[Nfbk] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Update on Yesterday's Legislative Alert and Call to Action

[Cathy Jackson]

Good Morning!
I was in Maine over the weekend and failed to forward this message regarding the Bipartisan Budget Bill if 2015. It was passed in the Senate and the SSDI Tryst Fund is solvent until 2022. Read more below.
Cathy

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> From: "Kuhnke, Kristian via Nfbnet-members-list" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Date: October 30, 2015 at 11:02:22 AM EDT
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Update on Yesterday's Legislative Alert and Call to Action
> Reply-To: "Kuhnke, Kristian" <KKuhnke at nfb.org>
> 
>  
> Fellow Federationists:
>  
> As many of you may have heard, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 was passed by the Senate early this morning. We expect that President Obama will sign it in the very near future. Thanks to everyone who made calls yesterday. This bill ensures that SSDI will be funded until 2022 and contains many valuable provisions, including a demonstration project which conducts a $2-for-$1 phase-out program, the opportunity to report earnings electronically, and simplification for how earnings will be counted each month. We will continue to analyze the content and will provide more details soon.
>  
> Once the president signs the bill, our advocacy will continue with the Social Security Administration as they begin to develop regulations to implement this legislation.
>  
> Thanks again for all of your hard work. 
>  
> Very sincerely,
>  
> Parnell Diggs, Esq.
> Director of Government Affairs
> National Federation of the Blind
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