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The new PPA prefilled letter is out and ready to send. It takes
just 60 seconds to send, so please take a moment to let Congress know
you want your rights. Click here to send the letter.
You can Twitter a quick message asking others to write in only ten seconds! I wrote a prepopulated message. Click here to send the Tweet. Finally, you can help support the guys who support us! Send a Tweet recommending P5s. Click here to send the Tweet. Thanks! ---------------------------- Here's the letter: Co-sponsor and Support H.R. 2267, The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act
I
am a constituent, voter, and poker player asking for your support.
Specifically, I ask that you co-sponsor and support H.R. 2267, the
Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act.
I also ask that you support legislation that clearly exempts games of
skill like poker from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of
2006 (UIGEA).
H.R. 2267 provides for sensible regulation of
Internet gaming and puts the U.S. in charge of safeguarding its
citizens. H.R. 2267 mandates rigorous safeguards against underage
participation and protections for those with excessive gaming habits
while providing consumer protections for the millions of Americans who
play online poker every day. This bill will also allow American gaming
companies to participate in the world's Internet gaming market,
bringing needed jobs to America. Internet censorship and an
unenforceable, unpopular prohibition provide none of these benefits.
All censorship and prohibition can do is drive players underground or
overseas while limiting my personal freedom.
Separately,
something must be done to clarify the UIGEA. Our nation's financial
institutions have repeatedly warned that UIGEA is overly broad, and
that the lack of definition in the law could result in the disruption
of lawful financial transactions. Indeed, with regulators, legislators
and financial institutions all warning that UIGEA is unenforceable, and
with the need for banks to focus on our economic recovery. Banks must
fully comply with this burdensome law by December 1, 2009. Please act
immediately to reform the UIGEA and exempt peer-to-peer games of skill
like poker from its enforcement.
Poker is a proud American
tradition and our nation's citizens have enjoyed poker for more than
150 years. It is an honorable game that I am proud to play. The simple
fact that I choose to play it on the Internet does not make it unlawful.
What's
most important to me is your support for my rights. Please respond to
this letter and let me know you will support my freedoms. I will be
watching your actions on this issue closely. I hope that I, along with
my over one million fellow Poker Players Alliance members, can count on
your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
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After sending, please reply with "sent", "Twittered", etc. to encourage others. Thanks!
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Twitter has been an effective
communication tool for poker. I don't send tweets on what I ate for breakfast or
anything -- I focus on real content. See www.twitter.com/theengineer2008 for how it can be used for sending actual information.
Twitter
is nice because we can reach a bunch of people who, as a rule, care
about Internet freedom pretty quickly. I have over 15,000 followers
there. I -- along a bunch of others -- put out the word on the Minn.
case and generated a quick deluge of phone calls, emails, and Tweets to
Pawlenty, Willems, and MN state reps. We've received plenty of
feedback on the effectiveness of this, so it was good. I believe we can do the same with all of our issues. So, thanks to everyone who gives it shot.
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Sent and thank you for putting this up
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Sent and thank you for putting this up
Not a problem. Thanks for sending!
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WiCane
(United States)
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Posts.
Joined
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05-09-2009 3:01 PM
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Sent. Thanks again Engineer, great job as always.
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Sent. Thanks again Engineer, great job as always.
Thanks guys! Also, can one of you Twitter it as well as described in the OP? I just want someone to post how easy it was. Thanks.
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Nice job. Focus on the Family is writing as well, so let's not let them outdo us. Here it is:
Internet Gambling: Irresponsible Policy
by Chad Hills [Updated: 05-08-2009]
On October 13, 2006, Congress passed legislation to stop illegal Internet
gambling in the U.S [Article VIII of the SAFE Port Act, known as the
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (or UIGEA). Regulations
were implemented on November 12, 2008. We must keep families safe from online
predators that seek to exploit people for a profit.
[05-08-2009]
Frank: Pushing Irresponsible and Fiscally Ignorant
Policy
Rep.
Barney Frank is at it again. He's serving as a finger puppet for foreign
online gambling interests and pushing their agenda into U.S. policy. The UC
Group Ltd (UK) and the Interactive Gaming Council (Canada) are funding the Poker
Player's Alliance (PPA) with $3 million to lobby U.S. Congress Members hard in
2009. Barney Frank seems all too happy carrying the ball for them. Responsible,
fiscally conservative citizens are needed to help educate their Congress Members
about these dangerous, exploitive Internet gambling policies.
Summary of Bills to Watch
H.R.2266 : Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act
Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-MA)
Delays date that financial institutions were required
to comply with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA)
and stop payment to illegal, unlicensed Internet gambling operations. This bill
delays compliance by another year.
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H.R.2267 : Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and
Enforcement Act
Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-MA)
Legalizes Internet gambling, liscenses foreign and
domestic online gambling operations and taxes online gambling
revenues.
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H.R.2268 :
Internet Gambling
Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2009
Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to legalize
and tax Internet gambling.
[No legislative text available for H.R. 2268 as of
5-8-2009]
[Text not available
as of 5-8-2009[Text not available as of
5-8-2009[Text not available as of 5-8-2009
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I actually got to talk to my member of congress face to face about this (very briefly mind you) when i showed up to a town hall meeting Rep. Jay Inslee of Dist. 1 in Washington state had today in my town.
There was a question and answer period toward the middle-end where the audience could ask questions and i had a statement i was gunna read about how our freedom to play online poker should be preserved and the game should be regulated etc. Unfortunately, I showed up a little late and wasn't able to get my question in.
Undeterred, I (along with a couple others from the audience) followed him out to the parking lot to get some last second questions/comments in before he got in his car (lol). But yea basically I told him about HR 2267 and how he should support it so online poker could be regulated instead of banned by the UIGEA etc. He said he hadn't heard abou the bill yet but he told me to email him (which i had already done) and gave me his card.
I don't think my comment really made much of a difference, but at least i got to talk to him for a good 15 seconds or so and voice my opinion FWIW. Rep. Jay Inslee is rated as an A on the PPA website congressional rankings on supporting poker and I hope he co-sponsors this bill or signs it.
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