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DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM to live in our homes, not nursing homes!

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Today @RepCohen Introduces Discharge Petition for H.R. 2708 Latonya Reeves Freedom Act!

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The legislative reception will be in the Transportation Committee Room, 2167 Rayburn, on November 19th and begin at 5:00 PM.

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It would also demonstrate to Republican Leadership that we are ready to fight for Disability Freedom.

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Join us in DC to advance the Discharge Petition and support Disability Freedom. ADAPTers are hosting a Legislative Reception with the House sponsor and have begun planning for people to be in DC when the bill would move to the House floor.

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Moving the Freedom Act to the House floor and getting passed by the House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote would be a major milestone for the bill, our decades-long fight to FREE OUR PEOPLE, and our movement.

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IMPORTANT UPDATE:
This morning Representative Cohen filed a Discharge Petition to bring H.R. 2708 Latonya Reeves Freedom Act to send the bill directly to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote.

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This demonstrates that even when a party doesn’t control the House, it can still advance bipartisan legislation!

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It is almost certain that the legislation would pass the House if we secure enough signatures to move the bill to the floor.

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If every House Democrat supports the Discharge Petition, we only need to secure the support of a handful of the 15 Republican cosponsors who are still in Congress to move the bill to the floor for a vote.

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When we get 218 members of the House on the Discharge Petition, the legislation will bypass the committee and markup and go straight to the House floor for an up-down vote.

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The Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, would codify existing law and strengthen the right of Americans with disabilities, including veterans and children, to receive long-term services and supports (LTSS) in the setting of their choice!

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The Latonya Reeves Freedom Act currently has bipartisan support with 222 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, over 200 national organizations and nearly 700 state and local organizations.

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When 218 members of the House sign the Discharge Petition, the bill bypasses the committees and goes directly to the floor of the House for a vote.

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A Discharge Petition is a mechanism the House of Representatives uses when a bill is not able to move through the committee process even though a majority of the members of the House support it.