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Federal Bar Association 2008–2009 Issues Agenda
Recent Testimony and Letters to Congress
- Testimony by Hon. Rick Waitsman, Vice Chair, FBA Social Security Section, to the House Ways and Means Committee at its hearing on "Clearing the Disability Backlog—Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources It Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned" (04/23/08)
- Letter to Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator Arlen Specter providing the endorsement of the Federal Bar Association of the Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act (S.1729) (12/7/07)
- Letter to Representative John Conyers and Representative Lamar Smith providing the endorsement of the Federal Bar Association of the Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act (HR 2878) (12/7/07)
- Letter to Senator Max Baucus and Senator Charles Grassley opposing on behalf of the Federal Bar Association Section 601 of the Trade Enforcement Act of 2007 (S.1919) (12/7/07)
- Letter to Senator Richard Durbin, urging Senate action to include the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (S. 442) on the Higher Education Reconciliation bill (College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, H.R. 2669) (7/19/07).
- Letter to Senator Richard Durbin, providing the endorsement of the Federal Bar Association of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (S. 442), to establish a student loan repayment assistance program for state and local criminal prosecutors and state, local and federal public defenders (6/25/07).
- Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, endorsing the Federal Judiciary's funding request to increase the Criminal Justice Act non-capital panel attorney rate to $113 per hour (5/16/07).
- Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, endorsing the Federal Judiciary's funding request to increase the Criminal Justice Act non-capital panel attorney rate to $113 per hour (5/16/07).
- Social Security Section Letter to House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, urging increased resources for the Social Security Administration to address the increasing backlog of disability hearing appeals (2/28/07)
- Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership urging prompt action on S. 378, the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 (2/14/07)
- Social Security Section Letter to the Senate leadership, urging full funding of the President’s budget request for Social Security Administration Administrative expenses (11/30/06)
- Letter to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives opposing H.R. 5219, the Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006, legislation that would establish an office of inspector general for the federal judiciary, and urging the leadership to refrain from bringing the measure to the House floor for approval during the remainder of the 109th Congress (10/25/06)
- Letter to House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization urging Congressional and Presidential action to elevate judicial salaries, along with those of high-level Executive Branch officials and Members of Congress (09/20/06)
- Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership opposing legislation (S. 1854) to split the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (09/18/06)
- Letter to Senate Armed Service Committee leadership urging Congress to define carefully the circumstances under which military commission trials of enemy combatants may be used, the procedures employed and the evidence considered (9/14/06)
- Letter to Senate and House Armed Service Committee leadership urging elevation of the statutory grades of senior members of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (9/11/06)
Washington Watch by Bruce Moyer
This page is sponsored by the Government Relations Committee of the Federal Bar Association. It gives insight into the legislative issues being pursued by the FBA, as well as more detailed information about some of those issues.
For further information about the legislative activities of the Federal Bar Association or its Government Relations Committee, please contact Bruce Moyer, government relations consultant at (301) 270-8115 or by e-mail at grc@fedbar.org.