[NFBNJ] HR620 vote count

[joe ruffalo]

Greetings to all!
I want to thank those that contacted their Congressional Representative to 
vote NO for HR 620.

Ryan Stevens, Legislative Director for the NFBNJ  and Brian Mackey, 
Washington Seminar participant, have provided the following information 
pertaining to the Congressional vote for HR 620.
Please contact your Congressional Representative to thank them for the NO 
vote.

Joe

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Ryan Stevens has provided the following.
Greetings, Joe and Brian,


Having remained apprised of when the vote for HR620 was scheduled, I turned 
on C-SPAN late this morning to watch the proceedings. Before I give the 
final vote totals, I will mention two amendments that were passed. The first 
reduced the remedy time from 120 days to 60 days, but the notification 
period did not change – still 60 days. The second allowed the notification 
to be in common English, not legalese. There wer five other amendments 
introduced. The last one was defeated, and I don’t know what the others were 
or how they fared.



When the dust settled just before noon, the final tally was 225 yeas and 192 
nays. With four current vacancies in the House, this also means that 14 
members either were not present or abstained.



I’m sure we will learn about the next steps from National in the next few 
days.



Take care,

   Ryan



Ryan Stevens

Legislative Director

NFB of New Jersey





The following vote count was forwarded by Brian Mackey.

Congressman Norcross:                     No

Congressman LoBiondo:                   abstained

Congressman MacArthur:                 Yes

Congressman Smith:                          No

Congressman Gottheimer:                 No

Congressman Pallone, Jr.:                 No

Congressman Lance:                          No

Congressman Sires:                           No

Congressman Pascrell:                      No

Congressman Payne, Jr.:                   No

Congressman Frelinghuysen:            No

Congresswoman Watson Coleman:  No



Brian A. Mackey
Owner, Mackey Enterprises, LLC
Treasurer & Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of Delaware, Pennsylvania, 
Nevada, & Illinois
Member, National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Blind Users Innovating & 
Leading Design (BUILD) Team
609-680-8488
Bmackey88 at gmail.com
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