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The letter you send from the auto send on PPA.

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  1. baughman baughman is offline

    Cincinnati, OH
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    Jan 11th, 2008 (1/11/2008 11:05am)

    I went in and sent this a cpl of weeks ago.

    House stated it should be regulated by US government.

    Senate guy was kind of pissy and stated he is changing how he recieves emails because he is tired of all the auto sent stuff from diffrent lobby groups.

    Hs anyone else gotten much in away of responce.
  2. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Jan 11th, 2008 (1/11/2008 11:34am) in reply to baughman

    Thanks for writing to your congressman and senators. It's important to stand up for your freedom, so I'm glad you stood up for yours, mine, and everyone else's.

    Your representative sounds cool. What's his name, so I can track the answer? (If you don't wish to post it here, can you PM me with it?)

    As for the senator, I'd call him and I'd then write him a (snail mail) letter telling him that you don't appreciate his attitude regarding communications from his constituents, then reiterate your belief that the federal government should stay away from what you do in your own home with your own money.

    To answer your actual question, I have gotten responses. Right after UIGEA passed, the responses I received basically read like "it's illegal now, so go away". I can tell they've been hearing from us, as the tone of the later responses has indicated. Now the responses from the senators are more conciliatory and longer (two pages). My rep (Geoff Davis) is still against us, but he seems to at least understand our position.

    The goal of writing isn't only to get folks to cosponsor legislation for us. Rather, it's to improve our overall position. If a rabidly anti-poker senator decides to merely vote for legislation against us, rather than sponsoring bills against us while trying to line up support against us, that's an improvement. If a politician moves from voting against Internet poker to neutral, that's an improvement.

    Even if we don't get new, favorable legislation, all of this effort has kept worse legislation from getting passed. Right after UIGEA passed, Rep. Goodlatte promised to introduce legislation finishing what UIGEA started. Well, it turned out that our strong offense turned out to be the best defense, as Goodlatte didn't introduce anything. Quite the improvement from the HR 4411 (the bill that became UIGEA) 317-93 loss in the House.
     
  3. Sinter27 Sinter27 is offline

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    Jan 11th, 2008 (1/11/2008 3:00pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    Well good news, my Congressman is now one of 45 co-sponsers of Barney Frank's legislation to overturn to UIGEA. I'll be sending him a letter of thanks and support when I return home from the gym :)

    Now to yell at Hill and Chuck :)
  4. kew1076 kew1076 is offline

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    Jan 12th, 2008 (1/12/2008 9:48am) in reply to Sinter27

    "Even if we don't get new, favorable legislation, all of this effort has kept worse legislation from getting passed. Right after UIGEA passed, Rep. Goodlatte promised to introduce legislation finishing what UIGEA started. Well, it turned out that our strong offense turned out to be the best defense, as Goodlatte didn't introduce anything. Quite the improvement from the HR 4411 (the bill that became UIGEA) 317-93 loss in the House".

    I do not think the above is stated or understood enough...Without the effort of the PPA it is my opinion that Goodlatte and friends would've easily succeeded...The "few" seats that changed in Congress did not change a 317-93 vote...To those that question the PPA's intentions or effectiveness this is all the proof I need....
  5. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Jan 12th, 2008 (1/12/2008 1:02pm) in reply to kew1076

    Good points. Poker players were nowhere to be found in 2006 when UIGEA passed. Congress actually acted like there was NO opposition to UIGEA. I know letters from my congressman in that era indicated a belief that UIGEA was passed because (in his mind) everyone opposed online gaming.

    These guys are all well aware our our presence now. Our opponents in Congress have clearly shifted from making self-righteous speeches to trying to debate the poker community's positions and contentions. They are all on the defensive and we're on the offense.
     
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