“American people deserve better,” says League of Women Voters
Washington, DC -- The League of Women Voters today urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the move expected this week to eliminate the public financing system for presidential elections.
League President, Elisabeth MacNamara, sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to oppose repeal of the presidential public financing system.
The League and coalition groups sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to oppose repeal of presidential public financing. Repeal legislation would eliminate a system which has given average citizens and small donors a critically important role to play in funding our presidential campaigns.
The League, with coalition partners, sent a letter to the Senate urging Senators to make transparency and accountability a priority and to end the needless obstruction that threatens the vibrancy of our democracy due to the filibuster.
The League, with coalition partners, sent a letter to the Senate urging Senators to make transparency and accountability a priority and to end the needless obstruction that threatens the vibrancy of our democracy due to the filibuster.
League President Elisabeth MacNamara sent a letter to the Senate urging Senators to reform their rules in ways that maintain the best traditions of the Senate while ensuring openness, accountability, decision-making capability and effective performance.
League President Elisabeth MacNamara sent a letter to the Senate urging Senators to reform their rules in ways that maintain the best traditions of the Senate while ensuring openness, accountability, decision-making capability and effective performance.
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Speaker-designee Boehner urging him to preserve or strengthen House ethics rules and standards of conduct.
Citizen and Reform Groups Call on Speaker-designee Boehner and Majority Leader-designee Cantor to Announce Their Support for Office Of Congressional Ethics and Their Opposition to any Efforts to Weaken or Undermine the Office
Joint Statement of Groups
Our organizations today call on House Speaker-designee John Boehner and House Majority Leader-designee Eric Cantor to announce their support for continuing the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and their opposition to any efforts to weaken or undermine the Office in the next Congress.
"You can’t fire the cop and then say you’re against crime," says League of Women Voters
Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters today called on Speaker-elect John Boehner to retain the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) in the upcoming 112th Congress and to maintain the OCE’s duties, powers and structure.