[Missouri-l] Fw: [acb-l] FW: [leadership] August Advocacy Continued

[Chip Hailey]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mitch Pomerantz" <mitch.pomerantz at earthlink.net>
To: <acb-l at acb.org>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:40 PM
Subject: [acb-l] FW: [leadership] August Advocacy Continued


> FYI:
>
>
> Mitch Pomerantz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Bridges [mailto:ebridges at acb.org]
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:39 AM
> To: leadership at acb.org;
> acb-l-digest-sc.1238423837.kakmkpbbinilnldpohmp-ebridges=acb.org at acb.org
> Subject: [leadership] August Advocacy Continued
>
> The other legislative vehicle that ACB is actively advocating to have 
> passed
> is H.R.734 and its Senate companion S.841, The Pedestrian Safety 
> Enhancement
> Act of 2009. Currently there are 134 cosponsors of the House bill and 10 
> in
> the Senate.
>
> We have made tremendous progress in raising the level of dialogue in
> Congress on this critical legislation. It is very important that this
> conversation continue during the August recess in your district.
>
> If your member has already signed on in support of the legislation please
> thank him-her for their support. Also, this is a great opportunity for you
> to ask for their formal support of H.R.3101, The Twenty-First Century
> Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
>
>
>
>
>
> About the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
>
>
>
>
>
>  The bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to:
>
>  1. Conduct a study beginning within 90 days of passage of this 
> legislation
> and to complete it within two years of its commencement, at which time, 
> the
> Department of Transportation shall report the study's findings to 
> Congress.
>
> 2.  Within 90 days after the conclusion
>
> of the study, the secretary is then directed to establish a standard that
> will take in to account the results of the study, and will set forth the
> minimum
>
> information that must be provided by motor vehicles required for blind and
> other pedestrians to travel safely and independently in urban, rural, and
> residential
>
> environments.
>
>  3. The bill provides that the standard shall apply to all "new motor
> vehicles."
>
>
>
>
>
> Below is the full list of cosponsors for each bill. The asterisks 
> represent
> members who have recently signed on as cosponsors.
>
>
>
> H.R.734 Cosponsors
>
> Rep Neil Abercrombie - Hawaii
>
> Rep Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
>
> Rep Shelley Berkley - Nevada
>
> Rep Howard L. Berman - California
>
> Rep Marion Berry - Arkansas
>
> Rep Judy Biggert - Illinois
>
> Rep Gus M. Bilirakis - Florida
>
> Rep Rob Bishop - Utah
>
> Rep Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. - Georgia
>
> Rep Earl Blumenauer - Oregon
>
> Rep Roy Blunt - Missouri
>
> Rep John Boozman - Arizona
>
> Rep Madeleine Z. Bordallo - Guam
>
> Rep Leonard L. Boswell - Iowa
>
> Rep Robert A. Brady - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep Bruce L. Braley - Iowa
>
> Rep Corrine Brown - Florida
>
> Rep Anh "Joseph" Cao - Louisiana
>
> Rep Lois Capps - California
>
> Rep Michael E. Capuano - Massachusetts
>
> Rep Russ Carnahan - Missouri
>
> Rep Christopher P. Carney - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep Andre Carson - Indiana
>
> *Rep Yvette D. Clarke - New York
>
> Rep Steve Cohen - Tennessee
>
> Rep Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly - Virginia
>
> *Rep John Conyers Jr. - Michigan
>
> *Rep Jerry Costello - Illinois
>
> Rep Joe Courtney - Connecticut
>
> Rep Ander Crenshaw - Florida
>
> Rep Elijah Cummings - Maryland
>
> Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep Danny K. Davis - Illinois
>
> Rep Peter A. DeFazio - Oregon
>
> Rep William D. Delahunt - Massachusetts
>
> Rep Michael F. Doyle - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep Steve Driehaus - Ohio
>
> *Rep Donna Edwards - Maryland
>
> Rep Keith Ellison - Minnesota
>
> Rep Brad Ellsworth - Indiana
>
> Rep Jo Ann Emerson - Missouri
>
> Rep Chaka Fattah - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep Bob Filner - California
>
> *Rep Bill Foster - Illinois
>
> *Rep Al Greene - Texas
>
> Rep Gene Green - Texas
>
> Rep Raul M. Grijalva - Arizona
>
> Rep Luis V. Gutierrez - Illinois
>
> Rep Phil Hare - Illinois
>
> Rep Jane Harman - California
>
> Rep Alcee L. Hastings - Florida
>
> Rep Martin Heinrich - New Mexico
>
> Rep Stephanie Sandlin Herseth - South Dakota
>
> Rep Maurice D. Hinchey - New York
>
> Rep Mazie K. Hirono - Hawaii
>
> Rep Tim Holden - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. - Illinois
>
> *Rep Henry C. "Hank," Johnson Jr. - Georgia
>
> Rep Walter B. Jones, Jr. - North Carolina
>
> Rep Paul E. Kanjorski - Pennsylvania
>
> *Rep Marcy Kaptur - Ohio
>
> Rep Patrick J. Kennedy - Rhode Island
>
> Rep Steve King - Iowa
>
> *Rep Larry Kissell - North Carolina
>
> Rep Tom Latham - Iowa
>
> Rep Steven C. LaTourette - Ohio
>
> Rep Barbara Lee - California
>
> Rep John Lewis - Georgia
>
> Rep Daniel Lipinski - Illinois
>
> Rep David Loebsack - Iowa
>
> Rep Nita M. Lowey - New York
>
> Rep Carolyn B. Maloney - New York
>
> Rep. Donald A. Manzullo - Illinois
>
> Rep. Edward J. Markey - Massachusetts
>
> Rep Doris O. Matsui - California
>
> Rep Betty McCollum - Minnesota
>
> Rep Jim McDermott - Washington
>
> Rep James P. McGovern - Massachusetts
>
> Rep Mike McIntyre - North Carolina
>
> Rep Charlie Melancon - Louisiana
>
> Rep Michael H. Michaud - Maine
>
> Rep Walter Minnick - Idaho
>
> Rep Alan B. Mollohan - West Virginia
>
> Rep Gwen Moore - Wisconsin
>
> Rep James P. Moran - Virginia
>
> Rep Jerrold Nadler - New York
>
> Rep Richard E. Neal - Massachusetts
>
> Rep Randy Neugebauer - Texas
>
> Rep Eleanor Holmes Norton - Washington, DC
>
> Rep James L. Oberstar - Minnesota
>
> Rep Ed Pastor - Arizona
>
> Rep Donald Payne - New Jersey
>
> Rep Collin C. Peterson - Minnesota
>
> Rep Thomas E. Petri - Wisconsin
>
> Rep Pedro R. Pierluisi - Puerto Rico
>
> *Rep. Chellie Pingree - Maine
>
> Rep Todd Russell Platts - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep Earl Pomeroy - North Dakota
>
> Rep David E. Price - North Carolina
>
> Rep Nick J. Rahall., II - West Virginia
>
> Rep Charles B. Rangel- New York
>
> Rep David P. Roe - Tennessee
>
> Rep Dana Rohrabacher - California
>
> Rep lleana Ros-Lehtinen - Florida
>
> Rep Peter J. Roskam - Illinois
>
> Rep Steven R. Rothman - New Jersey
>
> Rep C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger - Maryland
>
> Rep Tim Ryan - Ohio
>
> Rep Linda T. Sanchez - California
>
> Rep John P. Sarbanes - Maryland
>
> Rep Janice D. Schakowsky - Illinois
>
> Rep Adam B. Schiff - California
>
> Rep Jose E. Serrano - New York
>
> Rep Pete Sessions - Texas
>
> Rep Carol Shea-Porter - New Hampshire
>
> Rep Albio Sires - New Jersey
>
> Rep Pete Fortney Stark - California
>
> Rep Cliff Stearns - Florida
>
> Rep Ellen O. Tauscher - California
>
> Rep Gene Taylor - Mississippi
>
> Rep Lee Terry - Nebraska
>
> Rep Glen Thompson - Pennsylvania
>
> Rep John F. Tierney - Massachusetts
>
> Rep Dina Titus - Nevada
>
> Rep Chris Van Hollen - Maryland
>
> Rep Timothy J. Walz - Minnesota
>
> Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Florida
>
> Rep Maxine Waters - California
>
> Rep Peter Welch - Vermont
>
> Rep Robert Wexler - Florida
>
> Rep Charles A. Wilson - Ohio
>
> Rep Robert J. Wittman - Virginia
>
> Rep David Wu - Oregon
>
> Rep Don Young - Alaska
>
>
>
> Co Sponsors for S. 841
>
>
>
> Sen. Evan Bayh - Indiana
>
> Sen. Robert F. Bennett - Utah
>
> *Sen. Richard Burr - North Carolina
>
> Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin - Maryland
>
> Sen. Richard Durbin - Illinois
>
> Sen. Orrin G. Hatch - Utah
>
> Sen. Edward Kennedy - Massachusetts
>
> Sen. Barbara Mikulski - Maryland
>
> Sen. Arlen Specter - Pennsylvania
>
> Sen. David Vitter - Louisiana
>
>
>
>
>
> What a list of supporters! Please let me know if you have any questions or
> concerns.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Eric Bridges
>
> Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
>
> American Council of the Blind
>
> 2200 Wilson Blvd. Suite 650
>
> Arlington, VA 22201
>
> Phone: (202) 467-5081
>
> Fax: (703) 465-5085
>
>
>
>
>
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