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LETTERS AND TESTIMONY: Legal Services

The ABA frequently corresponds with Members of Congress, the Executive Branch and other governmental bodies and testifies before Congress on matters of importance to the administration of justice and the legal profession.

111thCongress
Date Recipient Description
10-27-09 House Testimony of H. Thomas Wells, Jr. on behalf of the ABA concerning LSC before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
10-08-09 Senate ABA Recommendations for August 2009 LSC Board of Directors Nominations
06-03-09 Senate Letter requesting the Senate to match the House-approved funding level of $440 million for the Legal Services Corporation’s FY 2010 funding (Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce Justice, Science, and Related Agencies)
06-09-09 Senate Letter supporting Laurie Mikva’s nomination to LSC Board of Directors
06-03-09 House Letter requesting an increase in the Legal Services Corporation’s FY 2010 funding to at least $435 (House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce Justice, Science, and Related Agencies)
03-06-09 OMB Letter supporting FY 2010 funding for the Legal Services Corporation (Office of Management and Budget)
02-05-09 Senate Letter urging support of Casey/Specter Amendment to provide legal assistance to victims of foreclosure
11-13-08 FDIC Comments from ABA President regarding the inclusion of IOLTA in the full insurance coverage available under the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP)

110thCongress
Date Recipient Description
06-17-08 Senate Letter from ABA President urging the Senate Subcommittee to Increase Funding for the Legal Services Corporation
06-11-08 House Letter from ABA President urging the House Subcommittee to Increase Funding for the Legal Services Corporation
05-29-08 Senate Letter from Tom Susman providing additional information regarding the testimony on “Closing the Justice Gap: Providing Civil Legal Assistance to Low-Income American”
05-22-08 Senate Written statement on the “Closing the Justice Gap: Providing Civil Legal Assistance to Low-Income American”
05-15-08 House Letter supporting the Reinstatement of Section 120, Group Legal Services
10-16-07 Senate Letter opposing the reduction of FY 2008 funding for the Legal Services Corporation
06-22-07 Senate Letter urging increased FY 2008 funding for the Legal Services Corporation (Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations)
06-07-07 House Letter urging increased FY 2008 funding for the Legal Services Corporation (Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations)

109th Congress
Date Recipient Description
07-06-06 Senate Letter requesting increased LSC Funding FY 07 (Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, Committee on Appropriations)
06-26-06 House Letter urging support for Obey floor amendment
06-19-06 House Letter urging support for Obey Amendment to increase LSC funding by $25 million (Committee on Appropriations)
06-12-06 House Letter urging LSC funding at $411 million for FY07, the amount requested by bipartisan LSC Board of Directors (Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, Committee on Appropriations)
09-07-05 Senate Letter supporting Harkin-Smith floor amendment to H.R. 2862 to increase LSC funding, sent to Senators who supported LSC funding in June ‘05
06-22-05 Senate Letter urging support of full LSC funding or at the level of the funding increase of the Harkin Amendment (Committee on Appropriations)
06-20-05 Senate Letter urging funding increase to $363.8 million (Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, Committee on Appropriations)
06-14-05 House Letter urging ‘no’ vote on Stearns floor amendment to reduce LSC funding
05-23-05 House Letter urging funding of LSC at the full level proposed by its board, $363.8 million (Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, Commerce, Committee on Appropriations)

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