<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Want to keep you updated on legislation.</div><div>Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Lewis, Anil" <<a href="mailto:ALewis@nfb.org">ALewis@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> June 17, 2013, 5:17:58 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "Affiliate Presidents (<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> "Hartle, Jesse" <<a href="mailto:JHartle@nfb.org">JHartle@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[State-affiliate-leadership-list] From Jesse Hartle: Senate Action on Space Available Legislation</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> State Affiliate Leadership List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>From Jesse Hartle:</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span> Good Afternoon All,</span><br><span></span><br><span> I have just learned from Senator Tester's office that the Senate will not be considering the National Defense Authorization Act for at least the next two weeks. Senator Tester is committed to offering S 346 as an amendment when the bill is on the floor. We must take advantage of this time to add additional cosponsors to S 346. The more cosponsors we have the more Senator Tester will be able to argue for floor time for this amendment. We currently have 14 Cosponsors on this legislation; I have listed them below. If your Senators are not listed please urge your affiliates to reach out to their offices and urge them to support this legislation. You should mention that a bipartisan group of 166 House members, 94 Republicans-72 Democrats, were signed on in support of the House legislation when it was incorporated to the National Defense Authorization Act. We expect Senators to show their support for disabled service men and women by adding their names as cosponsors of S 346. Your Senator can be added to S 346 by contacting Kellin Clark in Senator Tester's office. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I will do my best to answer them. I appreciate all of your hard work, and I look forward to seeing you all in Florida in a couple of weeks. Jesse</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Senator Tester, Montana, Sponsor of S. 346 Cosponsors Senator Baucus, Montana Senator Blunt, Missouri SenatorCantwell, Washington Senator Cardin, Maryland Senator Gillibrand, New York Senator Heitkamp, North Dakota Senator Heller, Nevada Senator Tim Johnson, South Dakota Senator Landrieu, Louisiana Senator Manchin, West Virginia Senator Merkley, Oregon Senator Murray, Washington Senator Schatz, Hawaii Senator Wyden, Oregon</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>State-affiliate-leadership-list mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:State-affiliate-leadership-list@host.nfbnet.org">State-affiliate-leadership-list@host.nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org">http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for State-affiliate-leadership-list:</span><br><span><a href="http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org/cathyj1949%40gmail.com">http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org/cathyj1949%40gmail.com</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>