From AARP and The Arc:
Senator Cortez-Masto (D-NV) will be serving as the new Democratic co-lead of the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act in the Senate. We remain immensely grateful to Senator Brown and his staff for their extensive efforts steering this bill last congress. Cortez-Masto's team was in part motivated to take up this issue thanks to direct engagement from constituents, so we are particularly thankful to everyone who did so much to bring directly impacted voices in front of congressional offices and staff. Currently, Senator Cortez-Masto and Senator Cassidy are aiming to re-introduce the bill in March, and have requested help reconfirming organizational endorsements. The House co-leads, Rep. Davis and Rep. Fitzpatrick, expect to re-introduce the bill in the House shortly after the Senate version is reintroduced. The new bill text has no changes other than updating the effective dates and is available at this link: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yr_E5aPGtVFjl0VYGxFWSvYuMv256Tu3/view?usp=sharing). Please consider signing onto this joint letter to express your organization’s support for and endorsement of the bill. The letter is mostly the same as our joint letter from the 118th, but it includes some additional information about how the bill addresses a harmful marriage penalty. You can view the letter and sign on using the form at this link: https://forms.gle/6fZbQRJP2Vtk9YdM7 The deadline for sign-on's and endorsements is COB March 7th. |
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