[Nfbc-sj] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert 9/15/2021

[Gursimrat Otal]

Any other update on this bill?

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 3:42 PM Jamie P. <blackbyrdfly at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> In case you missed it, please see the following Legislative Alert
> regarding the Access Technology Affordability Act. We really are building
> the future; let's keep it up!
>
> -Jamie
>
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> From: Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 13:03
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert 9/15/2021
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
>
>
> Dear Federation Family:
>
>
>
> Congratulations, our hard work has paid off. The provisions of the Access
> Technology Affordability Act have been included in the reconciliation
> package currently moving through the House of Representatives. We will keep
> you apprised of this activity.
>
>
>
> In the meantime, we need to move quickly to build cosponsor support for
> the Access Technology Affordability Act in the Senate. We currently have 24
> Senate cosponsors but if we can dramatically increase this number over the
> next week or two, it would greatly improve our chances of this bill being
> included in the Senate version of the reconciliation package.
>
>
>
> Senator Cardin is the sponsor of the bill. The other 24 Senate cosponsors
> are listed below. If one or both of your senators has not yet cosponsored
> the Access Technology Affordability Act (S. 212) then I urge you to call or
> email them and urge them to please cosponsor this important legislation.
>
>
>
> When you call or email, you might say the following:
>
>
>
> "Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME], and I live in [CITY, STATE]. I would like
> to urge [SENATOR NAME] to cosponsor the Access Technology Affordability
> Act, S. 212. This legislation removes an employment barrier commonly
> experienced by blind Americans who cannot afford the high cost of access
> technology by creating a refundable tax credit in the amount of $2,000 to
> offset the cost of this technology.
>
>
>
> Thanks."
>
>
>
> You can contact your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard
> and asking for the office in question. The number is 202-224-3121. If you
> email your senators, please copy Jeff Kaloc at jkaloc at nfb.org. Your calls
> and emails do make a difference.
>
>
>
> It is best to call or email the relevant staff person in your senator’s
> office. For your convenience, we have attached a list of relevant staffers
> in the Senate offices that have not cosponsored the Access Technology
> Affordability Act (S. 212). If you do not see your member of Congress,
> please email Jeff and he will do further research.
>
>
>
> The list of current cosponsors is pasted below.
>
>
>
> Thank you for all that you do,
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> S. 212 Cosponsors
>
> Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
>
> Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
>
> Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
>
> Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
>
> Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
>
> Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
>
> Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
>
> Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
>
> Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
>
> Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
>
> Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
>
> Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
>
> Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
>
> Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
>
> Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
>
> Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
>
> Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
>
> Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
>
> Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
>
> Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
>
> Sen. Leahy, Patrick [D-VT]
>
> Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
>
> Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
>
> Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
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