AAU sent a letter to party leadership thanking them for their efforts to reach an FY18 funding agreement that raises defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps, urging Congress to use the budget agreement to revitalize the government-university partnership, and encouraging a renewed focus on providing permanent legal status for DACA registrants and Dreamers.
Letters | Federal Budget | FY18 | Immigration
Nearly 100 organizations, including the Association of American Universities (AAU), wrote to Congressional leadership urging a bipartisan budget deal that raises the sequestration level budget caps for both defense and non-defense programs.
The Student Aid Alliance submitted a letter to House and Senate appropriations leaders asking for additional funding for federal student financial aid programs as Congress concludes the FY18 funding process.
Nineteen higher education organizations, including the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the American Council on Education (ACE), wrote to Senate and House leaders urging bipartisan support for dreamer protections.
AAU sent a letter to party leaders urging them to reach a bipartisan FY18 budget agreement that raises defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps.
The Task Force on American Innovation, of which AAU is a member, urged Congress to provide relief from the current Budget Control Act caps in order to make robust science investments a priority.
AAU joined several other higher education associations in a letter to the Committee on Education and the Workforce to express concern with H.R. 4508, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act.
AAU has sent a letter to the House Committee on Ways and Means and to the Senate Committee on Finance expressing concern on the Tax Cuts and Jobs act, H.R. 1.
AAU joins six other associations in letter sent to FCC in support of open and neutral access to the Internet.
AAU joined other education associations in supporting Senator James Lankford's charitable giving amendment (#1593) to H.R. 1, the Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.