Thursday, November 17, 2011
The
Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding
a hearing today at 2:15 PM ET to examine the impact of Internet gaming regulation on tribal interests. PPA Chairman former Sen. D'Amato will testify for PPA, to be accompanied by Executive Director John Pappas.
The U.S. House
Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will hold another hearing on Internet gaming
tomorrow at 9 AM ET. So, let's all take a few minutes to take action in support of these important hearings!
- Let's send the Senate committee members prefilled, editable NEW pro-poker tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. [Speed tip: Click these links with either your middle mouse button or CTRL + your left mouse button to open these in separate tabs. Then, go tab-by-tab to knock them out.]
- Let's send the House committee members these NEW pro-poker tweets as well: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Send a prefilled tweet promoting today's action plan HERE.
- Continue to reach out to both committees via Facebook with respectful requests for them to support poker. When commenting on preexisting posts, please be sure the post is appropriate for pro-poker comments. [Speed tip: Search for "poker" and "2366" with CTRL-F, then choose "highlight", to identify poker posts quickly.]
Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade:
- Mary Bono Mack, CA (Chair) Facebook
- Marsha Blackburn, TN (Vice Chair) Facebook Facebook
- Joe Barton, TX Facebook
- John D. Dingell MI Facebook Facebook
- Edolphus Towns, NY Facebook
- Bobby L. Rush, IL Facebook
- Fred Upton, MI Facebook Facebook
- Leonard Lance, NJ Facebook
- G. K. Butterfield, NC Facebook
- Cliff Stearns, FL Facebook
- Mike Ross, AR Facebook
- Jan Schakowsky, IL Facebook
- Charles A. Gonzalez, TX Facebook
- Charles F. Bass, NH Facebook Facebook
- Gregg Harper, MS Facebook Facebook
- Bill Cassidy, LA Facebook
- Brett Guthrie, KY Facebook
- Pete Olson, TX Facebook Facebook
- David McKinley, WV Facebook Facebook
- Mike Pompeo, KS Facebook Facebook
- Adam Kinzinger, IL Facebook Facebook
- Jim Matheson, UT Facebook
- Henry A. Waxman, CA No Facebook
Senate Indian Affairs Committee:
- Daniel Akaka, HI (Chair): Facebook
- John Barrasso, WY (Vice Chair): Facebook
- Daniel Inouye, HI: Facebook
- Kent Conrad, ND: Facebook
- Tim Johnson, SD: Facebook
- Maria Cantwell: Facebook
- Jon Tester, MT: Facebook and Facebook
- Tom Udall, NM: Facebook
- Al Franken, MN: Facebook
- John McCain, AZ: Facebook
- Lisa Murkowski, AK: Facebook
- John Hoeven, ND: Facebook
- Michael Crapo, ID: Facebook
- Mike Johanns, NE: Facebook
Please reply in this thread with "tweeted", "done", etc. to encourage others to participate. The past
75 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!
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