[il-talk] Fwd: Weekly update on Space Available Legislation

[Gregory Chang Patti]

I suggest some of you send these weekly updates to your congressman.  That was an easy way for me to keep it on Congressman Quigley's radar and as you know he just signed onto the bill. 



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From: "Hartle, Jesse" <JHartle at nfb.org>
Subject: Weekly update on Space Available Legislation
Date: March 8, 2013 3:44:55 PM CST
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Good Evening to you all,
 
     We have had another great week of building support for our legislation to include 100% Service Disabled Veterans in the Space Available program.  I have attached the updated lists of cosponsors to this message.  Again one list is broken down by party, and the other by state.  The House bill is now showing 68 cosponsors, and at least five others are scheduled to be added when the House goes back in to session next week.  The Senate bill, S. 346 has 9 cosponsors, and I have listed those Cosponsors below.  As a reminder for those who are considering requesting a district meeting, members of the House will be having a district work week March 25-29; this is Easter week, so you should shoot for early in the week.  We are working on scheduling another conference call, and I hope to have more news on the time and date of that call early next week.  Thank you all for your continued hard work on this issue.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
 
     Jesse
 
 
S. 364
Senator Tester, Montana, Lead Sponsor
Cosponsors
Senator Baucus, Montana
Senator Blunt, Missouri
Senator Cardin, Maryland
Senator Heitkamp, North Dakota
Senator Heller, Nevada
Senator Landrieu, Louisiana
Senator Manchin, West Virginia
Senator Merkley, Oregon
Senator Murray, Washington
   
 
 
 
Jesse Hartle
National Federation of the Blind
Government Programs Specialist
Phone: 410-659-9314, Ext. 2233
Email: jhartle at nfb.org