[Ohio-talk] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Urgent Action Needed: Final Push to Get Space Available Passed in the Senate!

[barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com]

I know that Richard has already sent out this message, but here are the direct numbers for our senators. Sherrod Brown, 202-224-2315 and Robert Portman 202-224-3353. Please take a moment to make these calls. 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.  Remember that NDAA stands for National Defense Authorization Act. You can just leave this message with the person ho answer the phone.

Thanks,
Barbara Pierce 
President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
440-774-8077
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

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> From: "President, National Federation of the Blind via Nfbnet-members-list" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Urgent Action Needed: Final Push to Get Space Available Passed in the Senate!
> Date: June 1, 2016 at 3:30:24 PM EDT
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> Reply-To: "President, National Federation of the Blind" <OfficeOfThePresident at nfb.org>
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> Fellow Federationists:
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> 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. 
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> 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.
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> 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 <mailto:DManners at nfb.org> or (410) 659-9314 <tel:(410)%20659-9314>, extension 2210. 
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> Please share this message widely throughout the Federation.
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> Thank you for all that you do.
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> 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 <mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>
> Twitter: @Riccobono and @NFB_Voice
> Web: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/>
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> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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