[Nfbofnc] Fwd: FW: Urgent Alert: Portman Amendment Likely Headed to Senate Floor

Wed Mar 7 14:02:32 UTC 2012

Tim,

Would you please strip the tedious forwarding information from such emails,
just as you would like someone to have done for you? I think that would be a
big help for all of us., and would allow us to work more efficiently.

Thank you, sir.

Respectfully,
Dale Lieser

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From: nfbofnc-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbofnc-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Jones
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 8:35 AM
To: NFB of North Carolina List
Subject: [Nfbofnc] Fwd: FW: Urgent Alert: Portman Amendment Likely Headed to
Senate Floor

ACTION NEEDED URGEENT

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hamm, Elaine <elaine.hamm at dhhs.nc.gov>
Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:46 AM
Subject: FW: Urgent Alert: Portman Amendment Likely Headed to Senate Floor
To: "Correro, Victor" <victor.correro at dhhs.nc.gov>, "Sladich, Rick" <
rick.sladich at dhhs.nc.gov>, "Tate, Rick" <rick.tate at dhhs.nc.gov>, "Weaver,
Eddie" <eddie.weaver at dhhs.nc.gov>, "Flanagan, Mary" <
mary.flanagan at dhhs.nc.gov>, Angela Turner <angelaturner at intrstar.net>,
Anthony Pezzimenti <lpezzimenti at yahoo.com>, Belinda Miller <
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Woodlief <wwoodlief at nc.rr.com>, Bobby Almond <lindapar at ptmc.net>, Carl
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<carolynjohnson85 at yahoo.com>,
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"Jones, Preston" <preston.jones at dhhs.nc.gov>, "Respess, Craig" <
craig.respess at dhhs.nc.gov>, "Colagerakis-nelon, Deb" <
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"Mcalpine, George" <george.mcalpine at dhhs.nc.gov>, "Moser, Voncile" <
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 Please read attached.

*From:* Tim Jones [mailto:tmjnc2 at gmail.com]
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 07, 2012 7:13 AM
*To:* Hamm, Elaine; angelaturner at intrstar.net

*Subject:* Fwd: Urgent Alert: Portman Amendment Likely Headed to Senate
Floor

please forward

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From: *Nicky* <nickycolorado at netscape.net>
Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:49 PM
Subject: Fwd: Urgent Alert: Portman Amendment Likely Headed to Senate Floor
To: lhr1827 at optonline.net, tom at linkerinc.com, kyleaihara at yahoo.com,
tspiliotis at tampabay.rr.com, mreller47 at att.net, pjschnurr at att.net,
lakotawolfe at comcast.net, harold.wilson2 at verizon.net, tmjnc2 at gmail.com,
dontufts at hotmail.com

 fyi

Nicky

 -----Original Message-----
From: Vito DeSantis <Vito.DeSantis at dhs.state.nj.us>
To: nickycolorado <nickycolorado at netscape.net>
Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 5:31 pm
Subject: FW: Urgent Alert: Portman Amendment Likely Headed to Senate Floor

*From:* Sean Whalen
[mailto:swhalen at linchpinstrategies.com<swhalen at linchpinstrategies.com?>]

*Sent:* Tuesday, March 06, 2012 4:33 PM
*To:* bep_state_directors at ncsab.org
*Subject:* Urgent Alert: Portman Amendment Likely Headed to Senate Floor

Good afternoon,

Earlier this afternoon the Senate voted 52 yeas to 44 nays not to move to a
vote on final passage of S. 1813 (60 votes are required on such a motion).

This means that the only feasible path forward on this must-pass bill is
through a unanimous consent agreement reached by Senate leadership on which
amendments will be allowed to be considered. As mentioned in an earlier
update, Majority and Minority Leaders Reid and McConnell continue to
negotiate the final package of amendments for consideration. Just before
today's vote, Senator McConnell made a unanimous consent request, laying
out the particular amendments that the Republicans want to get votes on.
Portman #1742 to commercialize rest areas was among those listed by
McConnell. This means that Republican leadership in the Senate will push
for a vote on Senator Portman's amendment as part of the ultimate agreement.

It is extremely likely that each and every United States Senator will be
asked to vote on whether or not to allow rest area commercialization when
amendments are considered; possibly as early as tomorrow (Wednesday), and
almost certainly this week.

I have once again attached a letter, written in non-lobbying terms, that
SLAs can send to their Senators. I have also attached a spreadsheet with
the transportation staffers in each Senate office to enable you to
communicate concerns directly to the appropriate individual in each office.

Please contact your Senators, and please pass this message along to your
elected committees of blind vendors and you state consumer organizations of
the blind and urge them to do the same.

It is absolutely vital that every U.S. Senator is aware of the devastating
impact on Randolph-Sheppard entrepreneurs, and the small family businesses
they manage, of highway rest area commercialization. The time to have our
voice heard on this issue is now!

All Senate offices can be reached via telephone through the Capitol
switchboard at (202) 225-3121.

Please let me know if you have any questions or require assistance.

And, as always, thank you all for your tireless work to preserve business
opportunities for the blind of America.

Thank you,

Sean

Sean Whalen

Policy Associate

Linchpin Strategies, LLC

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