August recess for the U.S House of Representatives. Congress is heading home for the month.

While our reps are back home for the recess, let's all call their district office (click here to find the number) and urge them to support HR 2366, the Online Poker Act of 2011.

You can also urge your Representative to support the bill by clicking here to see if your Representative has a Facebook page. If they do, please take a moment to sign into your Facebook account, click the “Like” button on their page and then post your message asking them to protect your rights to play online poker by supporting HR 2366. You can also check to see if your Representative has a Twitter account by clicking here. If they do, please use the hashtag #poker when sending your tweet.

http://www.facebook.com/congress
http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Mem...ss_who_Twitter
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08-09-2011 , 12:43 PM
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08-10-2011 , 03:03 AM
Media Outreach - Fox News

Let's contact Fox News to tell them to increase their coverage of our important issue.

Some of FoxNews' Facebook pages do not allow posting, but we can post comments to existing posts.

Facebook:
Contact info: Thanks!
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08-12-2011 , 03:31 AM
As you may know, U.S. House and Senate leaders have appointed twelve members of Congress to serve on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. This “super committee" is charged with developing policies to reduce the U.S. deficit and then make specific recommendations to Congress which will be voted on. This is a great opportunity for us to make our voices heard.

Let's go to their Facebook pages and let them know that we want them to take action on the online poker issue! Simply take a moment to sign into your Facebook account, click the “Like” button on the page and then post your message asking them to protect our right to play online poker by supporting HR 2366!

The names with an “x” in front of them are those who do not allow direct posting on their Facebook wall. No problem for us. Just post a comment in response to a post already on the page. PLEASE BE SENSITIVE about this though. If the post says the Congressperson is being treated for cancer, don’t bother them with poker. Tell them to get well soon. Be sensitive to what’s going on in their state, too – wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, etc. And PLEASE say please and thank you. Courtesy goes a long way.

Oh, and let’s all try to get the bill number correct. It’s H.R. 2366.

Let's all also remember to revisit these walls to like the posts and comments made since your last visit. Thanks!

Here's the Super Committee:

Republicans

Representatives:
Dave Camp: Facebook Contact
x Jeb Hensarling: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Fred Upton: Facebook Contact

Senators:

x Rob Portman: Facebook
Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (site set to censor the word "poker")
x Jon Kyl: Facebook
Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Patrick Toomey: Facebook Contact

Democrats

Representatives:

x James Clyburn: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (site set to censor the word "poker")
x Xavier Becerra: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
x Chris Van Hollen: Facebook Contact (no recent posts for us to use to post comments)

Senators:

x Patty Murray: Facebook Contact (no recent posts for us to use to post comments)
x Max Baucus: Facebook
Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (it's not Rep. Spencer Bachus, so please don't blast him! ) (site set to censor the word "poker")
John Kerry: Facebook Facebook Contact
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08-12-2011 , 03:36 AM
I posted the following to many of these walls:

Quote:
Please ask the "super committee" on deficit reduction to support H.R. 2366, a bipartisan bill to license and regulate Internet poker. Licensing will provide strong consumer protections and age verification as well as billions of dollars in federal and state revenue. Every federal dollar wasted on efforts to stop American adults from playing online poker is another dollar added to the federal deficit. Please support my freedoms by supporting this bill. Thank you.
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08-12-2011 , 12:23 PM
Done!
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08-12-2011 , 08:14 PM
This is a great time to get air time for poker. Today's action plan is very important.
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08-12-2011 , 09:22 PM
please help
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08-12-2011 , 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by LastLife
This is a great time to get air time for poker. Today's action plan is very important.
+1

This is one of the most important action items yet. It tells Congress that we want our rights, but it also provides tangible evidence of both the support and the lack of opposition to online poker.

Everyone needs to participate here.
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08-12-2011 , 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by LastLife
x Chris Van Hollen: Facebook Facebook Contact (no recent posts for us to use to post comments)
As Rep. Van Hollen does not use his Facebook page or permit direct posting, it's of no use to us. So, I substituted the one LastLife found for that:

Chris Van Hollen: Facebook Contact
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08-12-2011 , 11:43 PM
done!!!
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08-12-2011 , 11:58 PM
Done.
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08-13-2011 , 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by demon102
done!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by 3x Range Merger
Done.
Thanks!

Let's all do this.
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08-13-2011 , 12:24 AM
Update on Sen. Murphy:
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x Patty Murray: Facebook Twitter Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (the post for us to use to post comments is a few weeks old, so I included her Twitter link)
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08-13-2011 , 02:25 PM
PokerNews has a good article by Matt Kredell on this issue: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/0...bill-10842.htm
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08-13-2011 , 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by TheEngineer
+1

This is one of the most important action items yet. It tells Congress that we want our rights, but it also provides tangible evidence of both the support and the lack of opposition to online poker.

Everyone needs to participate here.
Done!
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08-14-2011 , 02:32 AM
There are 447 viewers on NVG right now. If we all go to post #1 and follow the action plan, we'll make a real impression on the super committee. Will you please help out? Thanks!
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08-14-2011 , 02:41 AM
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08-14-2011 , 05:10 AM
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