[Iabs-talk] Fwd: Legislative Alert Action Needed for Higher Education Bill

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We have Representatives Phil Hare, Danny Davis, and Judy Biggert as well as  
Senator Obama on these committees.  Please contact their offices by Friday,  
April 18.
 
Ronza
 
 
 
  
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 From: dandrews at visi.com
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Sent: 4/15/2008 9:57:21 P.M. Central Daylight  Time
Subj: [Iabs-talk] Legislative Alert Action Needed for Higher Education  Bill



>
>Fellow  Federationists:
>
>
>
>         Members of the House and the Senate 
> are currently  working to resolve the 
> differences between H.R. 4137 and S. 1642, the  
> Higher Education reauthorization bills that 
> passed last  year.  We expect that the floor 
> action on the final Higher  Education 
> legislation will take place by the first of 
>  May.  As you all know, the House version (H.R. 
> 4137) includes  provisions to create a 
> commission to study the problem of  inaccessible 
> textbooks in higher education, as well as to 
>  propose legislation to solve this 
> problem.  This language is  found in Section 766 
> (A), (B), and (C).  We now need to ensure  that 
> this language is included in the final Higher Education  bill.
>
>
>
>           Below is a list of the House and 
> the Senate committees  that are working on this 
> legislation.  If your Senator or  Representative 
> appears on this list, please call him or her, 
>  and ask that they include the House language in 
> Section 766 (A), (B),  and (C) in the final 
> version of the Higher Education 
>  legislation.  If you are not represented on the 
> below list,  please contact the House Committee 
> on Education and Labor, and the  Senate 
> Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
> Pensions,  and urge them to include this 
> language.  We need to make these  phone calls by 
> this Friday, April 18.  You may be connected to  
> your member, and the two Committee offices by 
> calling the  Capitol switchboard at (202) 
> 225-3121.  Thank you all very much  for your work on this important matter.
>
>
>
>Jesse  Hartle
>
>Government Programs Specialist
>
>NATIONAL  FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>
>
>
>
>
>House  Committee on Education and Labor
>
>Rep. George Miller (D-CA),  Chair
>
>Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
>
>Rep. Donald M.  Payne (D-NJ)
>
>Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
>
>Rep.  Robert C. Scott (D-VA)
>
>Rep. Lynn Woolsey  (D-CA)
>
>Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
>
>Rep. Carolyn  McCarthy (D-NY)
>
>Rep. John F. Tierney (D-MA)
>
>Rep.  Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
>
>Rep. David Wu  (D-OR)
>
>Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
>
>Rep. Susan Davis  (D-CA)
>
>Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
>
>Rep. Raúl M.  Grijalva (D-AZ)
>
>Rep. Timothy H. Bishop  (D-NY)
>
>Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA)
>
>Rep. John P.  Sarbanes (D-MD)
>
>Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)
>
>Rep. Dave  Loebsack (D-IA)
>
>Rep. Mazie K. Hirono (D-H)
>
>Rep.  Jason Altmire (DPA)
>
>Rep. John Yarmuth  (D-KY)
>
>Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
>
>Rep. Yvette D.  Clarke (D-NY)
>
>Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
>
>Rep.  Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
>
>Rep. Howard P. Buck McKeon (R-CA),  Ranking Minority Member
>
>Rep. Thomas E. Petri  (R-WI)
>
>Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
>
>Rep. Michael N.  Castle (R-DE)
>
>Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN)
>
>Rep.  Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI)
>
>Rep. Judy Biggert  (R-IL)
>
>Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA)
>
>Rep. Ric  Keller (R-FL)
>
>Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
>
>Rep. John  Kline (R-MN)
>
>Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers  (R-WA)
>
>Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
>
>Rep. Tom Price  (R-GA)
>
>Res. Comm. Luis G. Fortuño (R-PR)
>
>Rep.  Charles Boustany Jr. (R-LA)
>
>Rep. Virginia Foxx  (R-NC)
>
>Rep. Randy Kuhl (R-NY)
>
>Rep. Rob Bishop  (R-UT)
>
>Rep. David Davis (R-TN)
>
>Rep. Tim Walberg  (R-MI)
>
>
>
>
>
>Senate Committee on  Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
>
>Sen. Edward M. Kennedy  (D-MA), Chair
>
>Sen. Christopher J. Dodd  (D-CT)
>
>Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
>
>Sen. Barbara A.  Mikulski (D-MD)
>
>Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
>
>Sen.  Patty Murray (D-WA)
>
>Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
>
>Sen.  Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
>
>Sen. Barack Obama  (D-IL)
>
>Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
>
>Sen. Sherrod  Brown (D-OH)
>
>Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Minority  Member
>
>Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
>
>Sen. Lamar  Alexander (R-TN)
>
>Sen. Richard M. Burr  (R-NC)
>
>Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
>
>Sen. Lisa  Murkowski (R-AK)
>
>Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
>
>Sen.  Pat Roberts (R-KS)
>
>Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)
>
>Sen.  Tom Coburn  (R-OK)

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