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<DIV> Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>I know that you received the following forwarded by John Pare,Executive
Director of Advocacy and Policy, NFB in Baltimore.</DIV>
<DIV>Immediate Critical Action Is Needed.</DIV>
<DIV>Please share with others.</DIV>
<DIV>Our voices must be heard!</DIV>
<DIV>The Washington switchboard to call Senator’s Booker and Menendez is as
follows.</DIV>
<DIV>202 224 3121.</DIV>
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<DIV>Details below.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">We care. We
share. We grow. We make a difference<BR>Joe Ruffalo, President <BR>National
Federation of the Blind of New Jersey <BR>973 743
0075<BR>nfbnj1@verizon.net<BR><A
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car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.<BR>Donate your unwanted vehicle
to us by clicking <BR>www.carshelpingtheblind.org <BR>or call 855 659
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Fellow Federationists:<BR> <BR>Thank you for all of your calls and emails
regarding the elimination of the increased standard deduction for blind
people.<BR>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 Senates 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 <A
href="mailto:JPare@nfb.org">JPare@nfb.org</A>.<BR>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 <A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm17/bm1710/bm171010.htm">November
2017 issue of the Braille Monitor</A>.<BR>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: <A
href="http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI®ionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801505">http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI®ionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801505</A>
.<BR>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.<BR>Warm
regards,<BR> <BR>John<BR> <BR>John G. Paré Jr. <BR>Executive Director
for Advocacy and Policy <BR>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<BR>(410)
659-9314, extension 2218 | <A href="mailto:jpare@nfb.org">jpare@nfb.org</A>
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and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nations blind. Every day
we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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