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LETTERS AND TESTIMONY: Judiciary

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110^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
11-20-08	Senate	Letter supporting 2009 cost-of-living adjustment for judges
11-20-08	House & Senate	Letter supporting 2009 cost-of-living adjustment for judges (Congressional Leadership)
09-19-08	House	Letter supporting a floor vote on H.R. 3174, the Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 (Leadership)
09-16-08	Senate	Letter supporting a floor vote on H.R. 3174, the Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 (Leadership)
09-16-08	Senate	Letter supporting a floor vote on H.R. 3174, the Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 (Senator Carl Levin)
04-18-08	JC of US	Comments on proposed revisions to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges(Judicial Conference of the United States)
04-11-08	Senate House	Letter supporting an immediate pay increase for federal judges (Leadership)
04-02-08	Senate	Letter supporting S. 2533, the State Secrets Protection Act (Committee on the Judiciary)
02-13-08	Senate	Written statement on "Examining the State Secrets Privilege" (Committee on the Judiciary)
02-04-08	Senate	Letter supporting S.A.3910, an amendment reiterating FISA exclusivity (Committee on the Judiciary)
01-30-08	Senate	Letter supporting S. 1638, the Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007 (Committees on the Judiciary)
01-29-08	House	Testimony on reform of the state secrets privilege (Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties)
11-14-07	Senate	Letter supporting an immediate pay increase for federal judges (Committees on the Judiciary)
11-02-07	Senate	Letter supporting an immediate pay increase for federal judges (Committees on the Judiciary)
11-01-07	House	Letter supporting an immediate pay increase for federal judges (Committees on the Judiciary)
10-15-07	JC of US	Comments regarding draft rules governing judicial conduct and disability proceedings (Judicial Conference of the United States)
04-19-07	House	Written statement in support of an immediate and substantial judicial pay raise (Judiciary Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property)

109^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
12-08-06	House	Letter urging amendment to H.J. Res. 102 to assure judges receive a COLA commencing January 2007
12-08-06	Senate	Letter urging amendment to H.J. Res. 102 to assure judges receive a COLA commencing January 2007
09-27-06	House Senate	Letter regarding the urgent need for judicial redaction authority (Committees on the Judiciary)
09-27-06	House Senate	Letter regarding the urgent need for judicial redaction authority (Congressional Leadership)
09-20-06	Senate	Written statement opposing proposals to split the Ninth Judicial Circuit (Committee on the Judiciary)
09-20-06	House	Written statement on executive and judicial compensation in the federal government (Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization)
07-18-06	House	Letter opposing H.R. 2389, the Pledge Protection Act of 2005
06-06-06	House	Letter opposing H.R. 2389, the Pledge Protection Act 2005 (Committee on the Judiciary)
03-23-06	Senate	Letter commenting on S.489, the Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act (Committee on the Judiciary)
11-17-05	Senate	Letter regarding cameras in federal courts (Committee on the Judiciary)
11-09-05	House	Letter opposing the restructuring of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
11-08-05	House	Letter commenting on a proposed habeas corpus amendment to H.R. 1751, the Safe Access to Justice and Court Protection Act of 2005
10-26-05	Senate	Written statement on "Revisiting Proposals to Split the Ninth Circuit" (Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts)
10-25-05	House	Letter commenting on H.R. 1751, the Safe Access to Justice and Court Protection Act of 2005 (Committee on the Judiciary)
10-10-05	House	Letter commenting on H.R. 420, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act
09-30-05	House	Letter opposing H. Res. 97 regarding foreign law and the federal courts (Committee on the Judiciary)
09-02-05	Senate	Letter supporting temporary relocation of federal district courts in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina
09-02-05	House	Letter supporting temporary relocation of federal district courts in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina
08-01-05	House	Letter commenting on the separation of powers (Committee on the Judiciary)