<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Read the press release below telling about exciting 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> "Wichmann, Jessica" <<a href="mailto:jwichmann@nfb.org">jwichmann@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> December 4, 2014 at 1:30:54 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> "State President, New Mexico" <<a href="mailto:avigil74@gmail.com">avigil74@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Puerto Rico" <<a href="mailto:arguza@attglobal.net">arguza@attglobal.net</a>>, "State President, Nebraska" <<a href="mailto:amy.buresh74@gmail.com">amy.buresh74@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Massachusetts" <<a href="mailto:aruell@nfbma.org">aruell@nfbma.org</a>>, "State President, Arizona" <<a href="mailto:krezguy@cox.net">krezguy@cox.net</a>>, "State President, Vermont" <<a href="mailto:ibretthess@aol.com">ibretthess@aol.com</a>>, "State President, New York" <<a href="mailto:office@nfbny.org">office@nfbny.org</a>>, "State President, Oregon" <<a href="mailto:president@nfb-oregon.org">president@nfb-oregon.org</a>>, "State President, New Hampshire" <<a href="mailto:cemcnabb21@yahoo.com">cemcnabb21@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Kentucky" <<a href="mailto:cathyj1949@gmail.com">cathyj1949@gmail.com</a>>, Charlene Smyth <<a href="mailto:cs.nfbwv@verizon.net">cs.nfbwv@verizon.net</a>>, "State President, Florida" <<a href="mailto:danjhicks@yahoo.com">danjhicks@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Delaware" <<a href="mailto:president88@nfbdelaware.org">president88@nfbdelaware.org</a>>, "State President, Illinois" <<a href="mailto:davant1958@gmail.com">davant1958@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Iowa" <<a href="mailto:dprime@mchsi.com">dprime@mchsi.com</a>>, "Duane Iverson" <<a href="mailto:diverson@midco.net">diverson@midco.net</a>>, "State President, Connecticut" <<a href="mailto:Personal.edward@gmail.com">Personal.edward@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Idaho" <<a href="mailto:elsiedickerson@ymail.com">elsiedickerson@ymail.com</a>>, "State President, Ohio" <<a href="mailto:peduffy63@gmail.com">peduffy63@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Utah" <<a href="mailto:baconev@yahoo.com">baconev@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Georgia" <<a href="mailto:gscott@nfbga.org">gscott@nfbga.org</a>>, "State President, Missouri" <<a href="mailto:gwunder@earthlink.net">gwunder@earthlink.net</a>>, "State President, Rhode Island" <<a href="mailto:silvara@cox.net">silvara@cox.net</a>>, "State President, Pennsylvania" <<a href="mailto:president@nfbp.org">president@nfbp.org</a>>, "State President, Tennessee" <<a href="mailto:nfb.tennessee@gmail.com">nfb.tennessee@gmail.com</a>>, Jeannie Massay <<a href="mailto:jeanniemassay@nfbok.org">jeanniemassay@nfbok.org</a>>, "State President, Minnesota" <<a href="mailto:jennifer.dunnam1829@gmail.com">jennifer.dunnam1829@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Alaska" <<a href="mailto:jnhburton@gci.net">jnhburton@gci.net</a>>, Joe Ruffalo <<a href="mailto:nfbnj@yahoo.com">nfbnj@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Wisconsin" <<a href="mailto:johnfritz66@gmail.com">johnfritz66@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Montana" <<a href="mailto:bjb5757@bresnan.net">bjb5757@bresnan.net</a>>, "State President, Alabama" <<a href="mailto:joy.harris@dwx.com">joy.harris@dwx.com</a>>, "State President, South Dakota" <<a href="mailto:gatorbumps@rushmore.com">gatorbumps@rushmore.com</a>>, "State President, Nevada" <<a href="mailto:kimie.beverly@gmail.com">kimie.beverly@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Michigan" <<a href="mailto:president.nfb.mi@gmail.com">president.nfb.mi@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Maine" <<a href="mailto:leonproctorjr@yahoo.com">leonproctorjr@yahoo.com</a>>, "State President, Washington" <<a href="mailto:mjc59@comcast.net">mjc59@comcast.net</a>>, "State President, California" <<a href="mailto:mwillows@sbcglobal.net">mwillows@sbcglobal.net</a>>, "Kasey, Michael" <<a href="mailto:michaelgkasey@verizon.net">michaelgkasey@verizon.net</a>>, "State President, Hawaii" <<a href="mailto:nanifife@aol.com">nanifife@aol.com</a>>, "State President, Texas" <<a href="mailto:ncrosby@nfbtx.org">ncrosby@nfbtx.org</a>>, Pam Allen <<a href="mailto:pallen@lcb-ruston.com">pallen@lcb-ruston.com</a>>, "State President, South Carolina" <<a href="mailto:parnell@twc.com">parnell@twc.com</a>>, "Brown, Ron" <<a href="mailto:RB15@iquest.net">RB15@iquest.net</a>>, "State President, Wyoming" <<a href="mailto:rreed@wyoassist.com">rreed@wyoassist.com</a>>, Sam Gleese <<a href="mailto:sgleese@jackson.ms.gov">sgleese@jackson.ms.gov</a>>, "State President, Colorado" <<a href="mailto:slabarre@labarrelaw.com">slabarre@labarrelaw.com</a>>, "State President, Maryland" <<a href="mailto:nfbmd@earthlink.net">nfbmd@earthlink.net</a>>, "State President, North Carolina" <<a href="mailto:Weddington.sharon@gmail.com">Weddington.sharon@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, District of Columbia" <<a href="mailto:callaway.shawn@gmail.com">callaway.shawn@gmail.com</a>>, "State President, Arkansas" <<a href="mailto:tosheeler@cox.net">tosheeler@cox.net</a>>, "State President, Kansas" <<a href="mailto:topage@swbell.net">topage@swbell.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>National Federation of the Blind Urges Senate Passage of ABLE Act</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chris Danielsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Director of Public Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(410) 659-9314, extension 2330<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>National Federation of the Blind Urges Senate Passage of ABLE Act<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Baltimore, Maryland (December 4, 2014):</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<a href="http://www.nfb.org/">The National Federation of the Blind</a>, the nation’s leading organization of blind Americans, today commended the United States House of Representatives for passing the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act yesterday,
and urged the United States Senate to pass the legislation as quickly as possible. The ABLE Act allows Americans with disabilities to set up savings accounts to provide for expenses such as housing, transportation, continuing education, and medical care, even
while receiving critical benefits such as SSI and Medicaid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: “Many blind Americans are trapped in poverty and dependence because they cannot save the funds to work toward a better life without
losing the benefits on which they currently depend. The ABLE Act will allow the blind and others with disabilities to escape this trap so that they can ultimately achieve personal and economic independence and self-sufficiency. We applaud the House of Representatives
for passing this critical legislation with overwhelming bipartisan support, and we urge the United States Senate to do the same expeditiously.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">About the National Federation of the Blind</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people,
because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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