On Friday, June 19, four more congressmen signed on to co-sponsor Rep. Barney Frank's bill HR 2267 that will overturn the UIGEA and allow for online gambling. They are:
Rep Ciro D. Rodriguez, [TX-23]
Rep Michael M. Honda, [CA-15]
Rep Robert E. Andrews, [NJ-1]
Rep Ed Perlmutter, [CO-7],
bringing the total co-sponsors to 34. This is a good start, but we need many more for this bill to stand a chance of passing. Currently, Representatives from the following States have signed on in support of legalizing online gambling:
Arizona, Nevada, California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and the Mariana Islands.
For those of you that urged your congressperson and they signed on, please call them, email them or meet with them to say thanks. For the rest of Americans that want their freedoms back, it is time to act now. Call your Rep. and demand they get behind you and lend their support to this important bill. For those that did contact your congressperson and they are not signed on, call them repeatedly until they do.
I personally have been in contact with my congressman, Ron Klein (FL-22), several times on this issue and have gotten no response, except for a stock form letter last year saying that he would consider my thoughts on the subject if it arises again, I have reminded him that it has, yet still no response. I will continue to flood his office with calls, letters, and emails until I get a response, and you should all do the same. Ron Klein serves on the same Financial Services Committee as Barney Frank and he should be a supporter of this bill. He is on my watch list for the next election and will not get our support if he does not support us.
Rep Ciro D. Rodriguez, [TX-23]
Rep Michael M. Honda, [CA-15]
Rep Robert E. Andrews, [NJ-1]
Rep Ed Perlmutter, [CO-7],
bringing the total co-sponsors to 34. This is a good start, but we need many more for this bill to stand a chance of passing. Currently, Representatives from the following States have signed on in support of legalizing online gambling:
Arizona, Nevada, California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and the Mariana Islands.
For those of you that urged your congressperson and they signed on, please call them, email them or meet with them to say thanks. For the rest of Americans that want their freedoms back, it is time to act now. Call your Rep. and demand they get behind you and lend their support to this important bill. For those that did contact your congressperson and they are not signed on, call them repeatedly until they do.
I personally have been in contact with my congressman, Ron Klein (FL-22), several times on this issue and have gotten no response, except for a stock form letter last year saying that he would consider my thoughts on the subject if it arises again, I have reminded him that it has, yet still no response. I will continue to flood his office with calls, letters, and emails until I get a response, and you should all do the same. Ron Klein serves on the same Financial Services Committee as Barney Frank and he should be a supporter of this bill. He is on my watch list for the next election and will not get our support if he does not support us.
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