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With the U.S. Senate scheduled to reconvene next week, opponents of a measure that would severely restrict Internet gambling by Americans are on high alert.

Groups monitoring the legislation include privacy advocates, Texas hold ‘em sit-n-go tournament junkies and diehard Let It Ride loyalists.

It’s a disparate collection united by a single philosophy - allowing the federal government to forbid people from gambling on their computers would be the most un-American of activities.

Here are some of the opinions from lasvegassun.com :

“Remember that number of online poker players ¦ 23 million. If Congress had heard from even half of these poker players, I dare to say the vote in Congress may have been different.”

“I’m nervous because, if (the legislation) were to pass and be enforced, I would need to get a job outside of poker or have to travel to major live poker tournaments,”

“As a community of online poker players, we are the people who would be affected by this,” Cypra said. “From our perspective, the most important window is about the next four weeks (through the Senate’s scheduled adjournment on Oct. 6). Anyone who is concerned about this, we’re urging them to contact their senators” Dan Cypra of Pocketfives.com