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The PPA has released their November 2009 issue of their newsletter. Click the link below to read
November 2009 Newsletter | Poker Players Alliance

The Poker Players Alliance issued its Congressional Ratings Guide for the 2012 elections this week, showing a sharp decline in poker opponents on Capitol Hill, compared to two years ago.

The guide, searchable by zip code or state, gives grades from A to F or a question mark to all 435 voting members of the House and 100 Senators.

From both branches of Congress, the PPA gave out only 57 non-passing grades this year, down from 194 in 2010 and 258 in the inaugural ratings of 2008. There are also fewer grades of A (72 this year, 90 in 2010) and B (54 this year, 83 in 2010), while many more grades of C (87 this year, 8 in 2010) and question marks (265 this year, 159 in 2010).

Rich Muny, vice president of player relations for the PPA, attributed the differences to a tougher criteria for grades of A or B and the continued education of Congress on Internet poker leading to many previous opponents now being middle-of-the-road or on the fence regarding the issue.

"I think we tightened up our criteria to have more fidelity in our data," Muny said. "The question marks don't only include people we don't know about but people we know are on the fence. For us the key is the reduction in opposition. There are some people really passionate against the idea of online poker, who have the idea that this is unwholesome. They grew up with the idea that this is dangerous. The fewer of those people there are, the more likely that legislation will get through."

One example of a hard F in 2010 that is now a question mark is Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.).

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