[Colorado-talk] Fwd: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Update and call to action on Space Available

Thu May 29 15:51:33 UTC 2014

I am on it. 

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Greetings,

On this morning's news I heard that Senator Mark Udall was one of the first
two Democrats to call for the resignation of the VA director.
Whatever your politics, I think this is a great time to ask him to support
Senator Tester's bill, S. 346, that permits 100-percent disabled veterans to
be included in the military's Space Available transport program.  Senator
Bennet is already a cosponsor.

Please call or e-mail Senator Udall this week.  His office should contact
Jorge Rueda in Senator Tester's office to become a cosponsor.

Dan

Udall, Mark -
(D - CO)
Class II
730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5941
Contact:
www.markudall.Senate.gov/?p=contact

Online Message Form:
http://www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=contact_us
Face Book page:
https://www.facebook.com/markudall

Twitter:
@MarkUdall

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From: "Hartle, Jesse via Nfb-legislative-directors"
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:54:12 +0000
Subject: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Update and call to action on Space
Available
To: "nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org"
<nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>

Good Morning All,

      Yesterday the United States House of Representatives passed its
version of the fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, HR 4435.
I am pleased to let you know that once again the House included an amendment
that would allow Service Disabled Veterans to participate in the space
available program; this is what we have been pushing for in HR 164.  Next
Monday we will celebrate Memorial Day, and I am calling for a week of action
to build support for S 346; this is our Senate companion  bill offered by
Senator Tester.  We must urge Senators to cosponsor S 346; Senators can be
added as a cosponsor by contacting Jorge Rueda on Senator Tester's staff.  I
have listed the
18 Current Cosponsors of S 346 below.  We need to increase this number.  The
Senate will soon take up consideration of its version of the National
Defense Authorization Act, and we must maximize our support on this issue.
As you all know, last year Senator Tester was not allowed to bring his
amendment to the floor in the Senate and we cannot miss out on this
opportunity again during this session.  You can be connected with your
Senate offices by calling the Capitol switch-board at 202-225-3121.  Please
let me know if you have any questions.  Thank you all in advance for your
work on this important matter.  Jesse

Senator Tester, Montana, Sponsor of S. 346 Cosponsors of S. 346 Senator
Baucus, Montana Senator Bennet, Colorado Senator Blunt, Missouri Senator
Brown, Ohio Senator Cantwell, Washington Senator Cardin, Maryland Senator
Chambliss, Georgia Senator Gillibrand, New York Senator Heitkamp, North
Dakota Senator Heller, Nevada Senator Johnson, South Dakota Senator
Klobuchar, Minnesota Senator Landrieu, Louisiana Senator Manchin, West
Virginia Senator Merkley, Oregon Senator Murray, Washington Senator Schatz,
Hawaii
               Senator Wyden, Oregon

Jesse Hartle
National Federation of the Blind
Government Programs Specialist
Phone: 410-659-9314, Ext. 2233
Email: jhartle at nfb.org<mailto:jhartle at nfb.org>

--
Dan Burke
My Cell:  406.546.8546
Twitter:  @DallDonal

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