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To officially oppose S.373 and other....

rainbowsrus Dec 06, 2009 02:01 PM

anti snake legislation, there is an actual site for all the legislation going througn the Senate and House. You can register and indicate your oppinion on every piece of legislation.

The site is VERY user unfriendly and a major PITA to get the first "vote" in but still probably worth the effort....

First you have to register, only need a email account, they don't even ask for a name. Go to...

www.opencongress.org/register

Enter userid, password twice, valid email address and don't forget to click accept TOS. A email will be sent to your email account with a clickable link to register your userid.

Click on link in email they send you back and go to

www.opencongress.org/

(please note, the prior and next few steps are a combination of memory and going back and redoing it after many unsuccesful tries, I hope I have it close enough and please let me know if you find a better way)

Click on login in upper right corner and log in....

Note that it says welcome "your userid" in that same upper right corner when you have successfully logged in....

Your current URL should be....

Http://www.opencongress.org/

Easiest way to get there I found is type "bill/type/s/13" onto the end of the existing URL so now is....
Http://www.opencongress.org/bill/type/s/13 (that is bill/type=Senate/page 13 (where 373 is)

Click on S.373....

Now you should be able to vote and track the bill....

THEN....

Scroll down towards the bottom of the page where ....

Users opposing S.373 are also:

And you can click on HR2811 and HR669 and oppose them as well
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Replies (5)

jeffbarras Dec 06, 2009 04:39 PM

Thank you for the link. Everyone should still continue to call and fax their representatives about these bills, though. Let your voices be heard.

rainbowsrus Dec 06, 2009 11:18 PM

Agreed, I'm all for attacking them on all fronts!!!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

BoaRepublic Dec 07, 2009 03:03 AM

Thank you for the link and clear instructions Dave!

Alex
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Alex Barreiro
www.BoaRepublic.com

Samsa Dec 07, 2009 03:54 PM

Done & done. Thanks for the instructions!
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calirepguy Dec 08, 2009 09:12 PM

Make sure your vote was logged! I had to hit the oppose button 5 times before it gave me the "your vote has been logged" message. I watched it go from 312 to 313. I just checked the vote talley for s373. It is still 7 support and 313 oppose and I voted 2 hours ago. If you voted or are going to vote, it may not haved logged your vote if you got a list of congress and list of bills after you hit the "I oppose" button. You must get the vote logged message for it to go through. I voted on all three bills.

Thanx

Kevin

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