[Blindtlk] Fwd: From Jesse Hartle-Legislative Alert Update on Dear colleague Letter and Action Needed

[David Andrews]

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>Fellow Federationists:
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>I am writing to ask you to make phone calls to your members in the 
>House of Representatives this week.  Please urge your 
>Representatives to sign on to Congressman Towns' Dear Colleague 
>letter in support of full funding for the Talking Books 
>program.  Congressman Towns was joined by Congressman Bilirakis of 
>Florida as the lead Republican on this letter.  Your representative 
>can contact either Dana Grayson in Congressman Towns' office or 
>Jerry White in Congressman Bilirakis' office to join on to this 
>letter.  Congressman Towns' office is going to hold the letter open 
>for cosigners through the close of business next Monday, March 
>10.  We need to get as many members of the House of Representatives 
>as possible to cosign by the March 10 deadline.
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>To be connected with your member of the House of Representatives, 
>please call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 225-3121.  Thank you 
>all for your hard work on this matter.
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>Cordially,
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>Jesse Hartle
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>Government Programs Specialist
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>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
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>Members that have signed the Dear Colleague letter:
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>Congressman Towns, New York
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>Congressman Bilirakis, Florida
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>Congressman Moore, Kansas
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>Congressman Hinchey, New York
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>Congressman Ellison, Minnesota
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>Congressman Oberstar, Minnesota
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>Congresswoman Susan Davis, California
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>Congressman Skelton, Missouri
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>Congressman Moran, Virginia
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>Congressman Bobby Scott, Virginia
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