The PPA member update was sent out today. It included this action plan, so let's keep on the 60 Minutes stuff for today as well.

Just finished todays!

What about a daily action to call/lobby B&M casino corporations to support legislation and the PPA?

does puerto rico really have a vote in the House? crazy.

He is elected by the people of PR to the house. He can and does serve on committees but he cannot vote.

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.

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 offices (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

ive seen a lot of wall topics on facebooks asking for suggestions from constituents. perfect place to canvass for our cause

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:

• John Stossel: http://www.facebook.com/JohnStossel?sk=wall&filter=12 (remember to thank him for his outstanding support for us).
• Shepard Smith: http://www.facebook.com/ShepardSmith
• Fox News Sunday: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fox-Ne...ay/10674237167
• Fox News: www.facebook.com/FoxNews?v=app_2373072738
  • Here's a post to which we can post comments: www.facebook.com/FoxNews/posts/242990752398579
• Your World with Neil Cavuto: https://www.facebook.com/YourWorldCavuto
  • Here's a post to which we can post comments: https://www.facebook.com/YourWorldCa...02073249851558

Contact info:

• Main contact email: yourcomments@foxnews.com
• Email addresses for individual news programs: www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77538,00.html

Thanks!

I have a hard time posting to Shep's and Neil's pages. The people that post there are such wackadoodles. I posted on one, not sure if I'll post on the other. Reading posts by Fox News people makes me nauseous.

Here's the Super Committee

Thanks!

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

I posted the following to many of these walls:

I couldn't post on Kyl facebook. I posted on the rest. Also I "like" other pro poker posters.

Anyone thought of posting on FB pages like Bill Mahr, or Stephen Colbert? I would love to see them do a segment on online poker and Republicans ****ing us over.

http://www.facebook.com/Maher?sk=wall&filter=1

The above link is bill mahr's facebook page, i wrote a little post on it, if you could like it or support it maybe he'd be willing to check it out and have a segment about it. Couldn't hurt IMO.

Couldnt hurt. If we get a relatively similar presence like we have on the DOJ's wall we may have a shot at getting a word in.

I posted on mager facebook. I will be sick for the rest of the after clicking on "like" for maher, but I did it.

Fbed commented on all the super commitee pages

This thread should be getting more love. This should be sticky'd at the top of every single forum on this site imo.

It is an anouncement and there are also threads in NVG/IP.

Don't forget Upton's other page.

Verneer kindly blogged on the action plan today: http://www.cardrunners.com/blog/vern...er-legislation

Sweet goal of triple digit likes. Let's see if we can get there by the end of the weekend.

Nice of him.