[Ohio-talk] Representative Fudge

[Cheryl Fields]

Because of its wide jurisdiction, Ways and Means has always been one
of the most important committees with respect to impact on policy.
Although it lacks the prospects for re-election help that comes with
the Appropriations Committee, it is seen as a valuable post for two
reasons. First, since its range is so broad, members with a wide array
of policy concerns often seek positions, simply to be able to
influence policy decisions. Some recent major issues that have gone
through this committee include welfare reform, a Medicare prescription
drug benefit, Social Security reform, George W. Bush's tax cuts, and
trade agreements including the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Second,
given the wide array of interests that are affected by the committee,
a seat makes it very easy to collect campaign contributions.[5]
Until 1974, the Ways and Means Committee decided which chairmanships
newly elected members of Congress would have, along with its regular
financial duties.[6] When Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills' career
ended in scandal, Congressman Phillip Burton transferred the
committee's selection powers to a separate, newly created
committee.[6]
Members, 115th Congress

Chairman Kevin Brady of Texas
Majority
Minority
Republican
Democratic
• Kevin Brady, Texas's 8th, Chairman
• Sam Johnson, Texas's 3rd
• Devin Nunes, California's 22nd
• Pat Tiberi, Ohio's 12th
• Dave Reichert, Washington's 8th
• Peter Roskam, Illinois's 6th
• Vern Buchanan, Florida's 16th
• Adrian Smith, Nebraska's 3rd
• Lynn Jenkins, Kansas's 2nd
• Erik Paulsen, Minnesota's 3rd
• Kenny Marchant, Texas's 24th
• Diane Black, Tennessee's 6th
• Tom Reed, New York's 23rd
• Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania's 3rd
• Jim Renacci, Ohio's 16th
• Pat Meehan, Pennsylvania's 7th
• Kristi Noem, South Dakota's at-large
• George Holding, North Carolina's 2nd
• Jason T. Smith, Missouri's 8th
• Tom Rice, South Carolina's 7th
• David Schweikert, Arizona's 6th
• Jackie Walorski, Indiana's 2nd
• Carlos Curbelo, Florida's 26th
• Mike Bishop, Michigan's 8th
• Richard Neal, Massachusetts's 1st, Ranking Member
• Sander Levin, Michigan's 9th, Former Chairman
• John Lewis, Georgia's 5th
• Lloyd Doggett, Texas's 35th
• Mike Thompson, California's 5th
• John B. Larson, Connecticut's 1st
• Earl Blumenauer, Oregon's 3rd
• Ron Kind, Wisconsin's 3rd
• Bill Pascrell, New Jersey's 9th
• Joseph Crowley, New York's 14th
• Danny K. Davis, Illinois's 7th
• Linda Sánchez, California's 38th
• Brian Higgins, New York's 26th
• Terri Sewell, Alabama's 7th
• Suzan DelBene, Washington's 1st


On 11/7/17, Cheryl Fischer via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Representative Fudge is my  Congressperson, so I called her office and
> expressed my reasoning for why the blind should continue to have a higher
> standard deduction than the general population.
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> I learned that Rep. Fudge is not on the Ways and Means Committee.
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> If anyone learns who is, please post and I will call them as well.
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> Thanks,
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> Cheryl
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Wishing You All the Best,

Cheryl E. Fields


A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human
life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will
never sit.
--D. Elton Trueblood