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Date Posted: 13:34:30 07/05/01 Thu
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- Thursday, June 21, 2001
To parents and friends of all developmentally disabled children:
While the President has signed the new tax bill, the effort to add a
tax
credit for families of developmentally disabled children is alive and
well!
Our tax credit bill will be introduced by Senator Torrecelli (D-NJ) and
Congressman English (R-21st PA) next Wednesday, June 27. The Senate
bill will
be introduced at a press conference at 10:00am and the House bill will
be
introduced at a press conference at 2:00pm at the House triangle.
Everyone
is invited to attend, and we are especially looking for families from
New
Jersey and Congressman English's district that would be able to attend.
If
you are from the Erie, PA area and can attend, please email me at
cc4@earthlink.net.
Members of the Autism Caucus have been asked by Congressman English to
be
original cosponsors. All other members of the House will be asked to
cosponsor soon. At this time, we're asking people who live in the
district of
the members of the Autism Caucus to contact their congressman and urge
him or
her to become an original cosponsor of Congressman English's bill prior
to
the introduction on Wednesday, June 27. We will issue another action
alert
soon asking everyone to contact their congressman to cosponsor the
legislation. Everyone should also call both their Senators and request
that
they sign on as original cosponsors of the Senate bill. Especially
those
Senators that have shown they are sympathetic to our cause should be
contacted, as they would likely appreciate the opportunity to be an
original
cosponsor.
***Here's what we need to do now***
Between now and Wednesday, June 27, if your congressman is listed below
as
being a member of the autism caucus, please call him or her and ask
them to
be an original cosponsor of Congressman English's tax credit for
developmentally disabled bill. Their names are listed below. Be sure
to let
them know you are a constituent. If you don't know their phone number,
or
aren't sure who your congressman is, go to:
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html , enter your zip code, then
click
on your member's web site. If they are interested, have them call Laura
Eugster at 202-225-5406 in Congressman English's office.
Also call the Senators that represent your state and ask them to sign
on as
an original cosponsor of Senator Torrecelli's tax credit for the
developmentally
disabled bill. If they are interested, have them call Kyle Mulroy at
202-224-3224
in Senator Torrecelli's office.
Autism Caucus Members
2001 Coalition for Autism Research and Education List
(Alphabetical Order)
1. abThe Honorable Tom Allen
2. abThe Honorable Gary Ackerman
3. abThe Honorable Richard Baker
4. abThe Honorable John Baldacci
5. abThe Honorable Tom Barrett
6. abThe Honorable Ken Bentsen
7. abThe Honorable Shelley Berkley
8. abThe Honorable Judy Biggert
9. abThe Honorable Mike Bilirakis
10. abThe Honorable Rod Blagojevich
11. abThe Honorable Earl Blumenauer
12. abThe Honorable Sherwood Boehlert
13. abThe Honorable David Bonior
14. abThe Honorable Rich Boucher
15. abThe Honorable Robert Brady
16. abThe Honorable Sherrod Brown
17. abThe Honorable Dan Burton
18. abThe Honorable Sonny Callahan
19. abThe Honorable Shelley Moore Capito
20. abThe Honorable Michael Capuano
21. abThe Honorable William Coyne
22. abThe Honorable Cramer
23. abThe Honorable Jim Davis
24. abThe Honorable Jo-Ann Davis
25. abThe Honorable Tom Davis
26. abThe Honorable Mike Doyle (Chairman)
27. abThe Honorable Phil English
28. abThe Honorable Mike Fergeson
29. abThe Honorable Filne
30. abThe Honorabel Fletcher
31. abThe Honorable Mark Foley
32. abThe Honorable Vito Fossella
33. abThe Honorable Barney Frank
34. abThe Honorable Wayne Gilchrest
35. abThe Honorable Gene Green
36. abThe Honorable Mark Green
37. abThe Honorable James Greenwood
38. abThe Honorable Virgil Goode
39. abThe Honorable Bob Goodlatte
40. abThe Honorable Grucci
41. abThe Honorable Melissa Hart
42. abThe Honorable J.D. Hayworth
43. abThe Honorable Earl Hilliard
44. abThe Honorable Maurice Hinchey
45. abThe Honorable Tim Holden
46. abThe Honorable Rush Holt
47. abThe Honorable Stephen Horn
48. abThe Honorable Johnny Isakson
49. abThe Honorable Peter King
50. abThe Honorable Joe Knollenberg
51. abThe Honorable Jim Langevin
52. abThe Honorable Nick Lampson
53. abThe Honorable Tom Lantos
54. abThe Honorable John Larson
55. abThe Honorable Frank LoBiondo
56. abThe Honorable Zoe Lofgren
57. abThe Honorable Bill Luther
58. abThe Honorable McInnis
59. abThe Honorable Jim McGovern
60. abThe Honorable R McNulty
61. abThe Honorable Carolyn Maloney
62. abThe Honorable Ed Markey
63. abThe Honorable Frank Mascara
64. abThe Honorable Jim Matheson
65. abThe Honorable Menendez
66. abThe Honorable Jim Moran
67. abThe Honorable Connie Morella
68. abThe Honorable Richard Neal
69. abThe Honorable Michael Oxley
70. abThe Honorable Bill Pascrell
71. abThe Honorable Pallone
72. abThe Honorable Donald Payne
73. abThe Honorable John Peterson
74. abThe Honorable David Price
75. abThe Honorable Jack Quinn
76. abThe Honorable Nick Rahall II
77. abThe Honorable Reyes
78. abThe Honorable Lynn Rivers
79. abThe Honorable Illena Ros-Lehtinen
80. abThe Honorable Steve Rothman
81. abThe Honorable Loretta Sanchez
82. abThe Honorable Jim Saxton
83. abThe Honorable Tom Sawyer
84. abThe Honorable Bob Schaffer
85. abThe Honorable Christopher Shays
86. abThe Honorable Don Sherwood
87. abThe Honorable Ronnie Shows
88. abThe Honorable Chris Smith (Chairman)
89. abThe Honorable Floyd Spence
90. abThe Honorable Bart Stupak
91. abThe Honorable John Sununu
92. abThe Honorable Thomas Tancredo
93. abThe Honorable Charles Taylor
94. abThe Honorable Toomey
95. abThe Honorable Jim Turner
96. abThe Honorable Tom Udall
97. abThe Honorable David Vitter
98. abThe Honorable Zach Wamp
99. abThe Honorable Anthony Weiner
100.abThe Honorable Dave Weldon
101.abThe Honorable Frank Wolf
102.abThe Honorable Lynn Woolsey
Please forward this message to everyone with a developmentally disabled
child.
Thank you,
Jonathan Shestack, Co-founder, Cure Autism Now
Elizabeth Emken, Political Action Coordinator, Cure Autism Now
***If you missed prior notices, here's what this is all about:
A group of families have begun an effort to get some tax
relief for the more than three million families in the US who have
children with developmental disabilities.
We are asking for the adoption of a refundable tax credit to offset
a share of the unreimbursed expenses families must often take on.
These will include, among others: Behavioral therapy, speech,
occupational therapy, auditory processing therapy, assistive
communications,
respite etc.
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