[il-talk] Fwd: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Update and call to action on Space Available

[Gregory Chang Patti via il-talk]

I simply forwarded this with a short note asking the senator to cosponsor and saying that is was the right thing to do for disabled veterans.  Please do the same.  

Thank you so much.  


Patti Gregory Chang
NFBI President
NFB Scholarship Committee Chair 


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From: "Hartle, Jesse via Nfb-legislative-directors" <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Update and call to action on Space Available
Date: May 23, 2014 8:54:12 AM CDT
To: "nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org" <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
Reply-To: "Hartle, Jesse" <JHartle at nfb.org>, NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>

Good Morning All,
 
      Yesterday the United States House of Representatives passed its version of the fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, HR 4435.  I am pleased to let you know that once again the House included an amendment that would allow Service Disabled Veterans to participate in the space available program; this is what we have been pushing for in HR 164.  Next Monday we will celebrate Memorial Day, and I am calling for a week of action to build support for S 346; this is our Senate companion  bill offered by Senator Tester.  We must urge Senators to cosponsor S 346; Senators can be added as a cosponsor by contacting Jorge Rueda on Senator Tester’s staff.  I have listed the 18 Current Cosponsors of S 346 below.  We need to increase this number.  The Senate will soon take up consideration of its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, and we must maximize our support on this issue.  As you all know, last year Senator Tester was not allowed to bring his amendment to the floor in the Senate and we cannot miss out on this opportunity again during this session.  You can be connected with your Senate offices by calling the Capitol switch-board at 202-225-3121.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thank you all in advance for your work on this important matter.  Jesse
 
    
Senator Tester, Montana, Sponsor of S. 346
Cosponsors of S. 346
Senator Baucus, Montana
Senator Bennet, Colorado
Senator Blunt, Missouri
Senator Brown, Ohio
Senator Cantwell, Washington
Senator Cardin, Maryland
Senator Chambliss, Georgia
Senator Gillibrand, New York
Senator Heitkamp, North Dakota
Senator Heller, Nevada
Senator Johnson, South Dakota
Senator Klobuchar, Minnesota
Senator Landrieu, Louisiana
Senator Manchin, West Virginia
Senator Merkley, Oregon
Senator Murray, Washington
Senator Schatz, Hawaii
               Senator Wyden, Oregon
 
Jesse Hartle
National Federation of the Blind
Government Programs Specialist
Phone: 410-659-9314, Ext. 2233
Email: jhartle at nfb.org
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