[Nfbmt] Urgent Action Needed: Final Push to Get Space Available Passed in the Senate!

Wed Jun 1 21:38:00 UTC 2016

Urgent message from our national President (see below.)  We're so close to
finally getting this passed.  This should be a no-brainer.  Let's strike
while the iron is hot and not let this opportunity slip away from us again.
We don't have much time before Congress takes its two month summer recess.
More information below.  Joy  

From: President, National Federation of the Blind via Nfbnet-members-list
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 1:30 PM
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Urgent Action Needed: Final Push to Get Space
Available Passed in the Senate!

Fellow Federationists:

Last week, Senator Heller from Nevada introduced an amendment to the Senate's
version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include the same
Space Available language that you already helped pass in the House NDAA last
month. This is the first time we've ever been able to get an amendment for
Space Available introduced in the Senate. This amendment currently has two
cosponsors, Senators Tester from Montana and Ayotte from New Hampshire, but
we need more support. 

Please call your senators and urge them to cosponsor amendment S.A. 4235 to
the Senate NDAA so that all veterans with disabilities rated as total can
participate in the Space Available Program, not just those injured on or
after September 23, 1996. We expect the Senate to begin debating the NDAA
next week so time is of the essence for us to build support for our
legislation. If we can get this amendment through the Senate, we will only
need a signature from the President to end the disparate treatment of our
courageous vets in the Space Available Program based on which war they fought
in.

The US Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121 <tel:(202)%20224-3121> .
The fact sheet is available at:
https://nfb.org/equal-access-air-travel-service-disabled-veterans
<https://nfb.org/equal-access-air-travel-service-disabled-veterans> . If you
have any questions, feel free to email or call Derek Manners, Advocacy and
Policy Analyst, atDManners at nfb.org or (410) 659-9314 <tel:(410)%20659-9314> ,
extension 2210. 

Please share this message widely throughout the Federation.

Thank you for all that you do.

Mark A. Riccobono, President
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314
Fax: (410) 659-5129
Email: officeofthepresident at nfb.org
Twitter: @Riccobono and @NFB_Voice
Web: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/> 

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