Republicans and Democrats have become increasingly more blatant in voting their own personal beliefs over that of their
constituents over the past decade. They have
discriminated against the American citizen by deciding their own vote is worth more than every Americans combined. Broken campaign promises have become a natural tendency within the
Republicans and Democrats chosen members with complete disregard to their constituent’s personal freedoms and
individual beliefs. These same Republicans and Democrats claim that their stance to gain more control over your once personal
freedoms of choice do it to protect you from yourself. These tricky politicians have used fear mongering tactics to implement legislation such as
The Patriot Act and then expanded these bills to erode their own American citizen’s rights. They also ignored the majority of Americans petitions and grievances
opposed to the Health Care. 535 people in Congress made a decision when the vast majority of 200 million people opposed it. These politicians gave away over $700 billion of our tax money to bail out irresponsible companies that did nothing to stimulate our economy. These Republicans and Democrats have repeatedly shown that our democratic way of government has no bearing on them.
Now America has come to a crossroad once more. A group of Republicans and Democrats have invaded Americans in our own homes to erode more of our rights, even against a majority stance. There is a group of Republicans and Democrats who would
vote against the American majority who desire to decrease not only the federal debt, but to create more than
75,000 new American jobs to strengthen our economy. These select Republicans and Democrats vote against a piece of legislation known as
H.R. 1174.This bill provides the federal regulation of online poker, a proven game of skill, to be taxed
bringing in over $2 billion annually in taxable revenue, and
creating a huge surplus of American jobs to reduce the unemployment rate in America.
These same Republicans and Democrats have sided with a tiny fraction, a small minority who incorrectly categorize poker as gambling due mostly to religious beliefs.
Gamble (g m b l) – 1. To bet on an uncertain outcome 2. The casting of lots
However, the vast array of professional poker players have proven the very opposite of this definition through consistently winning year after year.
Poker is a game of proven and documented skill.This piece of legislation is guaranteed to help stimulate the American economy, something these same Republicans and Democrats have failed to do thus far. Poker is Made in the U.S.A, and has a solid American foundation.
Let us not allow these same Republicans and Democrats to erode our personal freedoms and liberties of choice anymore. Make them live up to their promises of strengthening our economy here in America through added taxable revenue and American jobs. These same politicians that vote their own way live high above the average American purchasing luxury cars and homes and buying high end appliances on Americas dime. They have retirements and pensions that many Americans will never be fortunate enough to see. Yet these same people would come into our home and dictate what hobby or pastime you or I may enjoy. I would end this by stating that no matter what your stance is on this issue be clear of these facts:
1) H.R. 1174 will create over 75,000 new American jobs, and conceivably many more over time
2) H.R. 1174 will create over $2 billion in new taxable income to reduce our national debt, and conceivably much more over time
3) No matter your stance on H.R. 1174, siding with these same tricky Republicans and Democrats on this issue opens yet another door in the future for them to erode more of your personal liberties by expanding the power and control of the federal government not only in your personal lives, but in your own home. More than that, ask yourself how much our freedom and form of government has cost our brave soldiers on the battlefield.
Below is a list showing those Republicans and Democrats who are “For”, “Against”, or “Haven’t Chosen Side” when it comes to your freedom and the role our government plays and will continue to play in your life. Don’t allow them to discriminate against you anymore. Support this cause not because you like poker, but because you believe in the American way of life that so many before us have died for. Please
sign our petition and
write these congressmen/ congresswomen and demand they strengthen our economy and our American way of life by voting for H.R. 1174.
****If you see any names that are no longer in office or missing, please pm me with their name or replacement, and their stance on this issue if you know it. Please view message and link after the names at bottom of post. Please rate thread 5 stars for traffic purposes.****
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Don Young – (AK)
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Mike Thompson – (CA)
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George Miller – (CA)
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Barbara Lee – (CA)
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Michael Honda – (CA)
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Edward Markey – (MA)*
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Frank LoBiondo – (NJ)*
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Leonard Lance – (NJ)*
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Robert Menendez – (NJ)
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Harry Reid – (NV)
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Steve Israel – (NY)*
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Peter King – (NY)*
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Joseph Crowley – (NY)
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Anthony Weiner –( NY)
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Steve Cohen – (TN)*
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Joe Barton – (TX)*
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Al Green – (TX)
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Michael McCaul – (TX)
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Ron Paul – (TX)*
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James Moran – (VA)*
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Peter Welch – (VT)*
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Jeff Miller – (FL)
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Jack Kingston – (GA)
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Mike Pence – (IN)
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Rodney Alexander – (LA)
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Charles Boustany – (LA)
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Dave Camp – (MI)
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Michael Rogers – (MI)
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John Kline – (MN)
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Erik Paulsen – (MN)
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Michele Bachmann – (MN)*
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Todd Akin – (MO)
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Howard Coble – (NC)
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Patrick McHenry – (NC)
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Kelly Ayotte - (NH)
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Scott Garrett – (NJ)
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Brian Higgins –( NY)
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Jean Schmidt – (OH)
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Frank Lucas – (OK)
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Tim Murphy – (PA)
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Charles Dent – (PA)
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Bill Shuster – (PA)
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Robert Brady – (PA)
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Joe Wilson – (SC)
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Jim Cooper – (TN)
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John Duncan – (TN)
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Michael Burgess – (TX)
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Randy Neugebauer – (TX)
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Kay Granger – (TX)
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Mike Conaway – (TX)
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Michael McCaul – (TX)
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Kevin Brady – (TX)
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Jeb Hensarling – (TX)*
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John Cornyn – (TX)
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Ralph Hall – (TX)
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Sam Johnson – (TX)
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Louie Gohmert – (TX)
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Rob Bishop – (UT)
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Jim Matheson – (UT)
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Jason Chaffetz – (UT)
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Frank Wolf – (VA)
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers – (WA)
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Nick Rahall – (WV)
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John McCain – (AZ)
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Janice Schakowsky – (IL)
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Martin Heinrich – (NM)
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Jim DeMint – (SC)
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Gerry Connolly – (VA)
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