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			   Today's Senate Budget Debate
			PHONE CALLS NEEDED TO KEY SENATORS!

				   May 22, 1995

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| Memo from Anthony Rosati,              |
| NAGPS Information Exchange Coordinator |
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	   This update contains information about the following:

1. Today's Senate Budget Debate, the Hollings-Harkin Amendment to restore
   Education Funding, and Key Senators to Target regarding saving the Student 
   Loan In-School Interest Exemption.

2. 1-800 Number to Call Your Congresspeople.

3. The NAGPS World-Wide Web Site for the Student Aid Crisis.
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1. Today' Senate Budget Debate...

   Today's Debate will focus on Education. If the debate does not succeed in
   amending the Senate Budget Resolution, then it is almost assured that the
   In-School Interest Exemption will be eliminated for at least grad and 
   professional students! SO, CALL YOUR SENATOR!

   The Democratic Leadership has put together an amendment, called the
   HOLLINGS-HARKIN AMENDMENT, which will restore $40 billion dollars of 
   education funding - it will do so by using part of $170 billion dollars
   that had been set aside in the SEnate Budget Resolution for tax-cuts to
   wealthy Americans. This amendment will be brought to the floor TODAY!

   So the message is simple! When you call your Senator, tell them:

   1. You oppose cuts to student aid, including the in-school interest 
      exemption.

   2. You urge them to support the Harkin-Hollings Amendment to the Budget
      Resolution.

   3. This is a voting issue with you.

   This calls are needed TODAY! PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATOR TODAY!

   Key (Republican) Senators:

   The following Republican Senators are reportedly uncomfortable with the
   draconian cuts proposed in the Senate Budget Committee Chair's Mark. If
   you live in the states represented by these Senators, we urge you to call
   and register your opposition to the cuts in education proposed in Senator
   Domenici's Budget Mark, particularly the removal of the student loan
   in-school interest exemption for graduate and professional students only,
    and your support for the Harkin-Hollings Amendment:

	Sen. Olympia Snowe		Maine		202-224-5344
	Sen. William Cohen		Maine		202-224-2523
	Sen. Bill Frist			Tennessee	202-224-3344
	Sen. Spencer Abraham		Michigan	202-224-4822
	Sen. Jim Jeffords		Vermont		202-224-5141
	Sen. Nancy Kassebaum		Kansas		202-224-4774
	Sen. Mark Hatfield		Oregon		202-224-3753
	Sen. Bob Packwood		Oregon		202-224-5244
	Sen. Arlen Specter		Pennsylvania	202-224-4254
	Sen. John Chafee		Rhode Island	202-224-2921
	Sen. Thad Cochran		Mississippi	202-224-5054
	Sen. Mike DeWine		Ohio		202-224-2315
	Sen. John Warner		Virginia	202-224-2023
	Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Colorado	202-224-5852
	Sen. Conrad Burns		Montana		202-224-2644
	Sen. Alan Simpson		Wyoming		202-224-3424
	Sen. Frank Murkowski		Alaska		202-224-6665

2. As a Reminder

   The 1-800 recently announced to call your Congresspeople will remain
   FREE until June 1st, and possibly even after that!

   Yes, you can still dial...


				1-800-574-4AID


   for FREE and contact your Congresspeople about your opposition to the
   student aid cuts proposed Again, that's ...


				1-800-574-4243


3. The Student Aid Crisis Web Site:

   NAGPS has dedicated space at their World-Wide Web Site for a Student 
   Aid Crisis Site.

   The address for this siute is:

   http://www.access.digex.net/~rosati/student-aid.html


Thank you fro your time and patience.

Regards,

Anthony Rosati
Information Exchange Coordinator, NAGPS

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