{"id":4718,"date":"2017-11-28T19:13:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T00:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/?p=4718"},"modified":"2017-11-28T19:14:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T00:14:38","slug":"11-29-17-call-your-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/11-29-17-call-your-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/29\/17  CALL YOUR SENATORS!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an important (abridged) message from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autism-society.org\/get-involved\/advocacy\/\">Autism Society of America<\/a> which basically BEGS you to call your Senator and tell them &#8220;NO&#8221; on the Tax Bill<\/p>\n<p><strong>CALL 202-224-3121<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><br \/>\nOn November 17, the House of Representatives passed its version of a tax bill. \u00a0The Senate Budget Committee passed their version today. A final vote in the Senate is expected Thursday. \u00a0Both bills are extremely harmful to people with disabilities. A conference committee may have to work out the differences between the bills, meaning that <b>provisions in either bill could end up in a final tax bill<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">WHAT IS IN THIS BILL:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increases the deficit significantly to provide tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans and corporations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leads to <em>cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, Supplemental Security Income,<\/em> and other critical programs for people with disabilities in order to reduce the deficits and debts incurred by tax cuts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The Senate bill ALSO<\/strong><\/span> includes a provision to repeal the individual mandate to obtain health insurance. The individual mandate is a central part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which greatly benefits people with disabilities by eliminating pre-existing condition exclusions, banning annual and lifetime limits, prohibiting discrimination based on health status, and much more. Repealing the individual mandate will:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Results in almost 14 million people LOSING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE (according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Increases health insurance premiums for those purchasing coverage on the exchange by at least 10% for the unforeseeable future (also according CBO)\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The CBO analysis also says the repeal of the individual mandate will save approximately $330 billion (because of the large number that will not be insured) over ten years. \u00a0This money will be used to pay for a making the corporate tax cuts permanent and to cut to the tax rate for corporations and individuals on the upper income scale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*****According to the Tax Policy Center, the Senate plan shows that <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">87 million households <strong>earning less than $200,000 will get a tax increase<\/strong> under the plan*****<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have a VERY short timeline to stop this very harmful and <a href=\"https:\/\/click.everyaction.com\/h\/534365\/3346134?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwMi8xLzYyNzQ0IiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvbklkIjogbnVsbCwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjY0ODQ5NDVkLTk2ZDQtZTcxMS04MGMzLTAwMTU1ZGE3OGJjMCIsDQogICJFbWFpbE1lc3NhZ2VJZCI6ICI1NTIwY2UxNS1iOWQzLWU3MTEtODBjMy0wMDE1NWRhNzhiYzAiLA0KICAiRW1haWxNZXNzYWdlQ29udGVudElkIjogIjU2MjBjZTE1LWI5ZDMtZTcxMS04MGMzLTAwMTU1ZGE3OGJjMCIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAic3VzYW5Ac3VzYW5zZW5hdG9yLmNvbSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25UcmFja2FibGVJdGVtSWQiOiAwDQp9&amp;hmac=VEZnVjqIGWvvo9Bx5YEaFyFNtfJzHMR7HDVnNC2ivas=\">unpopular<\/a> legislation.<\/p>\n<p><u><b>TAKE ACTION:<\/b><\/u><b> CALL <\/b><strong>202-224-3121<\/strong><u><b><\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Contact your Senators NOW. We only have days to defeat this!\u00a0<\/b>Autism Society is co-sponsoring a <a href=\"https:\/\/click.everyaction.com\/h\/534366\/3346135?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwMi8xLzYyNzQ0IiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvbklkIjogbnVsbCwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjY0ODQ5NDVkLTk2ZDQtZTcxMS04MGMzLTAwMTU1ZGE3OGJjMCIsDQogICJFbWFpbE1lc3NhZ2VJZCI6ICI1NTIwY2UxNS1iOWQzLWU3MTEtODBjMy0wMDE1NWRhNzhiYzAiLA0KICAiRW1haWxNZXNzYWdlQ29udGVudElkIjogIjU2MjBjZTE1LWI5ZDMtZTcxMS04MGMzLTAwMTU1ZGE3OGJjMCIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAic3VzYW5Ac3VzYW5zZW5hdG9yLmNvbSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25UcmFja2FibGVJdGVtSWQiOiAwDQp9&amp;hmac=VEZnVjqIGWvvo9Bx5YEaFyFNtfJzHMR7HDVnNC2ivas=\">national call in day<\/a> on Wednesday, Nov. 29. <b>Call your Senators<\/b>. \u00a0Use the Capitol Switchboard number <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">202-224-3121<\/span><\/strong> and ask for your Senators.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Participate in a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/click.everyaction.com\/h\/534367\/3346136?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwMi8xLzYyNzQ0IiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvbklkIjogbnVsbCwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjY0ODQ5NDVkLTk2ZDQtZTcxMS04MGMzLTAwMTU1ZGE3OGJjMCIsDQogICJFbWFpbE1lc3NhZ2VJZCI6ICI1NTIwY2UxNS1iOWQzLWU3MTEtODBjMy0wMDE1NWRhNzhiYzAiLA0KICAiRW1haWxNZXNzYWdlQ29udGVudElkIjogIjU2MjBjZTE1LWI5ZDMtZTcxMS04MGMzLTAwMTU1ZGE3OGJjMCIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAic3VzYW5Ac3VzYW5zZW5hdG9yLmNvbSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25UcmFja2FibGVJdGVtSWQiOiAwDQp9&amp;hmac=VEZnVjqIGWvvo9Bx5YEaFyFNtfJzHMR7HDVnNC2ivas=\"><strong>Tax Plan Protest Event<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u><b>WHAT TO SAY<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I am your constituent and a member of the Autism Society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>*******Please vote NO on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.*******<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>(That is the most important thing to say. Say the rest if you can but be sure to say VOTE NO ON TAX CUTS)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This tax bill will hurt people with disabilities and their families.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Do not repeal the ACA individual mandate. \u00a0This will further destabilize our health care system, raise premiums, and could lead to my family losing their health insurance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We cannot afford these tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans and large corporations. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tax reform should not be rushed. \u00a0People should have time to understand the bill and how they will be affected.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This bill will lead to fewer jobs for people with disabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an important (abridged) message from the Autism Society of America which basically BEGS you to call your Senator and tell them &#8220;NO&#8221; on the Tax Bill CALL 202-224-3121 Background On November 17, the House of Representatives passed its version of a tax bill. \u00a0The Senate Budget Committee passed their version today. 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