[Nfbmt] Fwd: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Urgent Action needed on Tuesday November 27, for the CRPD

[Dan Burke]

Please make calls today!

Baucus's Senate Office
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Lewis, Anil" <ALewis at nfb.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:49:55 +0000
Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Urgent Action needed on
Tuesday November 27, for the CRPD
To: "Affiliate Presidents
(state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org)"
<state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Hartle, Jesse" <JHartle at nfb.org>

>From Jesse hartle:


Good Morning,

     I want to first thank you all for your hard work yesterday on
this issue.  We have learned that the Senate may be planning to take
action on this treaty shortly.  Please alert your members to start
making calls in support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, (CRPD) immediately.  As you may know, Senator Lee,
and former Senator Santorum held a press conference yesterday to rally
Senators against the treaty, so we must make our voices heard today.
Members can be connected to the switchboard by calling 202-224-3121,
or 866-727-4894.  Together we will accomplish our goals.  Jesse

Jesse Hartle
National Federation of the Blind
Government Programs Specialist
Phone: 410-659-9314, Ext. 2233
Email: jhartle at nfb.org<mailto:jhartle at nfb.org>

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Pasted from another e-mail -
The following is in response to those that wanted information about
the opposition:

You can obtain a copy of an article about the opposition at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/santorums-new-cause-opposing-the-disabled/2012/11/26/9ab0605a-3829-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds
 “The treaty does no such thing; if it had such sinister aims, it
surely wouldn’t have the support of disabilities and veterans groups,
the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, Republican senators such as John McCain (Ariz.) and John
Barrasso (Wyo.), and conservative legal minds such as Boyden Gray and
Dick Thornburgh.
”




-- 
Dan Burke, President
The National Federation of the Blind of Montana

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