[Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 150, Issue 13

Fri Nov 17 23:13:24 UTC 2017

Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris, have more important things on their plate right now then the  accessibility technology affordability   act. They have to vote no on trumps tax plan which will drastically cut Medicaid and social  security

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>   1. Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] November 15, 2017 Legislative
>      Alert and Washington Seminar (Shannon Dillon)
>   2. Scam Alert (Peacefulwoman89 at cox.net)
>   3. Re: Scam Alert (nfb frida)
>   4. Re: Scam Alert (Veronica Martinez)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:51:31 -0800
> From: Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon at gmail.com>
> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] November 15, 2017
>    Legislative Alert and Washington Seminar
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> Good morning,
> Please call or email your two senators
> and urge them to cosponsor S. 732, the Access
> Technology Affordability Act of 2017. Please see John Pare's message
> with information and directions below. Please make calls regarding S
> 732.
> Thanks.
> Shannon
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> From: "Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:34:33 -0600
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] November 15, 2017 Legislative Alert and
> Washington Seminar
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
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> 
> Dear Fellow Federationists:
> 
> Thank you for all of your calls and emails
> regarding the elimination of the increased standard deduction for blind people.
> So, here is where we stand as of today
> (Wednesday, November 15). The House bill has gone
> to the House floor and will most likely be voted
> on and passed tomorrow, November 16. It
> eliminates the additional standard deduction for
> the blind. The Senate Committee on Finance is
> currently debating the Senate version of the
> bill. The Senate version does not modify the
> existing additional standard deduction for the
> blind. The next key step will be when the Senate
> bill goes to the floor of the Senate for a final
> vote. It is possible that Senator Boozman will be
> permitted to offer an amendment to include the
> Access Technology Affordability Act in the
> Senate?s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
> This is what we have been hoping for since
> January. The number one thing we can do to help
> this effort is to add cosponsors to the Access
> Technology Affordability Act in the Senate (S.
> 732). There are currently three cosponsors on the
> bill, Senators Cardin and Van Hollen from
> Maryland and Senator Coons from Delaware.
> Therefore, please call or email your two senators
> and urge them to cosponsor S. 732, the Access
> Technology Affordability Act of 2017. The best
> way to contact your senators is to call the
> Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for
> the office in question. If you email your
> senators, please copy me at <mailto:JPare at nfb.org>JPare at nfb.org.
> In other news, we are expecting the Accessible
> Instructional Materials in Higher Education bill
> to be introduced in the Senate in the very near
> future. Also, I have received some questions
> regarding hotel reservations for Washington
> Seminar. The following information is published
> in the
> <https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm17/bm1710/bm171010.htm>November
> 2017 issue of the Braille Monitor.
> Washington Seminar will be held January 28
> through February 1, 2018, with the Great
> Gathering-In taking place on Monday, January 29.
> You can now reserve a room at the Holiday Inn
> Capitol (550 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024)
> for Washington Seminar for check-in beginning
> Friday, January 26, and check-out Friday,
> February 2. The rate is $192.00 per night; this
> rate does not include DC sales tax, which is
> currently 14.8 percent. You may begin booking
> reservations directly online by clicking on the
> weblink below:
> <http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI&regionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801505>http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI&regionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801505.
> You may also make reservations by calling (877)
> 572-6951 and referencing booking code FB8. Credit
> card information is needed at time of
> reservation. Individual cancellation policy
> requires notification seventy-two hours prior to
> date of arrival to avoid one night's room plus
> tax cancellation charge on the credit card
> provided. If your departure date changes, you
> must inform the hotel seventy-two hours in
> advance of departure to avoid a $100 fee; call
> (877) 572-6951 and reference your confirmation
> number. Please obtain a cancellation number when
> cancelling a reservation. The firm deadline date
> to make a reservation is Tuesday, January 2,
> 2018. Reservation requests received after the
> deadline date will be subject to availability and prevailing rate.
> Warm regards,
> 
> John
> 
> John G. Par?? Jr.
> Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy
> 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2218 | <mailto:jpare at nfb.org>jpare at nfb.org
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> SHANNON L. DILLON
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:55:09 -0800
> From: <Peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Scam Alert
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> Hello All: 
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> 
> If you receive the following automated robocall which indicates you have
> been awarded a $9,000 grant from Health and Human Services, and to call
> back, please know this is a scam! The phone number that shows up is a
> Fredricks, MD phone number. (240) 436-1301. Online posts indicate the
> possibility the number is oversees and is a cluster of folks answering
> phones. 
> 
> 
> 
> Lisa Irving 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:16:37 -0800
> From: nfb frida <nfbfrida at gmail.com>
> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Scam Alert
> Message-ID: <4667ABFF-82D6-4809-9AF9-D2C274BBD2CA at gmail.com>
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> I have to laugh when a foreigner called me one evening at seven o?clock and told me that he was calling from the Social Security Company.
> 
> LOL and more LOL.
> Frida 
> 
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>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Lisa Irving via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello All: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you receive the following automated robocall which indicates you have
>> been awarded a $9,000 grant from Health and Human Services, and to call
>> back, please know this is a scam! The phone number that shows up is a
>> Fredricks, MD phone number. (240) 436-1301. Online posts indicate the
>> possibility the number is oversees and is a cluster of folks answering
>> phones. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Lisa Irving 
>> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:59:14 -0800
> From: Veronica Martinez <preciousminny32 at att.net>
> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Scam Alert
> Message-ID: <96AB12A5-5CF1-48BB-8DF1-CE68653D611D at att.net>
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> what a joke! I had someone call me one time and say that they were from the IRS? Really? LOL
> 
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>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 6:16 PM, nfb frida via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I have to laugh when a foreigner called me one evening at seven o?clock and told me that he was calling from the Social Security Company.
>> 
>> LOL and more LOL.
>> Frida 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Lisa Irving via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello All: 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you receive the following automated robocall which indicates you have
>>> been awarded a $9,000 grant from Health and Human Services, and to call
>>> back, please know this is a scam! The phone number that shows up is a
>>> Fredricks, MD phone number. (240) 436-1301. Online posts indicate the
>>> possibility the number is oversees and is a cluster of folks answering
>>> phones. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Lisa Irving 
>>> 
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