[nfbwatlk] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: Action needed on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Thu Nov 22 18:39:48 UTC 2012

From: Nfbnet-members-list [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 4:21 PM
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: Action needed on the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Fellow Federationist:

      We are continuing to build support for the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).  We believe at this time
that we have met the two-thirds vote requirement for ratification.  However,
opponents of the treaty continue to tell Senators that Americans with
disabilities don't really support the CRPD.  We must therefore continue to
counter these attacks by urging Senators to support ratification.  I am
asking you to contact your Senators on Monday, November 26, and tell them
that blind Americans want their vote on the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities.  You can be connected with your Senators' offices
by calling the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.  I appreciate all of the
tweets the NFB generated a couple of weeks ago on this topic, and request
that those of you that have Twitter accounts also send tweets to your
Senators, and request that your followers retweet your messages.  Below is a
list of Senate Twitter handles.  If you use Twitter, please be sure to
include the hashtag #CRPD in your tweets.  Please contact me with any
questions.  The grassroots effort of the NFB can get us to a floor vote, if
we all do our part.  Thank you all in advance for your work on this
important matter.  Jesse

Jesse Hartle
National Federation of the Blind
410-659-9314 ext. 2233
jhartle at nfb.org
Twitter handle: jmhartleIII 

Alabama
Sen. Jeff Sessions
@SenSessions

Sen. Richard Shelby
@SenShelbyPress

Alaska
Sen. Mark Begich
@SenatorBegich

Sen. Lisa Murkowski
@LisaMurkowski

Arizona 
Sen. Jon Kyl
@SenJonKyl

Sen. John McCain
@SenJohnMcCain

Arkansas  
Sen. John Boozman
@JohnBoozman

Sen. Mark Pryor
@SenMarkPryor

California  
Sen. Barbara Boxer
@SenatorBoxer

Sen. Dianne Feinstein
@SenFeinstein

Colorado  
Sen. Michael Bennet
@SenBennetCO

Sen. Mark Udall
@MarkUdall

Connecticut  
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
@SenBlumenthal

Sen. Joe Lieberman
@JoeLieberman

Delaware  
Sen. Thomas Carper
@SenatorCarper

Sen. Chris Coons
@ChrisCoons

Florida  
Sen. Bill Nelson
@SenBillNelson

Sen. Marco Rubio
@MarcoRubio

Georgia  
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
@SaxbyChambliss

Sen. Johnny Isakson
@SenIsakson

Hawaii 
Sen. Daniel Akaka
@SenAkaka

Sen. Daniel Inouye
@Daniel_Inouye

Idaho 
Sen. Mike Crapo
@MikeCrapo

Sen. James Risch
N/A

Illinois 
Sen. Richard Durbin
@SenatorDurbin

Sen. Mark Kirk
@SenatorKirk

Indiana  
Sen. Dan Coats
@SenDanCoats

Sen. Richard 'Dick' Lugar
@SenLugar

Iowa 
Sen. Chuck Grassley
@ChuckGrassley

Sen. Tom Harkin
@SenatorHarkin

Kansas  
Sen. Jerry Moran
@JerryMoran

Sen. Pat Roberts
@SenPatRoberts

Kentucky  
Sen. Mitch McConnell
@McConnellPress

Sen. Rand Paul
@SenRandPaul

Louisiana  
Sen. Mary Landrieu
@SenLandrieu

Sen. David Vitter
@DavidVitter

Maine 
Sen. Susan Collins
@SenatorCollins

Sen. Olympia Snowe
@SenatorSnowe

Maryland  
Sen. Benjamin Cardin
@SenatorCardin

Sen. Barbara Mikulski
@SenatorBarb

Massachusetts 
Sen. Scott Brown
@USSenScottBrown

Sen. John Kerry
@JohnKerry

Michigan  
Sen. Carl Levin
@SenCarlLevin

Sen. Debbie Stabenow
@StabenowPress or Stabenow

Minnesota 
Sen. Al Franken
@AlFranken

Sen. Amy Klobuchar
@AmyKlobuchar

Mississippi  
Sen. Thad Cochran
@SenThadCochran

Sen. Roger Wicker
@SenatorWicker

Missouri  
Sen. Roy Blunt
@RoyBlunt

Sen. Claire McCaskill
@McCaskillOffice

Montana 
Sen. Max Baucas
@MaxBaucus

Sen. John Tester
@JonTester

Nebraska 
Sen. Mike Johanns
@Mike_Johanns

Sen. Ben Nelson
@SenBenNelson

Nevada  
Sen. Dean Heller
@SenDeanHeller

Sen. Harry Reid
@SenatorReid

New Hampshire  
Sen. Kelly Ayotte
@KellyAyotte

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
@SenatorShaheen

New Jersey  
Sen. Frank Lautenberg
@FrankLautenberg

Sen. Robert Menendez
@SenatorMenendez

New Mexico  
Sen. Jeff Bingaman
@N/A

Sen. Tom Udall
@SenatorTomUdall

New York  
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
@SenGillibrand

Sen. Chuck Schumer
@ChuckSchumer

North Carolina  
Sen. Richard Burr
@SenatorBurr

Sen. Kay Hagen
@SenatorHagen

North Dakota  
Sen. Kent Conrad
@SenateBudget

Sen. John Hoeven
@SenJohnHoeven

Ohio  
Sen. Sherrod Brown
@SenSherrodBrown

Sen. Rob Portman
@RobPortman

Oklahoma  
Sen. Tom Coburn
@TomCoburn

Sen. Jim Inhofe
@JimInhofe 

Oregon 
Sen. Jeff Merkley
@SenJeffMerkley

Sen. Ron Wyden
@RonWyden

Pennsylvania  
Sen. Robert Casey
@SenBobCasey
Sen. Patrick Toomey
@SenToomey

Rhode Island 
Sen. Jack Reed
@SenJackReed

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse

South Carolina  
Sen. Jim DeMint
@JimDeMint

Sen. Lindsey Graham
@GrahamBlog

South Dakota  
Sen. Tim Johnson
@SenJohnsonSD

Sen. John Thune
@SenJohnThune

Tennessee  
Sen. Lamar Alexander
@SenAlexander

Sen. Bob Corker
@SenBobCorker

Texas  
Sen. John Cornyn
@JohnCornyn

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
@KayBaileyHutchison

Utah  
Sen. Orrin Hatch
@SenOrrinHatch 

Sen. Mike Lee
@SenMikeLee

Vermont 
Sen. Patrick Leahy
@SenatorLeahy

Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders

Virginia  
Sen. Mark Warner
@MarkWarner

Sen. Jim Webb
N/A

Washington 
Sen. Maria Cantwell
@CantwellPress

Sen. Patty Murray
@PattyMurray

West Virginia  
Sen. Joe Manchin
@Sen_JoeManchin

Sen. John Rockefeller
@SenRockefeller

Wisconsin  
Sen. Herb Kohl
@N/A

Sen. Ron Johnson
@SenRonJohnson

Wyoming 
Sen. John Barrasso
@SenJohnBarrasso

Sen. Michael Enzi
@SenatorEnzi

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