[Ohio-talk] pay attention please and make the calls. FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] November 15, 2017 Legislative Alert and Washington Seminar

[Cheryl Fields]

Calls Done!


On 11/16/17, rchpay7--- via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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> .
> 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
> November 2017 issue of the Braille Monitor
> <https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm17/bm1710/bm171010.htm> .
> 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:
> http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates
> <http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=HI&regionCode=1&loca
> leCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801505>
> &brandCode=HI&regionCode=1&localeCode=en&GPC=FB8&hotelCode=WASSM&_PMID=99801
> 505 .
> 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.
> Warm regards,
>
> John
>
> John G. Paré 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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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