Who is Jared Huggins?

And why does this guy keep saying all we're doing is facebook??

This is a strange place.

You still haven't suggested anything...

yeah ignore him hes just trolling

New page for William Lacy Clay. Confusing because it looks like the old page. Not sure if our posts are kept on either. I know my posts have been deleted on the page we have been using though.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Congre...09135405838588

ok, done.

You're awesome.

Let's all call Congress and respectfully demand our rights. These should be short, friendly calls. These are not debates, so there is no need to worry about preparation. Rather, the goal of the call is simply to let these lawmakers know that their constituents support the right to play.

For the phone numbers of your elected representatives, either click here or visit the PPA Take Action page and scroll down to item #2.

Here are some tips on what to say to the staffer who answers the phone:

• I am a constituent, voter and a poker enthusiast.
• (For Representatives) Please support H.R. 2366, a bipartisan bill to license and regulate Internet poker.
• (For Senators) H.R. 2366 has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. I would like the Senator to support Senate legislation to license and regulate Internet poker.
• Regulation means strong consumer protections as well as billions of dollars in federal and state revenue.
• Please support my freedoms and support this bill.
• Thank you.
• I would like a response from the Representative/Senator.

After your call, tell PPA how it went, at http://go.theppa.org/callfeedback. Then, please post ITT to encourage others. Thanks!

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.). We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments:

• The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Facebook page is here.
• The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
• The Dept. of Justice's Facebook page is here.

Thanks!

Rep. Howard Coble responded to us: http://www.facebook.com/HowardCoble6...20853754617890

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Engineer,

Ive called my representatives and had my family and friends do the same. Thanks for all your hard work.

Would you mind explaining to us noobs what is most likely to happen with HR 2366? Does it go up for a vote anytime soon? What after that? Im sorry that these questions are so vague, and I have tried searching for the answers, but my ignorance on the subject has prevented me from yielding any sufficient answers. Thanks again.

How come we can't leverage the numbers closest to D.C. (Philly/A.C) for a love er... sit in??

non violent, no costs, simple civic disobediance. if it can get voting rights among other things it may work for our cause...

you said you wanted ideas not criticism. Unless you can get national news involved simple spaming won't do it. Public awareness and sympathy are the keys to a marketing cause like this.

I find it hard to beleive there are no marketing directors who are willing to offer ideas...

It has been referred to 3 committees. None have brought it up yet. You can view it's progress here:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-2366

bump

bump back at'cha

Now that HR 2366 has been introduced, the next step will be a House committee vote. In the case of HR 2366, that will be at the House Energy and Commerce Committee. That will likely have to happen as a freestanding bill.

Following that, the bill will go before the full House, either as a freestanding bill or as part of a broader bill. Concurrently, a Senate bill will have to go through a similar process. The final bill will be resolved in a House-Senate committee and will go to the president for his signature.

I see this running through the rest of the year and possibly into 2012. Licensing probably will not be instant, either. Rather, it looks like it will be months of work to get the regulations issued and the licensing bodies in place. Like you, I wish the process were faster.

For us, our next steps are to write to Congress, call Congress, and take the other steps necessary for them to know their constituents want the right to play. I encourage to keep up with the actions ITT. Thanks.

To expand on TE's post/explanation, I'm sorry I can't link it, as I don't remember exactly what it was called, but there's a site that tracks bills and tells where they are and what's next. It may have been posted in this thread, I remember a thread or a post somewhere where we were asked by a poster to leave comments or vote it up or something on this site.

Anyway it's a decent resource for an overview on the happenings of the bill, it even updated the co-sponsors if I remember correctly. It's also interesting because it follows lots of bills, so if you like that sort of thing it would be a cool site to check out.

Hopefully someone knows what I'm referencing and can link it for you.

EDIT, Doh! Last life linked it above 3 posts Anyway, ^^ that's the site I was thinking of.

Today, I hit the against and undecided/unknown from here: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=710 as J.K. Ludwig.

H.R. 2366, the Online Poker Act, has been referred to three committees in the House: Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, and Financial Services. Let's Facebook them all!

The FOR/AGAINST/UNDECIDED/UNKNOWN after each name is based on H.R.1174, the Campbell/Frank online gaming bill. 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!


For

Joe Barton, TX Facebook Contact THE MAN
x Peter T. King, NY Facebook Contact CO-SPONSOR
x John Campbell, CA Facebook Contact CO-SPONSOR
Steve Cohen, TN Facebook Facebook Contact CO-SPONSOR
x Ron Paul, TX Facebook Facebook Facebook Contact CO-SPONSOR
x Barney Frank, MA Facebook Contact CO-SPONSOR
John Conyers, Jr., MI Facebook Facebook Contact CO-SPONSOR
Linda Sanchez CA Facebook Facebook Contact CO-SPONSOR
Michael E. Capuano, MA Facebook Contact
Judy Biggert, IL Facebook Contact
Maxine Waters, CA Facebook Contact
Al Green, TX Facebook Contact
Gwen Moore, WI Facebook Contact
André Carson, IN Facebook Facebook Contact
John D. Dingell MI Facebook Facebook Contact
x Edward J. Markey, MA Facebook Facebook Contact
Edolphus Towns, NY Facebook Contact
William Lacy Clay, MO Facebook Contact
x Ed Perlmutter, CO Facebook Contact
Bobby L. Rush, IL Facebook Contact
Eliot L. Engel, NY Facebook Contact
Lois Capps, CA Facebook Facebook Contact
Jay Inslee, WA Facebook Facebook Contact
Tammy Baldwin, WI Facebook Facebook Contact
Doris O. Matsui, CA Facebook Contact
Marsha Blackburn, TN Facebook Facebook Contact
Leonard Lance, NJ Facebook Contact
Darrell Issa, CA Facebook Facebook Facebook Contact
Howard L. Berman, CA Facebook Contact
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x Sheila Jackson Lee, TX Facebook Facebook Contact
x Henry (Hank) Johnson, GA Facebook Contact
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Fred Upton, MI Facebook Facebook Contact
Jerrold Nadler, NY Facebook Facebook Contact
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Against

x Spencer Bachus, AL Facebook Contact
Edward R. Royce, CA Facebook Contact
Donald A. Manzullo, IL Facebook Contact
Walter B. Jones, NC Facebook Contact
Scott Garrett, NJ Facebook Contact
Randy Neugebauer, TX Facebook Contact
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Shelley Moore Capito, WV Facebook Contact
Michele Bachmann, MN Facebook Facebook Contact
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x Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ Facebook Contact
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x Jim Matheson, UT Facebook Contact
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x John Barrow, GA Facebook Contact
Mike Ross, AR Facebook Contact
Cliff Stearns, FL Facebook Contact
x Ed Whitfield, KY Facebook Contact
John Shimkus, IL Facebook Contact
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x Mary Bono Mack, CA Facebook Contact
Greg Walden, OR Facebook Contact
x Lee Terry, NE Facebook Contact
x Mike Rogers, MI Facebook Contact
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Tim Murphy, PA Facebook Contact
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x Brian P. Bilbray, CA Facebook Contact
x Phil Gingrey, GA Facebook Contact
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F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., WI Facebook Contact
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x Elton Gallegly, CA Facebook Contact
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x Randy Forbes, VA Facebook Contact
x Steve King, IA Facebook Contact
Trent Franks, AZ Facebook Contact
Louie Gohmert, TX Facebook Contact
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Mike Pence, IN Facebook Contact
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x Jeb Hensarling, TX Facebook Contact
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x Gary G. Miller, CA Facebook Contact
x Thaddeus G. McCotter, MI Facebook Contact
x Kevin McCarthy, CA Facebook Contact
Bill Posey, FL Facebook Contact
x Michael G. Fitzpatrick, PA Facebook Contact
x Lynn A. Westmoreland, GA Facebook Contact
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x Sean P. Duffy, WI Facebook Contact
Nan Hayworth, M.D., NY Facebook Contact
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x David Schweikert, AZ Facebook Contact
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x Stephen Lee Fincher, TN Facebook Contact
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x Nydia M. Velázquez, NY Facebook Contact
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x Brad Sherman, CA Facebook Contact
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x Emanuel Cleaver, MO Facebook Contact
x Keith Ellison, MN Facebook Contact
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x James A. Himes, CT Facebook Contact
x Gary C. Peters, MI Facebook Contact
x John C. Carney, Jr., DE Facebook Facebook Contact
x Michael F. Doyle, PA Facebook Contact
Jan Schakowsky, IL Facebook Contact
x Charles A. Gonzalez, TX Facebook Contact
Donna Christensen, VI Facebook Contact
Kathy Castor, FL Facebook Contact
Charles F. Bass, NH Facebook Contact
Steve Scalise, LA Facebook Contact
Bob Latta, OH Facebook Contact
Gregg Harper, MS Facebook Contact
Bill Cassidy, LA Facebook Contact
x Brett Guthrie, KY Facebook Contact
x Pete Olson, TX Facebook Contact
David McKinley, WV Facebook Contact
Cory Gardner, CO Facebook Contact
x Mike Pompeo, KS Facebook Contact
x Adam Kinzinger, IL Facebook Contact
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x Tim Griffin, AR Facebook Contact
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Judy Chu, CA Facebook Contact
Anna G. Eshoo, CA Facebook Contact
Tom Marino, PA Facebook Contact
Trey Gowdy, SC Facebook Contact
Dennis Ross, FL Facebook Contact
Stevan Pearce, NM Facebook Contact
Henry A. Waxman, CA NO FACEBOOK Contact
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Carolyn B. Maloney, NY NO FACEBOOK Contact

Let's call the Justice Department and share with them the fact that players at Full Tilt Poker, UB, and Absolute have not been paid, this despite the sites signing agreements with the DoJ allowing them to do so.

Some contact info:

• Department of Justice Main Switchboard: (202) 514-2000
• Office of the Attorney General Public Comment Line: (202) 353-1555
• Office of the Attorney General: (202) 514-2001
• Jim Eastman: (239) 745-5919 (anti-player Eastman comment)
• The Dept. of Justice's Facebook page is here.

The DoJ testified to Congress their opinion that Americans are not breaking federal law in playing (they believe sites themselves are not lawful, though): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvd8...outu.be&t=2m8s.

Let's hit them up for a couple of days and make our case.

Some tips:

• If you do not wish to identify yourself as a poker player, perhaps refer to yourself as a "poker enthusiast" or something like that.
• If you wish to state that you have a balance locked up on a site but prefer not to mention that you have played the game online for money, simply do not volunteer the extra information. State that you have money locked up on a site and leave it at that.
• I am not a lawyer, so please do not construe any of this as legal advice.

Thanks!

I wasn't able to find much info on Eastman. How exactly does he fit into all of this?

He said we weren't getting our money back, and that they could go after players cars(etc) if they wanted to, so we should be grateful for that.

Yeah, but how exactly does he play in all this? I saw that he is involved with the UMW/QT shutdown, but still not sure of his role.

Ed Bishop on facebook, you're not doing us any favors by being a dumbass on the Department of Justice facebook page.

Anyone actually talk to someone from the DOJ?

Let's finish up calling the Justice Department and share with them the fact that players at Full Tilt Poker, UB, and Absolute have not been paid, this despite the sites signing agreements with the DoJ allowing them to do so.

Some contact info:

• Department of Justice Main Switchboard: (202) 514-2000
• Office of the Attorney General Public Comment Line: (202) 353-1555
• Office of the Attorney General: (202) 514-2001
• Jim Eastman: (239) 745-5919 (anti-player Eastman comment)
• The Dept. of Justice's Facebook page is here.

The DoJ testified to Congress their opinion that Americans are not breaking federal law in playing (they believe sites themselves are not lawful, though): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvd8...outu.be&t=2m8s.

Let's hit them up for a couple of days and make our case.

Some tips:

• If you do not wish to identify yourself as a poker player, perhaps refer to yourself as a "poker enthusiast" or something like that.
• If you wish to state that you have a balance locked up on a site but prefer not to mention that you have played the game online for money, simply do not volunteer the extra information. State that you have money locked up on a site and leave it at that.
• I am not a lawyer, so please do not construe any of this as legal advice.

Thanks!