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Help Save the Matthew Shepard – Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (S.1105).

AMSA-Indy-Admin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:54:14 +0000

Help Save the Matthew Shepard – Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (S.1105).

TAKE ACTION!

AMSA-Indy-Admin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:51:33 +0000

Help Protect Diversity in Medicine and Primary Care -
Tell Congress to save Title VII and Title VIII TODAY!!

Legislative Action Center – just enter your zip code, fill in minor information, and send an email to your senator!

Support Improvements to America’s Climate Security Act S.2191

AMSA-Indy-Admin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:47:22 +0000

AMSA’s Legislative Action Center

Follow the link to read more about Act S.2191.

They make it VERY easy to write to your Senator and support this act.

Children’s Health Insurance Program Vetoed

AMSA-Indy-Admin — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:46:52 +0000

As I’m sure that you’ve heard, President Bush vetoed the expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Unless that veto is overturned, 10 million children currently insured will lose their coverage. PLEASE visit http://www.familiesusa.org/bushvskids/ and sign the petition. Afterwards, you will have an opportunity to send a message to your representatives. Please do that as well. Do your part to get this veto overturned!

News Re: Student Loan Debt Legislation – YOU DID IT!

AMSA-Indy-Admin — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:14:28 +0000

Congratulations! We made a real impact in Washington with our emails, letters, and telephone calls. The College Student Relief Act of 2007 passed the House floor by a vote of 356 to 71.Â Thank you for taking action on this important issue.

If you would like to read the full announcement, written by AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director Catherine Davenport Pollack, click on the link to her message. College Student Relief Act of 2007 Announcement by Legislative Affairs Director

Contact Your Representatives to Reduce Student Loan Debt

AMSA-Indy-Admin — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:11:12 +0000

The incoming House leadership has pledged to make higher education more affordable by cutting the interest rate on student loans in HALF! However, for this to happen…

Your representatives need to know this is important to you!

AMSA, working with several other national student groups including Rock the Vote and others, will be holding a press conference and meeting with representatives and senators to support this commitment.

What you can do NEXT THURSDAY (January 11) is call, fax, e-mail, and write to your representative(s). To determine who that is, simply visit http://www.house.gov/writerep/,Â choose your state from the drop down box and type in your zip code + 4 (you can learn your +4 by visiting http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp).Â If you wish to email your representative, you can do so from this very page. Just enter your contact information and what you wish to say.

Please tell your representative(s)Â that you support theÂ House leadership’s pledge to make higher education more affordable by cutting interest rates on student loans inÂ half.

Information toÂ aid youÂ in contacting your representative in various ways, as well as a sample letter that you can edit and send as your own, is attachedÂ as a Word document. Feel free to download and save it to your computer for your own use.Â Just click the following link:

Reducing Student Loan Interest Letter & Guide to Contacting Your Representative

For more information about this subject, please visit http://www.amsa.org/meded/studentdebt.cfm

Â Thank you for taking action on this important matter!