<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Good Afternoon,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to everyone who continues to contact Senators regarding our bill. Below are some specific people we want to target along with what we are asking them. As a reminder, our next step is to get the Senate to hold a vote on the bill. This can happen any time between now and the end of session, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the kind of bill they would cram in at the last minute, so we want them to do it sooner. The more Iowans who reach out, the more likely this is to happen, so please continue to ask your friends, families, social networks, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>1. Contact your Senator</div><div>Most importantly reach out to your specific Senator, say you are their constituent, and tell them that HF2585 is important to you and ask them to please support its passage this session.</div><div><br></div><div class="replacingLayer noAjax fullPage grid_9 alpha omega" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; float: left; width: 853.890625px;"><section class="grid_4_5 alpha" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 8.53125px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 418.40625px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><table style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 418.40625px;"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 167.359375px;">2. Contact the Senate majority leader<br>This is the person who sets the calendar for what votes happen when. We want to say that HF2585 is important to us and ask him to please schedule a vote on this bill as soon as possible.<br><table style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 418.40625px;"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Majority Leader:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="30547" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=30547" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Mike Klimesh</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><br>3. Contact the bill\u2019s floor manager<br>If you\u2019ve already sent her an email thanking her, you do not need to email now. For everyone else, it\u2019s helpful for her to hear from as many different people as possible. We want to thank her for her support of the bill and tell her that the bill is important to us.<br><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=37462" data-ga="91" data-pid="37462" aria-describedby="ui-id-35" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(255, 171, 44);">Kara Warme</a><br><br>4. Contact other leaders in the Senate</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">We are contacting these other leaders to let them know that as Iowans this bill is important to us, since leaders in the Senate have influence.</label><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;"><table style="font-variant-caps: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 418.40625px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">President:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="10729" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=10729" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Amy Sinclair</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">President Pro Tempore:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="10731" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=10731" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Ken Rozenboom</a></td></tr></tbody></table></label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><table style="font-variant-caps: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 418.40625px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Majority Whip:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="10733" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=10733" aria-describedby="ui-id-7" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Dan Zumbach</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Assistant Majority Leader:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="31094" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=31094" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Adrian Dickey</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Assistant Majority Leader:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="34008" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=34008" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Lynn Evans</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Assistant Majority Leader:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="27001" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=27001" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Carrie Koelker</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Assistant Majority Leader:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="14812" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=14812" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Tim Kraayenbrink</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Democratic Leader:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="34011" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=34011" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">Janice Weiner</a></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><label style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; text-align: right;">Democratic Whip:</label></td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a data-ga="91" data-pid="157" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=157" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 66, 133);">William A. Dotzler</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></section></div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div>If somehow you have enough time to contact the rest of our fifty Senators, feel ffree, but these are the ones to prioritize. Even if you only get to the first few names on this list, it\u2019s still helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Helen</div><div><br></div><div>Helen Mejia, President</div>National Federation of the Blind<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of Iowa<br>hmejia@nfbi.org<br>(570) 983-7867</div>
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