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

[Bruce&Joy Breslauer via Nfbmt]

To contact Senator John Walsh, go to www.walsh.senate.gov and follow him on
FaceBook or Twitter, or click on contact John, then fill out the e-mail
form, or call (202) 224-2651

Joy Breslauer
Governmental Affairs Coordinator
National Federation of the Blind of Montana

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Greetings,

Joy, are you getting these yet?

Senator Baucus is listed as a co-sponsor for the disabled veterans space
available.  Since he's left the Senate, we need to work on Senator John
Walsh to become a cosponsor.  More on this later.
Dan


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From: "Hartle, Jesse via Nfb-legislative-directors"
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:54:12 +0000
Subject: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Update and call to action on Space
Available
To: "nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org"
<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<mailto:jhartle at nfb.org>



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Dan Burke
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