I have just worked through
this list of senators and posted the following message:
Quote:
Dear Senator xxxxxx,
Please support HR 1174, Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. This bill would create tens of thousand of industry jobs and bring in $40-$60 billion in much needed tax revenue over the next 10 years.
In addition, Congressman Joe Barton will soon be introducing an online poker bill in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. I kindly ask that you support this bill as well.
For the senators that allow open wall posts (indicated by "top post" link at upper right of wall), the steps are easy:
1) like the senator
2) paste the message
3) edit the senator's name in the message
4) hit enter (or the share button) to complete the post
For the senators that do not allow open posting, a little more legwork is required. I searched the page (ctrl+f) for "budget", "debt", "deficit", "jobs", and "economy" to find a wall post by the senator that was appropriate to comment on with the message.
I also discovered that I was inadvertently spamming the newsfeed of my facebook friends. :| The solution to this is to temporarily switch your privacy settings:
1) upper right corner of facebook, click "account" -> "privacy settings"
2) select "customize settings"
3) "things I share" -> "posts by me" -> "custom"
4) "make this visible to" -> "only me" -> "save setting"
You can then revert back to your old setting after you are done sending your messages.