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

Thu May 29 22:49:55 UTC 2014

Awesome. There were tweets sent out as well today.

This should be a no-brainer anytime, but especially in an election year.

On 5/29/14, Kevan Worley <kevanworley at blindmerchants.org> wrote:
> I am on it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Dan Burke via Colorado-talk
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:44 AM
> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List
> Cc: jhartle at nfb.org
> Subject: [Colorado-talk] Fwd: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Update and call
> to
> action on Space Available
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Hartle, Jesse via Nfb-legislative-directors"
> <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
> 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>
>
>
>
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