[idaho-connection] FW: [BEP State Directors] Portman Amendment Defeated Resoundingly: Thank You!

[Carol Baron]

Please see the note below with thanks from Lisa Van Ry and ID BEP vendors.
 From: Lisa.Vanry at icbvi.idaho.gov
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:16:52 -0600
Subject: FW: [BEP State Directors] Portman Amendment Defeated Resoundingly: Thank You!
To: Gina.Washburn at icbvi.idaho.gov; Trina.Ayres at icbvi.idaho.gov; Angela.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov; billmorgan124 at cableone.net; char9246 at aol.com; mcfadden87 at cableone.net; starkland at hughes.net; thegalley at yahoo.com; surles.lynda at gmail.com; soaringeaglesnacks at hotmail.com; vending_treats at yahoo.com; oasisvending06 at aol.com; terryandkathy at cableone.net; tlvending at msn.com; toneb402 at yahoo.com; vybarra at hotmail.com
CC: carol22537 at msn.com; Dana.Ard at icbvi.idaho.gov; BVIICBVISTAFF at ics.idaho.gov


 Dear NCSAB members: Portman amendment #1742 to S. 1813 to allow states to commercialize federal highway rest areas was just voted down on the floor of the Senate by an overwhelming vote of 12 yeas to 86 nays. Thanks to each of you for ensuring that the voices of blind entrepreneurs were heard loud and clear on this important issue! We sincerely appreciate your efforts to contact your Senators and educate them about the operation of the Randolph-Sheppard act on highway rest areas and the opportunities it creates for the blind. We will now turn our attention to the House of Representatives to ensure that no similar provision is added there. Again, thank you so much for all of your work! Sincerely, Sean and Catriona Sean WhalenPolicy AssociateLinchpin Strategies, LLC 639 Massachusetts Ave NEWashington, DC 20002Phone:  (866) 443-0998Fax:       (202) 318-8113  		 	   		  
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