[NFBMT] Legislative Alert: 09/15/2017

Thu Nov 16 09:13:52 UTC 2017

See a message from John Pare below, and also our Senators' contact
information.  Joy 

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 JPare at nfb.org <mailto:JPare at nfb.org> .

Warm regards, 

John 

John G. Pare Jr. 

Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy 

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2218  jpare at nfb.org <mailto:jpare at nfb.org>
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Office of Senator Jon Tester

311 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510-2604

Phone: (202) 224-2644

Fax: (202) 224-8594

https://www.tester.senate.gov/

 <https://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator> Email Senator Tester

Senator Tester's Montana staff serves the state from offices in Billings,
Bozeman, Butte, Glendive, Great Falls, Kalispell, Helena, and Missoula.
Please bring your concerns with federal agencies, academy nominations, and
other situations to one of these Montana offices.

*             BILLINGS

Judge Jameson Federal Building
2900 4th Ave N, Suite 201
Billings, MT 59101
Phone: (406) 252-0550
Fax: (406) 252-7768

BOZEMAN

Avant Courier Building

1 E Main Street, Suite 202

Bozeman, MT 59715

Phone: (406) 586-4450

Fax: (406) 586-7647

Butte

Silver Bow Center

125 W Granite, Suite 200

Butte, MT 59701

Phone: (406) 723-3277

Fax: (406) 782-4717

Glendive

122 W Towne

Glendive, MT 59330

Phone: (406) 365-2391

Fax: (406) 365-8836

Great Falls

119 1st Avenue N, Suite 102

Great Falls, MT 59401

Phone: (406) 452-9585

Fax: (406) 452-9586

Helena

Capital One Center

208 N Montana Avenue, Suite 202

Helena, MT 59601

Phone: (406) 449-5401

Fax: (406) 449-5462

Kalispell

8 Third Street E

Kalispell, MT 59901

Phone: (406) 257-3360

Fax: (406) 257-3974

Missoula

130 W Front St.

Missoula, MT 59802

Phone: (406) 728-3003

Fax: (406) 728-2193

Senator Steve Daines 

https://www.daines.senate.gov/

Office Locations

Washington, D.C.

320 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

p: (202) 224-2651 

Billings

222 N. 32nd Street, Ste. 100

Billings, MT 59101

p: (406) 245-6822 

Great Falls

104 4th Street North, Ste. 302

Great Falls, MT 59401

p: (406) 453-0148 

Helena

30 West 14th Street, Ste. 206

Helena, MT 59601

p: (406) 443-3189 

Bozeman

13 S. Willson Ave. Ste. 8

Bozeman, MT 59718

p: (406) 587-3446 

Missoula

218 East Front Street, Ste. 103

Missoula, MT 59802

p: (406) 549-8198 

Kalispell

40 2nd St East, Suite 211 

 (KM Building)

Kalispell, Montana 59901 

 p: (406) 257-3765 

Sidney

609 S. Central Ave. Suite #4 

 (Central Plaza Building)

Sidney, MT, 59270

p: (406) 482-9010 

Hardin

310 N Center 

 Hardin MT 59034

p: (406) 665-4126 

The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends
who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
together to help blind people live the lives they want.  

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