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Today @RepCohen Introduces Discharge Petition for H.R. 2708 Latonya Reeves Freedom Act! youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.