[Ohio-talk] Ta Bill news

[Wanda Sloan]

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Greetings Friends,

The New York news, an NFB list for New York State, reports an update on the
tax cuts involving rehab programs to train and employ the blind.

"We had a recent scare with regards to the Federal Tax Bill, H.R. 1 (115),
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, (TCJZ).  We feared the proposed legislation would
eliminate funding for Vocational Rehabilitation programs, Medicare and
Medicaid and, as a result, endanger the jobs of hundreds of New Yorker's. 
This turned out not to be the case as a waiver for the PAYGO program was
included in the final senate legislation.  Below is a statement regarding
the same: 
 
Republican leaders are seeking to downplay the possibility that the GOP tax
bill would trigger massive spending cuts under an obscure Senate rule known
as PAYGO. 
 
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan released
a joint statement this afternoon assuring that Congress wouldn't actually
allow the across-the-board cuts to take place. 
 
"This will not happen," McConnell and Ryan wrote, arguing that lawmakers
have "readily available methods to waive this law, which has never been
enforced since its enactment." 
 
If the tax bill, H.R. 1 (115), is signed into law, both chambers would need
to agree to waive the decades-old Pay-As-You-Go rule to prevent the
triggering of $150 billion per year in cuts to a slew of federal programs,
including Medicare and student loans. 
 
GOP leaders have long been confident that they can strike a quick deal with
Democrats to waive the federally mandated slashing. 
 
"There is no reason to believe that Congress would not act again to prevent
a sequester, and we will work to ensure these spending cuts are prevented," 
McConnell and Ryan wrote today. But at least eight Democrats would need to
support that vote in the Senate. 
And minority party lawmakers aren't making any promises they'll agree to
bail out Republicans amid the frantic push to clear the tax bill. 
 
A PAYGO waiver is likely to be included in a government funding bill this
month, according to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who said she received a
personal assurance from McConnell this week that the cuts would be stifled. 
 
So, V.R. services are safe, for now, with respect to the federal tax cut. 
We'll keep you up to date with future developments." 
 
 
 
Milena Zavoli 



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