Letters to Congress and the Administration: 2008

• Open Letter to President-Elect Obama and His Administration on the Higher Education Investment Act (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  December 16, 2008
  
  
• Recommendations to Congress on the Economic Stimulus Package (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  December 15, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Speaker Pelosi urging major short-term investments in college affordability in the Economic Stimulus Package (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  December 11, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Federal Communications Commission on the Proposed Changes to the Universal Service Contribution Methodology (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  December 11, 2008
  
  
• Student Aid Alliance Letter to Congress on Pell Grant Increase in FY 2009 Appropriations Bill (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  December 5, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Assistant Secretary of Education requesting veterans' benefit date change in financial aid eligibility determination and requesting assistance to student loan borrowers facing payment difficulties (PDF; AASCU-initiated)
  December 3, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Treasury Secretary Paulson objecting to the taxpayer bailout of private student loan companies (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  November 19, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Office of Inspector General concerning a proposed General Data Analytics System (ODAS) (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  November 17, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Congressional Leadership on Increasing the Maximum Pell Grant in the Economic Stimulus Package (PDF; AASCU-sign on;)
  November 12, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Federal Communications Commission on the Proposed Changes to the Universal Service Contribution Methodology (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  October 28, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Department of Education concerning items for negotiated rulemaking on the Higher Education Opportunity Act (PDF; AASCU-initiated)
  October 17, 2008
  
  
• Letter pertaining to participation in IRS Compliance Check Questionnaire (PDF, AASCU sign-on)
  October 3, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Senate in Support of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  September 30, 2008
  
  
• Letter to House Ways and Means Chair and Ranking Member supporting HR 7098, a bill designed to exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  September 26, 2008
  
  
• Comments to the General Services Administration on the Proposed Rule on FAR Case 2007-13 (E-Verify) (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  August 11, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Congress on the Higher Education Act (PDF; AASCU-initiated)
  July 30, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Senate in Support of Tax Extension Provisions Included in the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335) (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  July 28, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Senate in Support of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007 (H.R. 1469 & S. 991) (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  July 24, 2008
  
  
• Letter to OMB on the Proposed Emergency Review Requested by the Department of Education (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  July 17, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Congresswoman Davis regarding in support of Veterans Tuition Support Act of 2007 (HR 2910) (PDF; AASCU-initiated)
  July 15, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Chairman Akaka and Ranking Member Burr regarding support section 306 of S. 1315, an amendment to the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2009 (S. 3023) (PDF; AASCU-initiated)
  June 25, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Internal Revenue Service with regards to 2008 Form 990 (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  June 4, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the House Ways and Means Committee on Higher Education-Related Tax Extensions in the Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 (H.R. 6049) (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  May 19, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the Senate Finance Committee on the Higher Education Tax Provisions in the Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act of 2008 (S. 2886) (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  May 08, 2008
  
  
• Letter to House and Senate on Student Loan Market Legislation (PDF; AASCU initiated)
  April 16, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the House Judiciary Committee on the Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2007 (H.R. 1777) (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  March 28, 2008
  
  
• Letter to Congressional leaders opposing increases to federal student loan limits (PDF; AASCU-initiated)
  March 18,2008
  
  
• Letter to House and Senate Leadership on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Provisions in Higher Education Act Reauthorization Legislation (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  March 11, 2008
  
  
• Letter to House and Senate on HEA Provisions (PDF; AASCU initiated)
  March 3, 2008
  
  
• Letter to HEA Reauthorization Committee regarding Section 423 of H.R. 4137 (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  February 28, 2008
  
  
• Letter on the Accreditation Provisions in H.R. 4137 and S. 1642 (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  February 28, 2008
  
  
• Letter Regarding the Proposed IRS Income Matching System for FAFSA (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  February 26, 2008
  
  
• Letter to the House of Representatives in Support of the McKeon Amendment to H.R. 4137 (PDF; AASCU sign-on)
  February 7, 2008
  
  
• Letter to House in Support of the Petri Amendment to H.R. 4137 (PDF; AASCU-initiated)
  February 7, 2008
  
  
• Letter to House Education Committee in support of "Maintenance of Effort" provision (PDF; AASCU-sign-on)
  February 7, 2008
  
  
• Letter to House concerning marketing of private student loans and provisions in H.R. 4137 (PDF; AASCU-sign on)
  January 23, 2008