[nfbmi-talk] FW: [Nfb-legislative-directors] #FixWIA Wednesday Update [1 Attachment]

[Kane Brolin]

Wow.  This is tremendous news about us in Indiana and Michigan getting
onboard with tweeting our senators.  I have to say, however, that my
native state of Iowa--where the Federation made its home for twenty
years--did not get on this list.

> From: Nfb-legislative-directors
> [mailto:nfb-legislative-directors-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sloan,
> Rose
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 3:49 PM
> To: 'Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org'; Ryley Newport (ryley at apse.org)
> Subject: [Nfb-legislative-directors] #FixWIA Wednesday Update
>
>
>
> HI Legislative Directors,
>
> I am happy to report that thanks to your efforts and the efforts of our
> partners in our #FixWIA campaign, APSE, I have either seen tweets or been
> told that the Senators of the following states have been asked at least
> once to #FixWIA by striking 511 and the language that moves RSA from Labor to
> Education.  Kudos to the states that have had several tweets and emails
> sent to their senators.
>
> Arizona
>
> California
>
> Colorado
>
> Connecticut
>
> Florida
>
> Georgia
>
> Illinois
>
> Indiana
>
> Kansas
>
> Kentucky
>
> Louisiana
>
> Maine
>
> Maryland
>
> Massachusetts
>
> Michigan
>
> Mississippi
>
> Missouri
>
> Minnesota
>
> Montana
>
> Nebraska
>
> North Carolina
>
> North Dakota
>
> New Jersey
>
> New York
>
> Oklahoma
>
> Oregon
>
> Rhode Island
>
> South Carolina
>
> Texas
>
> Utah
>
> Virginia
>
> Vermont
>
> Washington
>
> Wisconsin
>
> Even if you see your state on the list, if you have not already, please
> contact your Senators via email or twitter to ask them to please #Strike511
> from WIA.
>
> Thank so much for all of your work!!  Let's see if we can break 40 states!
>
> Tomorrow I'll send you the number of times #FixWIA was used on twitter.
> Let's break 250!
>
> You all rock!
>
> Rose
>
> Rose Sloan
>
> Government Affairs Specialist
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> rsloan at nfb.org
>
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>
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