I thought the people on the list would be interested in the following.

Kathleen O'Leary

>Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 19:36:07 -0500
>From: "Suellen R. Galbraith" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Organization: ANCOR
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>Subject: ANCOR's WASHINGTON INSIDERS CLUB ALERT #A-17 on Work Incentives
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>ANCOR ALERT    ANCOR ALERT     ANCOR ALERT
>
>CONFERENCE ON WORK INCENTIVES BILL NEEDS HEAVY 
>LIFT FROM THE GRASSROOTS!
>
>House and Senate conferees are extremely close to reaching a conference
>agreement on the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act.  A
>deal may actually be reached tonight or tomorrow.  ANCOR staff is
>advised that pressure on the White House and Congress must come to bear
>in order to reach agreement that will maintain all the policy objectives
>in this important legislation.
>
>Conferees and the House and Senate Leadership claim they have no
>problems with any of the public policy in the bill.   However, there are
>still roadblocks to reaching a conference agreement and time is running
>out on this session of Congress.  The main roadblock is locating and
>agreeing on offsets (the means for paying for the bill) to fund the
>health care portion of the bill-particularly the portion of the bill
>that would fund Medicaid.   
>
>Your phone calls are needed Tuesday, November 2, 1999 and Wednesday,
>November 3, 1999. All parties involved in the conference process - the
>White House, Senate and House conferees, and Congressional leaders -
>need to hear how important it is to fund the entire health care portion
>- including both Medicare and Medicaid - of the Ticket to Work and Work
>Incentives Improvement Act.  
>
>Simply leave the following message by telephone at the numbers listed
>below: 
>
>§ Urge the Administration to work with Senate and House conferees to
>find acceptable offsets which do not harm people with disabilities to
>fund the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act in its
>entirety.  
>
>§ Urge House and Senate conferees - and key House Leadership - to reach
>agreement quickly on fully funding the entire Ticket to Work and Work
>Incentives Improvement Act, clearing the way for final passage before
>ending this session of Congress.
>
>White House Comment Line: 202-456-1414
>
>Senate Conferees:
>Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS): 202-224-6253
>Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY): 202-224-4451
>Senator William Roth (R-DE): 202-224-2441
>
>House Conferees:
>House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX): 202-225-7772
>Rep. Bill Archer (R-TX): 202-225-2571
>Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-VA): 202-225-2815
>Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY): 202-225-4365
>Rep. John Dingell (D-MI): 202-225-4071
>
>Other House Leadership:
>House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL): 202-225-2976
>House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-TX): 202-225-5951
>
>>Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 19:36:07 -0500
>From: "Suellen R. Galbraith" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>Organization: ANCOR
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.02Gold (Win95; I)
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: ANCOR's WASHINGTON INSIDERS CLUB ALERT #A-17 on Work Incentives
>Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------142E43932CB1"
>
>ANCOR ALERT    ANCOR ALERT     ANCOR ALERT
>
>CONFERENCE ON WORK INCENTIVES BILL NEEDS HEAVY 
>LIFT FROM THE GRASSROOTS!
>
>House and Senate conferees are extremely close to reaching a conference
>agreement on the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act.  A
>deal may actually be reached tonight or tomorrow.  ANCOR staff is
>advised that pressure on the White House and Congress must come to bear
>in order to reach agreement that will maintain all the policy objectives
>in this important legislation.
>
>Conferees and the House and Senate Leadership claim they have no
>problems with any of the public policy in the bill.   However, there are
>still roadblocks to reaching a conference agreement and time is running
>out on this session of Congress.  The main roadblock is locating and
>agreeing on offsets (the means for paying for the bill) to fund the
>health care portion of the bill-particularly the portion of the bill
>that would fund Medicaid.   
>
>Your phone calls are needed Tuesday, November 2, 1999 and Wednesday,
>November 3, 1999. All parties involved in the conference process - the
>White House, Senate and House conferees, and Congressional leaders -
>need to hear how important it is to fund the entire health care portion
>- including both Medicare and Medicaid - of the Ticket to Work and Work
>Incentives Improvement Act.  
>
>Simply leave the following message by telephone at the numbers listed
>below: 
>
>§ Urge the Administration to work with Senate and House conferees to
>find acceptable offsets which do not harm people with disabilities to
>fund the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act in its
>entirety.  
>
>§ Urge House and Senate conferees - and key House Leadership - to reach
>agreement quickly on fully funding the entire Ticket to Work and Work
>Incentives Improvement Act, clearing the way for final passage before
>ending this session of Congress.
>
>White House Comment Line: 202-456-1414
>
>Senate Conferees:
>Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS): 202-224-6253
>Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY): 202-224-4451
>Senator William Roth (R-DE): 202-224-2441
>
>House Conferees:
>House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX): 202-225-7772
>Rep. Bill Archer (R-TX): 202-225-2571
>Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-VA): 202-225-2815
>Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY): 202-225-4365
>Rep. John Dingell (D-MI): 202-225-4071
>
>Other House Leadership:
>House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL): 202-225-2976
>House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-TX): 202-225-5951
>
>